It's Working! Keep Pushing to Replace the Death Penalty.

posted by Shankar Narayan, ACLU-WA Legislative Director on Monday, February 7th, 2011 at 1:12 pm

Thanks to your activism, the Washington state Senate is holding a public hearing on Wed., Feb. 9 on SB 5456, a bill to replace the death penalty. Now that you have their attention, tell them it’s time to follow Illinois, New Mexico, and other states and stop wasting millions of our tax dollars on a capital punishment system that is broken beyond repair. Tell your Senator to support replacing the death penalty with life in prison without parole.

The ACLU of Washington supports legislation that replaces the death penalty with life in prison without parole. In addition to being the ultimate denial of basic civil liberties, the death penalty in Washington has proven costly and unfair, and does not deter crime. Take action today.

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