Today NCADP’s blog, Abolish the Death Penalty, launched a two-week, ten-part series. We hope that you will consider telling your members and supporters about this series, and, where appropriate, linking to it on your web sites.

 

In conjunction with the holidays, and with the assistance of Murder Victims’ Families for Human Rights, and in particular, Susannah Sheffer, the series excerpts human stories from the brand new groundbreaking MVFHR report, “Creating More Victims: How Executions Hurt the Families Left Behind.”

We know that each execution involves and affects many people.  The murder victim, though no longer present, is always part of the story.  The family members of the victim are affected.  The inmate facing execution is of course affected.  And so are the family members that the executed inmate leaves behind.

But we seldom think about this latter group. We have had more than 1,000 executions in this country since 1976. How many thousands of people have lost loved ones to execution? Where are their stories? Why don’t we hear, see, and read about them?

 

Each day will bring a different story. The series launched today and will run through Friday, Dec. 29^th.

 

You can follow the series at www.deathpenaltyusa.blogspot.com