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Don't Execute Bin Laden, Say Activists at Supreme Court
Nicholas Ballasy
Video Reporter
On the Spot. (CNSNews.com) - Members of various activist groups from around the country, under the umbrella of the Abolitionist Action Committee (AAC), gathered at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to protest against capital punishment and the support for the death penalty by Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain.
Some activists said the death penalty should not be imposed against terrorist Osama bin Laden or, in retrospect, against dictator Adolf Hitler.
According to the group's official Web site, the AAC is "an ad-hoc group of individuals committed to highly visible and effective public education for alternatives to the death penalty through nonviolent direct action."
The site also says nine people were arrested during last year's protest for refusing to put down a 30-foot banner that read "STOP EXECUTIONS!" on the stairs of the Court. The Court's security arrested all nine members and put them in jail for more than 30 hours before they were "released by a Superior Court judge."
Cybercast News Service interviewed some of the activists. They were asked about McCain and Obama's support of the death penalty; if Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks should be given the death penalty if captured; and if dictator Adolf Hitler should have been given the death penalty.
Cybercast News Service interviewed Bill Pelke, whose mother was murdered. Her killer was given the death penalty but he said he later had a "change of heart."
Cybercast News Service also spoke to Andre Latallade, who walked from Trenton, New Jersey on March 31, 2008 -- after the state legislature abolished the death penalty -- to Texas, the U.S. state with the most executions, to protest capital punishment; Scott Langley, who was arrested at last year's protest and said if you wear a shirt with "any kind of political message," you are not able to walk on the steps of the Supreme Court; and Anne Feczko, who is a member of Amnesty International and hopes that Obama is only saying he supports the death penalty "for political reasons."
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Some activists said the death penalty should not be imposed against terrorist Osama bin Laden or, in retrospect, against dictator Adolf Hitler.
According to the group's official Web site, the AAC is "an ad-hoc group of individuals committed to highly visible and effective public education for alternatives to the death penalty through nonviolent direct action."
The site also says nine people were arrested during last year's protest for refusing to put down a 30-foot banner that read "STOP EXECUTIONS!" on the stairs of the Court. The Court's security arrested all nine members and put them in jail for more than 30 hours before they were "released by a Superior Court judge."
Cybercast News Service interviewed some of the activists. They were asked about McCain and Obama's support of the death penalty; if Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks should be given the death penalty if captured; and if dictator Adolf Hitler should have been given the death penalty.
Cybercast News Service interviewed Bill Pelke, whose mother was murdered. Her killer was given the death penalty but he said he later had a "change of heart."
Cybercast News Service also spoke to Andre Latallade, who walked from Trenton, New Jersey on March 31, 2008 -- after the state legislature abolished the death penalty -- to Texas, the U.S. state with the most executions, to protest capital punishment; Scott Langley, who was arrested at last year's protest and said if you wear a shirt with "any kind of political message," you are not able to walk on the steps of the Supreme Court; and Anne Feczko, who is a member of Amnesty International and hopes that Obama is only saying he supports the death penalty "for political reasons."
For the full report, watch the video.
Make media inquiries or request an interview about this article.
E-mail a comment or news tip to Nicholas Ballasy
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