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Number of people released from America's death row with evidence of innocence since 1973
Abolition U.K is a grassroots organisation formed in 2008. We are the only nationwide grassroots organization focused solely on the issue of death penalty abolition. We aim to strengthen the international dimension of the struggle against capital punishment.
We recognise the death penalty is the ultimate, irreversible denial of human rights. By working towards the abolition of the death penalty we look to end the cycle of violence created by a system tarnished with fatal flaws and injustices.
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New Appeal for Justin
Justin Wolfe currently on Virginia death row for murder for hire has been granted an evidentiary hearing as part of his federal habeas corpus appeal. Lawyers who represent Justin allege that prosecutors did not turn over all exculpatory evidence in the case.
Justin’s lawyers have been seeking to introduce statements that the actual shooter Owen Barber made in prison recanting his testimony against Wolfe, statements that could prove Barber’s story was concocted for trial to prevent him from getting a death sentence. Owen Barber has since written affadavits stating that Justin had nothing to do with the murder, his most recent statement was in 2009, according to court documents.
The parties are scheduled to meet within the next month to set a hearing date.
We work to end the death penalty that:
•kills innocent people
•is arbitrary and unfairly applied
•is racist
•targets the poor
•is not a deterrent
•costs more than a life sentence
•does not provide closure
•perpetuates the cycle of violence by creating more victims
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