Tag: abolish death penalty

Today Victoria Ann Thorpe, of Spokane, began a 17 ½ day journey across Southern California — one day for each year that her sister , Kerry Lyn Dalton, has survived on California’s death row.

“My purpose for this walk is to honor Kerry’s life and bring public awareness to her wrongful conviction,” said Thorpe, author "Cages."

They stand in front of River Park Square, shackled together, heads down, nameplates dangling around their necks, bearing the names of men and women killed on America’s death row.

Cal Brown.
Teresa Lewis.
Cameron Todd Willingham.

Behind them, stands Victoria Ann Thorpe. Dark makeup paints her cheeks and she waves a bloodstained-painted sign above her head, “Their blood is on our hands.”

On Sept. 6 local author Victoria Ann Thorpe will discuss her new book, "Cages" at Auntie's Bookstore.

"Cages" tells the story of how Thorpe's sister, Kerry Lyn Dalton, was sentenced to death row for a crime she says she never committed.

“There are those of us who will not give up until the death penalty has ended, until this country is about saving lives and not killing people and throwing them away for making mistakes,” said Jason Baldwin to more than 100 people sitting on the rooftop of the Saranac Building on Saturday.
Baldwin, one of the West Memphis Three, was released from prison 11 months ago after being incarcerated 18 years for a crime he didn’t commit.

Recently, there has been some interesting discussion on the death penalty and whether or not it should be abolished. The question seems to turn on the moral nature of such a sentence.