http://www.radio4all.net/program/54726Podcast for Program: Abolish the Death Penalty! - in memoriam of Troy Davis Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:09:43 +0000240http://www.radio4all.net/program/54726Do you know what it says on the death certificate for anyone who's executed? with Stephen Bright, President & Senior Counsel of the Southern Center for Human Rights, law professor who twice argued and won cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, involving racial composition of the juries. He has testified on many occasions before committees of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. His and the Center's work has been the subject of a documentary film, "Finding for Life in the Death Belt", and two books, "Proximity to Death" and "Finding Life on Death Row". When they say cause of death, do you know what the word is? "It's homicide". Homicide! It certainly felt like murder watching the TroyDavis hashtag tick away the last minutes of a man's life. The death penalty is the ultimate denial of human rights. It is the premeditated and cold-blooded killing of a human being by the state. While, this cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment is done in the name of justice it violates the right to life as proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Building Bridges opposes the death penalty in all cases without exception regardless of the nature of the crime, the characteristics of the offender, or the method used by the state to kill the prisoner. This evening, in memoriam of Troy Davis (9/21/2011), Stan "Tookie" Williams, (12/13/2005), Dominque Green (10/26/2004), and Gary Graham a/k/a Shaka Sankofa (6/22/2000) to name but a few victims of state executions, Stephen Bright makes the case for abolishing the death penalty. Ken Nash and Mimi RosenbergSat, 01 Oct 2011 16:09:43 +0000