Thanks to Steven W. Hawkins, executive director of Amnesty International USA for this statement about the death penalty verdict in the Boston bombing case.
“We condemn the bombings that took place in Boston two years ago, and we mourn the loss of life and grave injuries they caused. The death penalty, however, is not justice. It will only compound the violence, and it will not deter others from committing similar crimes in the future.
It is outrageous that the federal government imposes this cruel and inhuman punishment, particularly when the people of Massachusetts have abolished it in their state. As death sentences decline worldwide, no government can claim to be a leader in human rights when it sentences its prisoners to death.”
See you along the Trail.
Filed under Capital Punishment, Current Events, Death Penalty
Soot-stained
it stands;
once busily
belching smoke
over a bustling plant;
now a solitary, silent
witness
to the days
when sugar was king.
14 May 2015
Maui, Hawai’i
Five updates on the New York City AIDS Walk – Sunday, May 17, 2017
1. I will probably not walk on Sunday. I had not paid close enough attention to my flights and now know I arrive at JFK at 7:25 AM. I will give it a go, but it seems unlikely to me that I will be able to make it to registration. I will also try to find Sean and the Marie’s Crisis team.
2. I will walk 10K at some point if I do not make it on Sunday.
3. I will let you know when I walk and I invite friends to walk with me if they are so inclined and available.
4. Sean has pretty well crushed me in fundraising. That’s great because the cause is worthy!.
5. But you still have time to make a gift and decrease the margin of my fundraising defeat.
See you along the Trail.
Filed under Current Events, Family, New York
Along the Graybeard Trail 