Britta Slopiankarecently moved to the United States from her home in Germany, where she derived her livelihood from her own business. She moved to the U.S., supporting herself independently, in order to work more effectively for abolition of the death penalty and support condemned men and women in the United States. Over the years she has worked as an organizer and activist for abolition and for those on the death rows of the U.S. and in other countries. She visits people condemned to death at the bars of their death row cells, researches news and commentary, tracks the legal status of those condemned and tirelessly works on their behalf. On a voluntary basis, she started our section on the Death Penalty where she posts reports on a daily basis. Her column on the Death Penalty appears in the left column of every page of Axis of Logic. She is Florida Coordinator for The Innocent in Prison Project and is former Chairwoman of The German Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. Britta can be reached via e-mail at: britta@axisoflogic.com