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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

Death penalty opponents propose personal declarations against capital punishment
Mary Tallon, -Herald & Review.com

Next Georgia execution scheduled
Bill Rankin, -The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

In a reversal, Justice Stevens calls the death penalty 'anachronistic'
James Oliphant, -Chicago Tribune

Supreme Court upholds Kentucky's use of lethal injections
Mark Sherman, -The Associated Press

Life term or new penalty hearing ordered for Mumia Abu-Jamal
Emilie Lounsberry , -The Philadelphia Inquirer

Georgia House Approves Split Jury Death Penalties, Senate Overturns
Jonathan Springston, -The Atlanta Progressive News

Now off Texas death row, inmate talks of jail, not crime
Jennifer Emily, -The Dallas Morning News

Court Rejects La. Murder Conviction
Mark Sherman, -The Associated Press

Exonerated after 22 years on death row, wrongly convicted man tells his story
Editional, -The Catholic

Wrongly sentenced to die
Brian W. Stull, -Charlotte Observer

Appeals court grants two inmates chance to get off death row
Jim Vertuno, -The Associated Press

Murder victims' families say death penalty exacts toll on their lives
George P. Matysek Jr., -Catholic News Service

Calls for the Return of Capital Punishment in South Africa
Moyiga Nduru , -IPS

1999: Walter LaGrand, a German gassed in America
Matthias Lehmphul , -ExecutedToday.com

Professor studies women on death row
Mike Wilder , -Times-News

Secret executions, shocking
Bart Stapert, -Vanguard Media

Journalist on Death Row
Mumia Abu-Jamal, -Inter Press Service

Justices Question TV Judge's Testimony In Death-Row Case
Local 10 News, -Local 10 News

Former Idaho Death Row Inmate Convicted in Retrial
Fox News, -Fox News

U.S. Said to Seek Execution for 6 in Sept. 11 Case
William Glaberson, -The New York Times

Nebraska court bans the electric chair
Bill Mears, -CNN Washington Bureau

Color of Death
Karen Francis, republished by Britta Slopianka with Axis of Logic commentary, -Gallup Independent

A way to ensure justice for all
Judge Nancy Hohengarten, -The Austin American-Statesman

New trial begins for man after two decades on Idaho death row
John K. Wiley, -The Associated Press

Japan Hangs 3 Death-Row Inmates
The Associated Press , -The Associated Press

Death penalty sought in Ohio fire
Daniel Malloy, -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Ala. Inmate Wins Stay of Execution
Gary Mitchell, -The Associated Press

State plans to execute killer
Stan Diel, -The Birmingham News

Alabama senator to try death penalty moratorium for 8th time
Phillip Rawls, -The Associated Press

Less money, more pain and injustice
James Abbott, -Star-Telegram

Arnold Schwarzenegger's California: “When I die, that’s when they’ll send me home.”
Special Report, -Human Rights Watch

Supreme Court says convicts must prove retardation to avoid execution
Gene Hartley, -The Associated Press

Lethal injection is the wrong debate
Ray Krone, -San Francisco Chronicle

Reflections on death in gas chamber
Grant Woods , -The Arizona Republic

Remember 1968 as the year we turned against the death penalty
Vince Beiser, -Philly Online

Ohio Governor Commutes Death Sentence
Andrew Welsh-Huggins, -Associated Press

Lethal-Injection Ruling May Have to Wait
Robert Barnes, -Washington Post

High court to weigh in on lethal injection
Joan Biskupic, -USA TODAY

The Grim Facts About Lethal Injection
By The Editorial Board, -New York Times Blogs

Beijing chooses lethal injection for death penalty : “its more humane”
, -Asia News

Death chamber one of busiest
Eric Velasco, -The Birmingham News


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