July 3, 2012
Steve Northrup, left, executive director of Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, Bill Pelke, center, co-founder of Journey of Hope, and Terri Steinberg, mother of a death row inmate.
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A Journey from the Past to Change the Future
Church hosts discussion on death penalty
The Journey of Hope and Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty hosted an event on Friday, June 29 in recognition of the 40th anniversary of Furman v. Georgia, a Supreme Court case that abolished capital punishment in every U.S. state. The decision was overturned by Gregg v. Georgia four years later.
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