LEGISLATIVE MORATORIUM AND THE NEW JERSEY DEATH PENALTY STUDY COMMISSION
In: Seton Hall Legislative Journal, Jg. 33 (2008), S. 137
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ASSOCIATE DEAN LILLQUIST: As you all know, Celeste is the program director for New Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty 1 - a position she has had since 2004. She was chairperson of NJADP before that and has been involved in this issue for a long time. So without any further ado, Celeste. CELESTE FITZGERALD: What I would like to do is talk about the evolution of our grassroots campaign in New Jersey, how our messages changed over time, and how these interjected with political and legislative developments. NJADP started in 1999. It was started by Lorry Post who had lost a daughter to murder. 2 Our organization's name at that time was New Jerseyans for a Death Penalty Moratorium. We were a church basement group and there were five of us in the beginning. Our mission was to win a suspension of executions and ultimately abolish the death penalty through grassroots organizing. Our organizational philosophy was very simple; we knew we needed to create the critical mass necessary to thrust the issue onto the legislative agenda. The Legislature was not wholly interested in addressing this issue. We had to help them along and we knew we had to create enough power to bring about change. So we chose to organize a round table because it allowed death penalty supporters to join our conversation. We wanted as many people involved in this as possible. We knew that we had to change death penalty supporters' minds and we ...
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LEGISLATIVE MORATORIUM AND THE NEW JERSEY DEATH PENALTY STUDY COMMISSION
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Lillquist, Assoc. Dean R. Erik |
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Zeitschrift: | Seton Hall Legislative Journal, Jg. 33 (2008), S. 137 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2008 |
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