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As One Whose Husband And Mother-in-law Have Died The Victims Of Murder And Assassination, I Stand Firmly And Unequivocally Opposed To The Death Penalty For Those Convicted Of Capital Offenses. An Evil Deed Is Not Redeemed By An Evil Deed Of Retaliation. Justice Is Never Advanced In The Taking Of A Human Life. Morality Is Never Upheld By A Legalized Murder.

-Coretta Scott King

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As One Whose Husband

Coretta Scott King

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As One Whose Husband And Mother-in-law Have Died The Victims Of Murder And Assassination, I Stand Firmly And Unequivocally Opposed To The Death Penalty For Those Convicted Of Capital Offenses. An Evil Deed Is Not Redeemed By An Evil Deed Of Retaliation. Justice Is Never Advanced In The Taking Of A Human Life. Morality Is Never Upheld By A Legalized Murder.

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