m.a.s.h. became president of the organization when the death penalty peaked at 80%. mike farrel, continues to tirelessly soldier on, exposing abuses of the death penalty and making the practical, financial and moral case against it. death penalty focus as led by mike farrel has always been able to get some attention. at least once a year when they raise money hollywood style at a gala dinner, that honors people who have been helpful to the cause. people like ted kennedy, new york s, mario cuomo, reverend jesse jackson. of course a long list of hollywood liberals over the years including james cromwell, danny glover, harry belafante, hillary swank, sean penn, aleck walled been. organizations like death penalty focus might now want to focus on
no one wants to grow up to be an executioner. but someone does. someone somewhere in a kindergarten class in this country today is going to grow up to be an executioner. no one hopes that for any student in any american classroom today. no one wants that. we don t know who the actual executioner of troy davis was last night. that information is not released. that person lives with this knowledge, goes home with this knowledge, goes home to his or her children with this knowledge. what are we doing to those people? joining me now, jeanne woodford, the executive director of death penalty focus, which opposes capital punishment. she is a former warden at san quentin prison in california, where she oversaw four ex-koougsex
well, i think that s certainly true. you know, many people don t want their families to know that they re involved in this process. they re concerned about what their children might think of them. i agree that it often doesn t hit people right after the execution. sometimes it s years later. and i do know that it has an impact on people. that is why i m with death penalty focus seeking to abolish the death penalty in this state. when we think about the inhumanity of the death penalty, we ignore the people we re asking to do this for us. i agree. we are ignoring the people that we ask to do this. is it right to ask a public servant to kill out the killing of a human being? in my mind it is not. certainly, i have been involved with capital punishment for over 30 years. so i know it from all point of view. not only are we causing harm to the staff, but i do not believe that it brings any kind of remedy to the victim s families.
at some level not proud of what we ve done. well, i think that s certainly true. you know, many people don t want their families to know that they re involved in this process. they re concerned about what their children might think of them. and i don t i agree that it often doesn t hit people right after the execution and sometimes it s years later. and i do know that it has an impact on people. and that is why i m with death penalty focus, seek to abolish the death penalty in this states. when we think about the inhumanity of the death penalty, we ignore the people we re asking to do this for us. we are ignoring the people that we ask to do this. and is it right to ask a public servant to kill out the killing of a human being? in my mind it is not. and certainly, i have been involved with capital punishment for over 30 years. so i know it from all points of view. not only are we causing harm to the staff, but i do not believe
well, i think that s certainly true. you know, many people don t want their families to know that they re involved in this process. they re concerned about what their children might think of them. i agree that it often doesn t hit people right after the execution. sometimes it s years later. and i do know that it has an impact on people. that is why i m with death penalty focus seeking to abolish the death penalty in this state. when we think about the inhumanity of the death penalty, we ignore the people we re asking to do this for us. i agree. we are ignoring the people that we ask to do this. is it right to ask a public servant to kill out the killing of a human being? in my mind it is not. certainly, i have been involved with capital punishment for over 30 years. so i know it from all point of view. not only are we causing harm to the staff, but i do not believe that it brings any kind of remedy to the victim s families.