After 34 years on death row, Edmund Zagorski was scheduled to be executed on October 11, 2018 Tennessee, but was given a 10-day reprieve by Governor Haslam that expires on October 21, 2108. Take action NOW to stop this execution by electric chair!
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"All Christians and people of good will are thus called today to fight not only for the abolition of the death penalty, whether legal or illegal, and in all its forms, but also in order to improve prison conditions, with respect for the human dignity of the people deprived of their freedom" - Pope Francis
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God of Mercy,
You bestow upon every person a dignity that cannot be extinguished, no matter the harm someone has suffered or caused.
Rooted in this sacred value of all life, we work together to transform the criminal justice system by ending the death penalty. Enliven our commitment to “work with determination for its abolition worldwide."
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