Death Penalty and Execution Protest Photos, Photographs and Images
1000th U.S. Execution of Kenneth Lee Boyd
Demonstrations and Vigils in Raleigh, North Carolina
December 1 & 2, 2005

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Banners lined the police baracade around the vigilers and protesters.
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Hundreds packed the sidewalk outside of the prison.
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Rick Halperin (in black hood) and other Amnesty International leaders vigil in the crowds. Abe Bonowitz gives an interview with a reporter. North Carolina's Central Prison in the hours before Boyd's execution.
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Police guard the driveway entrance to the prison, and later arrest 17 protesters for entering the prison property. Father Mark Reamer, of a Raleigh Catholic church, speaks out during the vigil.
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Amnesty International volunteers light their candles.
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Sue Gunawardena-Vaughn, director of Amnesty International's Program to Abolish the Death Penalty. People bow heads in prayer.
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Rick Halperin, of Amnesty International, speaks out at the vigil after having flown in from Texas. Renny Cushing folds up his banners after being released from jail hours after Boyd's execution. Jack Payden-Travers, left, helps Renny Cushing pack up banners the next morning after both were released from jail for trying to stop the 1000th execution.

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