Death Penalty and Execution Protest Photos, Photographs and Images
No Silence, No Shame: Families of the Executed
Austin, Texas ~ October 27, 2005

On October 27, 2005, Murder Victims’ Families for Human Rights (MVFHR) initiated “No Silence, No Shame,” an effort to bring together those who have lost family members to state-execution. The opening ceremony was held in Austin in conjunction with the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP) annual conference. As part of the ceremony, red roses were placed in a vase in remembrance of those executed, and of those whose lives have been taken by murder.


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Renny Cushing, director of Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights and the No Silence, No Shame project. Robert Meeropol (born Robert Rosenberg), son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg who were executed in New York's Sing-Sing prison on June 19, 1953.
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Bill Babbitt, whose brother Manny served two tours of duty in Viet Nam and then was executed in California on May 4, 1999.
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Bill holds a photo of his family before the execution.
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Bill holds up a photo of his mom as she stood outside the prison during Manny's execution.
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Bill shows the photo of his brother in the coffin after execution, wearing his military uniform. Celia McWee, whose daughter Joyce was murdered in Florida in 1979 and whose son Jerry was executed by the state of South Carolina fifteen years later. Friends of Celia reach out in support after she tells her story.
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Participants in the No Silence, No Shame program prepare for the rose laying ceremony. Ida Reid, whose brother James Reid was executed in Virginia, places a rose in the vase for James and his victim. Billie Jean Mayberry, whose brother Robert Coe was executed in Tennessee.
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Pam Crawford, whose brother Ed Horsley was executed in Alabama, places a rose in the vase for Ed and his victim. Calvin Crawford, whose brother-in-law Ed Horsley was executed in Alabama in 1996. Bill Babbitt places flowers in memory of Manny and his victim.
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Barbara Allen, whose uncle Stanley Faulder was executed in Texas, says aloud the name of Stanley's victim. Bill Babbitt and Desiree Babbitt (daughter of Manny Babbitt, who was executed in California) comfort each other during the opening ceremony. Stanley Allridge places flowers for his two brothers Ronald and James, who were both executed in Texas in 1995 and 2004 respectively.
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Members of No Silence, No Shame comforting each other after the opening kick-off. Members of No Silence, No Shame who were able to be present in Austin for the opening. Members of No Silence, No Shame, joined by staff and board members of Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights.
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