Death Penalty and Execution Protest Photos, Photographs and Images
March Against the Death Penalty and Executions
Austin, Texas ~ October 2005

As part of the 2005 National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP) annual conference in Austin, Texas, a rally and march took place in the streets around the State Capitol. The march concluded at the Governor's mansion, where Texas Governor Rick Perry resides. Dozens of national groups took place in the march and rally.


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Sign: "I support a moratorium on executions." A local band plays at the rally. Diann Rust-Tierney, director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
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Rick Halperin, chair of Amnesty International board of directors and abolitionist leader in Texas. Rick Halperin. Shujja Graham, exonerated death row prisoner from California.
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Shujja Graham, left, is welcomed by the crowd, including Juan Melendez (sitting with dog), another death row exonerated prisoner.
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Chris Banner screams out at the rally. The Journey of Hope in the street march. No Silence, No Shame joins the street march.
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The march from the rally site to the Texas Governer's Mansion. Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty in the march.
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Press and media on the march. Journey of Hope... from Violence to Healing in the march.
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Members of Journey of Hope. The march approaches the Texas Capitol Building.
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Photos of the innocent on death row and of those execution. Sign: "Stop the Legal Killing of the Mentally Ill."
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Stanley Allridge marches wtih Journey of Hope. Allridge's two brothers were both executed in Texas. Sign: "I Support a Moratorium on Executions."
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The Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP) marches, with Rick Halperin in center of banner.
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