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EVENTS last updated on July 22, 2010.

NEWS last updated on July 22, 2010.

Upcoming Events

» Saturday, July 24, 2010 - California and Nationwide

National Day of Action to Silence the Violence
Brought to you by Urban Peace Movement

July 24th, 2010 is The National Day of Action to Silence The Violence. Community groups, that work on urban peace across the country, are organizing events to Silence The Violence from Houston to Detroit to Baltimore and of course the Bay Area!

Events are being held in the following cities:
San Francisco, CA
Oakland, CA
Sacramento, CA
Los Angeles, CA (Watts)
Santa Cruz, CA
San Quentin State Prison, CA
Chowchilla State Prison, CA
Bronx, New York
Detroit, MI
Baltimore, MD
Chicago, IL

For more information, please visit the National Day of Action to Silence the Violence website.

News

July 22, 2010

Field Poll Shows That More Voters Prefer Permanent Imprisonment Over the Death Penalty
According to the Field Poll released today, 70% of registered voters said they supported the death penalty. However, when asked which sentence they preferred for a first-degree murderer, 42 percent said life in prison without parole and 41 percent said death.

Read more:
San Francisco Chronicle
San Jose Mercury News
Sacramento Bee
San Diego Union Tribune

Consider joining the public debate by submitting a letter to the editor to any of these newspapers!!

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