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Improve
the Criminal Justice System
Purposes:
1. Eliminate economic and racial factors from the criminal justice
system to ensure a fair system for all people.
2. Establish a public defender system for people of limited income.
3. Eliminate police and prosecutorial misconduct from the system.
4. Declare a moratorium on executions with the ultimate goal of
abolishing the death penalty.
5. Provide humane conditions in jails and prisons.
6. Improve rehabilitation and educational programs, as well as
effective reintegration programs, to reduce recidivism.
7. Improve victims services.
Activities: Educate citizens; speak at community meetings; participate in marches and rallies; send out press releases and hold press conferences where appropriate.
Sources of information: www.tcadp.org, www.lampofhope.org, www.mvfr-texas.org, www.civiliansdown.com, www.amnestyhouston.org
Become active in the project. Call 832-693-5710 National and International Organizations
Community organizations involved: Texas Coalition
to Abolish the Death Penalty; Civilians Down; Lamp of Hope Project;
Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation - Texas; Amnesty
International - Group 23; Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement
(SHAPE Center); ACLU - Houston Chapter; NAACP - Houston Branch;
Pax Christi - Houston.
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