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DESCRIPTION:Starting at The Bridge in Ellsworth, Maine ending at the West Gate at San 
 Quentin Prison, folks across this nation will be holding a Candlelight 
 Vigil and Community Assembly on July 4th, 2011 at 5:00 pm. We will meet in 
 front the West Gate of San Quentin Prison. People of all faiths will be 
 gathering, calling on Governor Jerry Brown to Close the Death Chamber at 
 San Quentin Prison and abolish the Death Penalty here in California.   We 
 are spotlighting Senator Hancock’s Resolution SB490 at the M2M 
 Candlelight Vigil to Close the Death Chamber which calls for the 
 abolishment of the Death Penalty.  We ask all those who attend in person, 
 as well as in spirit, to contact their State Senator and Assemblyperson to 
 support this resolution. \n\nA small group from Katrina’s Dream, have 
 been holding a monthly candlelight vigil, every first Monday since February 
 7, 2011.  On January 10, 2011 Governor Brown released the state budget.  
 Then granted an extension to the Department of Corrections to amend their 
 budget to include the 356 million dollar remodel.  \nPlease see 
 http://www.ccpoa.org/news/monthly/2011/01/)  Then on April 28, 2011, 
 Governor Brown scrapped the remodel, which was set in motion when former 
 Governor Gray Davis was in office.  Please see 
 http://www.nbclosangeles.com/blogs/prop-zero/Brown-Kills-Death-Row-Remodel-120887919.html 
  \nOn Monday, June 27th, Senator Loni Hancock amended her existing bill 
 SB490 turning it into the vehicle for carrying her death penalty 
 legislation.  Please see 
 http://dist09.casen.govoffice.com/index.asp?Type=B_PR&SEC={42B6205A-0002-4B2A-8F1D-300E16EEBB0E}&DE={D23BFCDF-6688-4A51-9A70-BE9DF196521E}\n\nAccording 
 to the recently released Loyola Law Review Study by U.S. 9th Circuit Judge 
 Arthur L. Alarcon and Loyola Law School professor Paula M. Mitchell, 
 titled, "Executing the Will of the Voters: A Roadmap to Mend or End the 
 California Legislature's Multi-Billion-Dollar Death Penalty Debacle".  
 Please see 
 http://media.lls.edu/documents/LoyolaLawReview_CADeathPenalty.pdf.  The 
 resolution will save the state about 200 million dollars a year. The 
 authors outlined three possible directions for the future: 1) fully 
 preserve the system of capital punishment at an additional cost of $85 
 million for courts and lawyers each year (they are approximately 100 
 attorneys in the state of California that are qualified to work on the now 
 mandatory Death Penalty appeal cases); 2) reduce the number of death 
 penalty-eligible crimes for an annual savings of $55 million; or 3) abolish 
 capital punishment and save taxpayers about $1 billion every five or six 
 years.\n  \nEndorsed by:\nKatrina’s Dream \nCalifornia People of Faith 
 Against the Death Penalty \nThe Oscar Grant Committee \nOne Struggle One 
 Fight\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/04/18683743.php
SUMMARY:M2M - Close the Death Chamber Vigil
LOCATION:West Gate, San Quentin Prison, Marin County, California
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/04/18683743.php
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