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Article: Victims' families oppose death penalty More hatred is no solution, says one
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- March 14, 1999
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One after another they stepped up to the podium in Faneuil Hall to
quietly recount their stories of horror.
Here was Michael Avery, whose sister and 3-year-old niece were
drenched in gasoline and set ablaze as they stood in the checkout
line at a grocery store. Next was Mary Gardner, whose mother was
stabbed 16 times in her kitchen as she prepared for her daughter's
visit. Then came Roger Strickland, whose cousin was raped at
gunpoint, then shot to death, her body undiscovered for seven days.
The 14 speakers were part of Murder Victims Families for
Reconciliation, a national coalition of about 600 families who have
lost relatives to murder, but who vehemently oppose the death
penalty.
The ...