TCADP members sign holiday cards for Death Row prisoners.

General Assembly committee backs global moratorium against death penalty

On November 15th, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the execution of Mark Schwab effectively creating a de facto moratorium on the death penalty in the U.S.  On that same day, a committee of the United Nations General Assembly introduced and overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty.  Below you will find the news release from the U.N. and a link to the text of the resolution.
Sheila Meehan
Chair, TCADP
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U.S. Supreme Court - Stay of Execution for Schwab

November 15, 2007

The U.S. Supreme Court has given Mark Dean Schwab a stay of execution this afternoon. The vigil and memorial service have been canceled. Please see the news article below.

Sheila Meehan, TCADP Chair

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Nov 15, 2007
Schwab stay marks nationwide halt to executions
By Paul Flemming
Florida Capital Bureau TALLAHASSEE — It’s all but official, the United States has a moratorium on executions until June 2008.

The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution to Mark Dean Schwab, halting his scheduled lethal injection. Read More

Execution halted

Nov 14, 3:36 PM EST
By RON WORD
Associated Press Writer

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A federal court granted a stay Wednesday blocking the execution of Mark Dean Schwab, who was scheduled to die Thursday for the murder of an 11-year-old boy. The state quickly filed an appeal seeking to overturn the order.
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Stop and go

Editorial - Daytona News Journal
November 9, 2007
Florida ignores national action on executions
Will there be an execution next week or not?
In four separate rulings in other states, the U.S. Supreme Court seems to have put the practice of lethal injection on hold. Yet the Florida Supreme Court, in rulings last week and this week, gave the go-ahead to execute two inmates. In light of the federal court’s ruling, Read More