wfn.org | Title: WCC requests clemency for a US minor sentenced to life

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World Council of Churches
News Flash 
For immediate release NF-03-10
16 April 2003

WCC requests clemency for a US minor sentenced to life in prison

The WCC general secretary, Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser, appealed to the governor of
Florida (USA), Jeb Bush, to exercise clemency in the case of Lionel Tate, who
on March 9th, 2001, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for a
crime committed when he was 12 years old. Raiser endorsed a similar request
from Anglican bishops of the Episcopal Church in Florida, and pointed out
that the punishment "is not only harsh but also fails to take into
consideration his tender age". 

See the letter at: 
http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/news/int-affairs/tate-letter.html 

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