{"id":12592,"date":"2018-04-20T15:38:53","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T15:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reprieve.org.uk\/?post_type=update&p=12592"},"modified":"2020-05-28T15:19:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T15:19:34","slug":"hope-justice-and-personal-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2018\/04\/20\/hope-justice-and-personal-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope, justice and personal transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve just returned from Malawi and wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who has supported our work there.<\/p>\n

Many of you recently donated towards the cost of an important appeal, which we hope will now pave the way for new hearings for more prisoners unjustly sentenced to death.<\/p>\n

I was in Malawi with our partners this week for the launch of a groundbreaking study on attitudes towards the death penalty by Traditional Leaders. The study revealed that that 94% of traditional leaders from villages impacted by the death penalty oppose capital punishment<\/strong> and prefer alternative methods of dealing with criminal justice matters.<\/p>\n

Malawi is a country looking towards abolition with a real sense of hope, and a belief in justice and personal transformation.<\/p>\n

As one leader put it – \u201cPrison is for reform. There is no reform in death.\u201d<\/p>\n

“Chiefs want death penalty abolished<\/a>” – read local news coverage of the latest from Malawi.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In other news:<\/strong><\/p>\n

With Guant\u00e1namo still open, and the grave mistakes of America\u2019s misguided War on Terror far from over, former President Bush\u2019s ‘torturer-in-chief\u2019 is being put forward for a promotion.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s nomination for head of the CIA, Gina Haspel, ran a Black Site where prisoners were secretly tortured in the most horrific ways. She then helped destroy video evidence of the abuse, and has never been held accountable.<\/p>\n

Gina Haspel is unfit to run the CIA.\u00a0<\/strong>More on that soon – for now, a big thank you again to everyone who is helping us save lives and protect fundamental human rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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