PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
MINUTE ON THE DEATH PENALTY
In light of the resumption of executions in Pennsylvania after a hiatus of thirty-three years,
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends reaffirms its opposition to capital punishment, which has
been a deeply felt testimony of Friends since the establishment of our Religious Society in the seventeenth century.
We believe that the deliberation taking of human life by the state, under any
circumstances, is an absolute and irrevocable denial that there is that of God in everyone.
We urge all persons to press actively for the abolition of the death penalty and to do
so as a part of a broader effort to ensure equal justice for all.
Approved the twenty-eighth day, ninth month, 1995.
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