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Bring your friends, neighbors, family and co-workers to a spirited gathering in support of ballot proposition 62 which abolishes the death penalty in California. Jews, Muslims, Christians, Jains, Hindus, Zoroastrians and others will gather at Trinity Cathedral in San Jose, to pray together and to sign a joint statement.

We are putting our faith into action–acting on our sense of compassion and on our belief in the sanctity of life. We believe there is no crime for which the taking of human life by society is justified, and that the most egregious crimes should be punished by life in prison without parole. We believe that rather than serving as a deterrent, the death penalty only serves to degrade and brutalize our society.

Prop 62 replaces the death penalty with a strict life sentence in prison, and saves taxpayers $150 million per year. Prop 62 inmates will be required to work and pay restitution to victims’ families. It’s time to end this failed system, and replace it with a more just and responsible approach.

If you agree, please join so our voices in support of proposition 62 will be amplified!

Questions: Fr. Jon Pedigo at jpedigo@dsj.org