Amnesty International Salisbury Group Minutes of the Monthly Meeting on Thursday 7.30 pm 4 Victoria Road 1 Welcome Andrew welcomed Ria AH Chairman’s – Present: Andrew, Fiona, Tony, Eddie, Ria, Peter, Lesley Apologies: Michael P 2 Minutes of previous Meeting These were agreed LC – 3 £1,066.51 (Bank Account) Report MP Treasurer’s £30.06 (Cash) The annual financial return form is to be completed and returned. 4 Campaign Reports Death Penalty LC Please see the Salisbury Group Website for the full international update, covering Uganda, Iraq, Egypt, Lesotho, the USA, Chile and Iran. Of particular note: In a Military Court Martial, 22 Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) soldiers were acquitted of mutiny charges. If found guilty, they would have faced the death penalty. A Senate Committee in Washington State (USA) approved by 4-3 a measure to abolish the death penalty within the State. The measure would remove capital punishment as a sentencing option for aggravated murder, and mandate a life sentence without the possibility of parole. The Bill will now move on to the Rules Committee. (Note: A moratorium has been in place since 2014) In Iowa (USA) a bill to allow execution by lethal injection for first degree murder has had its first reading by the House of Representatives. If it becomes law, this will reverse a ban on capital punishment. It is, however, believed that the vote is unlikely to be carried by the Public Safety Committee, and the bill is unlikely, therefore, to be passed.
Amnesty International Salisbury Group Minutes of the Monthly Meeting on Thursday 7.30 pm 4 Victoria Road 1 Chairman’s Welcome – Andrew welcomed Ria Present: Andrew, Fiona, Tony, Eddie, Ria, Peter, Lesley Apologies: Michael P AH 2 Minutes of previous Meeting – These were agreed LC 3 Treasurer’s Report £1,066.51 (Bank Account) £30.06 (Cash) The annual financial return form is to be completed and returned. MP 4 Campaign Reports Death Penalty Please see the Salisbury Group Website for the full international update, covering Uganda, Iraq, Egypt, Lesotho, the USA, Chile and Iran. Of particular note: In a Military Court Martial, 22 Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) soldiers were acquitted of mutiny charges. If found guilty, they would have faced the death penalty. A Senate Committee in Washington State (USA) approved by 4-3 a measure to abolish the death penalty within the State. The measure would remove capital punishment as a sentencing option for aggravated murder, and mandate a life sentence without the possibility of parole. The Bill will now move on to the Rules Committee. (Note: A moratorium has been in place since 2014) In Iowa (USA) a bill to allow execution by lethal injection for first degree murder has had its first reading by the House of Representatives. If it becomes law, this will reverse a ban on capital punishment. It is, however, believed that the vote is unlikely to be carried by the Public Safety Committee, and the bill is unlikely, therefore, to be passed. LC
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