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Death penalty protests across the South rise Christmas vigils
A Christmas Eve vigil in Raleigh and similar gatherings in Durham Asheville Charlotte and Greensboro protest the upcoming 1977 death penalty law. The Southern Coalition on Jails and Prisons organizes protests while states including Georgia Florida Louisiana and Mississippi face stark death row counts and evolving sentencing rules.
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