VADP Awards Luncheon
f Celebrating 28 Years of Advocacy to End the Death Penalty
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Vi RG | N IANS FOR Noon to 2:00pm (Registration starts at 11:30am)
ALTE R NATIVES United Christian Parish
TO THE DEATH PENALTY 11508 N. Shore Drive, Reston, VA 20191
Keynote Speaker: a >
Renny Cushing
Renny led the death penalty repeal paign in New t hire. His +
father's murder in 1988 shaped his advocacy for crime victims and his fi
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bridge death penalty abolition groups and the victims’ rights movement. wee *
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Honorees:
Senator Barbara Favola
This northern Virginia legislator was the patron of legislation to exempt people
with severe mental illness (SMI) from capital punishment. In January 2019 she
led the successful effort to pass this bill on a bipartisan vote. It was the first time
that the Virginia Senate had voted to limit the death penalty in any way.
Tom Petersik
The fourth recipient of the Betsy Gallagher Citizen Advocate of the Year Award is
a Catholic from Chesterfield County. He led an interfaith effort to distribute a
petition in area congregations supporting the SMI exemption bill. A group of
faith leaders delivered 800 signatures supporting the bill to their state Senator.
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