On the Jan. 31 episode of the Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with Beth Panilaitis of Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, a statewide citizens’ organization dedicated to educating the public about alternatives to the death penalty.

By LARRY O'DELL
Associated Press Writer

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to hear the appeal of a convicted killer and rapist whose taunting letter detailing the crimes to a Virginia prosecutor led to a second trial and helped put him on death row.

By BRETT BARROUQUERE
Associated Press Writer

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Roy Brown seems like a rarity - a conservative who's against the death penalty.

But to Brown, a state senator and the 2008 Republican nominee for governor of Montana, the philosophy aligns perfectly with conservative ideology. He's one of the more high-profile figures reaching out to other social and fiscal conservatives, hoping to create a bipartisan movement against capital punishment.

"I believe that life is precious from the womb to a natural death," Brown said.

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