European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes May daily Magazine the death penalty a photo Gary executed by firing by Lawrence Kilman associated press Only eight people showed up to pro test the most recent execution in the state that has put More prisoners to death in six years than any since the supreme court reinstated the death penalty in 43 people have been executed in when Gary Gilmore became the first in his Story made front pages around the James the made front pages in the Jesse de la of san was put to death this month in where six people have been executed since the supreme court its not the kind of news it used to said Tim director of the National coalition against the death people Are becoming inured to the state killing in states where executions occur fre the candlelight vigils Are for the most the frontage headlines Are sup port for the death penalty is at an Al time have americans become jaded by executions that Are begin Ning to seem routine we Are concerned about that said Martha executive director of the american civil liberties Union in where seven people have been executed since december in the when three people were executed a not very Many people questioned the morality of were concerned about that happening in eight 42 men and one woman have been executed in 12 thirty eight states have death penalty but four states Georgia and Texas have accounted for 31 of the when John Spenkelink was executed in Florida in May doonesbury not the kind of news it used to be about 100 death penalty opponents held a candlelight Vigil outside the prison in Only eight showed up last month to protest the execution of Johnny Paul the 11th Man to follow Spenkelink to the states electric prison officials had to hold a lottery among reporters for seats to witness the Spenkelink now there hav ing trouble finding enough reporters to record the when the executions occur two or three or four a no managing editor in his or her right mind is going to spend that kind of staff and space and Effort and on every said Henry director of the capital punishment project of the american civil liberties but in states where executions occur less the protests and news coverage have not at least not in 200 death penalty opponents and 250 death penalty advocates demonstrated separately last month at the execution of James the third person executed in that state since two executions Are scheduled in Virginia in the next two and my guess 60 Days from now Well be much More clearly Able to see whether this trend has taken place in said Jim director of the Virginia interface Center on Public although the Briley execution was news in it was not a frontage topic we had an execution and i didst even know about said Charles the Leader of an anti death penalty group in referring to Baileys even those of us working on the its very hard to keep up with whats going death penalty opponents had hoped the acceleration of executions would disgust the Public and otherwise have an said William a northeastern univer sity sociologist who writes about the death but that Hast when executions become they dont seem As horrifying As when they occur said who is also co Chairo Man of Louisiana citizens against the death its hard for people to feel shocked and horrified by something that Doest become news after the frequency of executions has also dimmed the candlelight protest when they occur once a people will take the trouble to drive from Salt Lake City to or from Jacksonville to said if you have one a youre not going to have people coming some death penalty opponents that the vigils Are no longer effective because they spawn counter protests in favor of the death penal opponents have turned their efforts elsewhere to protests at state to to publicized we have to put our Energy where it is most Kagel a Media Genera associated press poll taken last november found 84 percent of americans 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