The Rayner Goddard Act of Courage
Award is an honorific use by the comrades of Unit 1012. It
is use to describe and honor the government official who defended capital
punishment.
May 29 was
chosen as it was the same date that Chief Justice Rayner Goddard passed away in
1971. He was a strong supporter of the death penalty and he cared for the
victims and their families. He gave speeches in the House of Lords, defending
the use of the death penalty and fighting against abolition.
We, the
comrades of Unit 1012: The VFFDP, honors and respects him. We wish that more
judges or government official can follow his courageous character.
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Rayner Goddard (1877–1971) (PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/rayner-baron-goddard-18771971-lord-chief-justice-223771)
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To be awarded the
Chief Justice Rayner Goddard award, the candidate has to fulfill several
criteria:
- The candidate must
be a politician. For example, the head of state is included.
- The candidate can
be an attorney or magistrate.
- The candidate must
either give a speech or write an article defending capital punishment.
- Regardless of race
and nationality, the candidate can be considered for the award.
We, the comrades of Unit 1012, will
name two people who won the award in 2012 and 2013. We will give our reasons
for awarding them and honoring them.
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Michael Ramos, the
District Attorney of San Bernardino County, California
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2012
Award - Michael Ramos, the District Attorney of San Bernardino County,
California.
We, the comrades of Unit 1012, send
our thanks and our utmost respect to DA Michael Ramos who spoke out against the
abolition of the death penalty in California in 2012. He played a huge part in
defeating Proposition 34 on November 6, 2012.
We believe that Rayner Goddard would
be proud of this DA if he was alive today. Like Goddard, Michael Ramos showed
his love and care for the victims and their grieving families. God bless you!
You deserve the award of 2012.
‘Nothing 'safe' about
repealing California's death penalty’ by Michael Ramos
PLEASE
WATCH THIS VIDEO TO HEAR FROM MICHAEL RAMOS:
Death Penalty Reform Press
Conference
Published on Feb 21, 2014
Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2014
District Attorney Ramos joins Governors George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson and Gray Davis and Californians for Death Penalty Reform and Savings to Launch Signature Gathering Effort
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- District Attorney Michael Ramos is scheduled to join Californians for Death Penalty Reform and Savings Thursday at a press conference to announce the launch of signature gathering efforts to place an initiative before California voters that will bring common sense reforms to California's broken death penalty system.
"I refuse to back down in this fight as we move to bring about common sense reforms to our state's broken death penalty system," District Attorney Michael Ramos said. "We must continue to fight for the families who lost their loved ones at the hands of California's most violent criminals. For them, the pain never ends."
VIDEO SOURCE:
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Adams Oshiomhole, the
Governor of Edo State, Nigeria
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2013
Award – Adams Oshiomhole, the Governor of Edo State, Nigeria.
We,
the comrades of Unit 1012, encourage the Head of States around the world to
learn from Adams Oshiomhole, the Governor of Edo State, Nigeria. He signed the
death warrants for two murderers and had them hanged by the neck till dead on June
24, 2013. Altogether 4 murderers were hanged in Nigeria that day, but the other
two were hanged in other states in the country.
Similar
to Goddard, Adams Oshiomhole courageously spoke out in defense of the death
penalty at the second annual seminar on the “Role of Public Complaints Commission in a democratic Nigeria’ organized by the Public Complaint Commission, in Abuja on July 4, 2013.
We, the
comrades of Unit 1012, feel that he should be nicknamed: ‘The Rayner Goddard of
Edo State, Nigeria’. To add more icing to the cake, Adams Oshiomhole signed thedeath penalty law for kidnapping on October 18 that year.
Congratulations,
Governor! You rightfully deserve the award of 2013.
PLEASE
WATCH THIS VIDEO TO SEE ADAMS OSHIOMHOLE GIVING HIS DEFENSE OF THE DEATH
PENALTY:
I
am Following God's Law With Death Sentence Oshiomhole Says
Published on Jul
4, 2013
The governor of Edo State; Adams
Oshiomhole has defended the signing of the death warrants on two armed robbers
that were condemned to death in Edo state recently. He was speaking at a
gathering organised by the Public Complaints Commission of the Federal Capital
Territory (FCT) where Nigerians from different walks of life gathered to
examine the role of the commission in the nation's democracy. The Governor who
incurred global outrage for passing the capital sentence on four convicts in
state explained that God created heaven and hell side by side to keep repentants
in heaven and permanently keep the unrepentatnt in hell fire. For more
information log on to www.channelstv.com.
PLEASE
WATCH THIS VIDEO TO SEE ADAMS OSHIOMHOLE SPEAKING ON WHY HE SIGNED THE DEATH
PENALTY LAW FOR KIDNAPPING:
Oshiomhole
Signs Death Penalty Law For Kidnapping
VIDEO SOURCE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kawFLzOKWb0
You need to make sure that winners of this award know about it.
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You need to make sure that winners of this award know about it.
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