A coalition of local civil and human rights organizations Tuesday called for a moratorium on Georgia’s death penalty and greater resources targeted toward providing legal defense for the poor. The group, led by civil rights leader Joseph Lowery, also implored Fulton County District Attorney Paul L. Howard Jr. to accept a sentence of life without parole in exchange for a guilty plea from accused Fulton County Courthouse shooter Brian Nichols.
Pointing to costs of as much as $1.8 million to defend Nichols and reported prosecution costs as much as $5 million, Lowery appealed to economic fairness as well as “spiritual and moral deficits” in the administration of the death penalty.
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