EU Policy On The Death Penalty
Washington, DC, 24 January, 2001
Chairman Charles M. Traughber
Board of Probation and Parole
404 James Robertson Parkway
Suite 1300
Nashville, TN 37243-0850
Dear Mr. Traughber,
The European Union has taken note of the fact that Mr. Philip Workman is
scheduled to be executed in the State of Tennessee on 31 January, 2001 and
will have a clemency hearing with the Board of Probation and Parole on 25
January, 2001.
Representing the European Union, Sweden, as the current President,
together with Belgium, the subsequent President, and the European
Commission, would like to make an urgent humanitarian appeal on behalf of Mr.
Workman.
The European Union is opposed to the death penalty in all cases and
accordingly aims at its universal abolition, seeking a global moratorium
on the death penalty as a first step. The European Union appreciates that
the State of Tennessee upheld a de facto moratorium for more than
forty years. We regret that this moratorium was terminated with the
execution of Mr. Robert Glen Coe on 19 April, 2000 and that now another
execution is planned.
The European Union respectfully urges you, Mr. Chairman and the other
Members of the Board of Probation and Parole, to exercize all powers
invested in your office to commute the sentence of Mr. Workman.
| Jan Eliasson |
Alex Reyn |
Günter Burghardt |
| Ambasador of Sweden |
Ambassador of Belgium |
Head of the Delegation
of the European Commission |
Embassy of Sweden
1501 M Street, N.W.
Washington DC 20005
tel: (202) 467-2600, fax: (202) 467-2699
Homepage: www.swedenemb.org
