When the Light is Lit

Do keep checking out NCADP's Abolish the Death Penalty blog, which has news stories, photos, and videos about New Jersey's abolition of the death penalty. One photo shows the Roman Colosseum lit up in celebration, and in the video of Sister Helen Prejean's remarks, you can hear her say this about victims' families:

"When that Colosseum is lit tonight, all of you will be there. But in particular, the Colosseum, the oldest temple in the world to state killing, as it is lit in the middle of the winter, and light shines -- it is especially those people who have lost their loved ones and chose to stay here in this state and give witness to their grief and call for life and not for death, and for compassion and dignity and not for revenge; in a very special way, when the light is lit, they are present."