Receiving a letter is a symbol of hope that someone has you in mind, even for those sentenced to death row.<\/p>\n
Stefania Tallei from the Community of Sant\u2019Egidio, explains that there are many good reasons for becoming pen pals with someone sentenced to death row. <\/p>\n
My family doesn\u2019t write me, so I feel very<\/em> lonely...<\/em> <\/p>\n STEFANIA TALLEI<\/strong> She explains that the suffering of the victims\u2019 families is a common issue. Many of them, joined together in organizations, do not support this type of condemnation, saying the death of one who has committed a crime does nothing to make restitution for their actions. <\/p>\n STEFANIA TALLEI For this reason, receiving a letter represents a connection with the outside world. Oftentimes, it's also the possibility of forming a real and lasting friendship, even during difficult moments like the pandemic. <\/p>\n STEFANIA TALLEI<\/strong> Take, for example, this card that arrived during quarantine. <\/p>\n STEFANIA TALLEI For the Community of Sant\u2019Egidio, this initiative represents opening prison bars to affection, and helping those behind them not lose hope. <\/p>\n Get involved in the project \u201cWrite a death row inmate\u201d through www.santegidio.org. <\/p>\n Daniel D\u00edaz Vizzi July 31, 2020. The Community of Sant'Egidio launches project \u201cWrite a death row inmate.\u201d They explain what it means to open prison bars to affection, and to help those behind them not lose hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16779,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0mEIBk_Ev4w","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bletteracondannatieng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bletteracondannatiint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCommunity of Sant\u2019Egidio
\n<\/strong> \u201c[This project] was born like that, from letters,<\/em> out of simple instruments such as pen and paper, which are also very personal instruments. The<\/em> Community of Sant\u2019Egidio started receiving requests from young people locked up on death row that said, \u2018I know you cannot do much to<\/em> help me, but you can at least write me a letter.\u2019\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n
\nCommunity of Sant\u2019Egidio<\/strong>
\n\u201cThey are persons [primarily] sentenced in the<\/em> United States. Fortunately, we do not have [the<\/em> death penalty] in Italy, nor in Latin America or<\/em> Europe. A large portion of Africa is abolishing<\/em> the death penalty. In Asia and the Islamic world,<\/em> the issue remains a bit difficult. Central Asia has<\/em> abolished it. There are people sentenced to the<\/em> death penalty who are afraid of being executed every day.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n
\nCommunity of Sant\u2019Egidio<\/strong>
\n\u201cThey heavily follow news about the countries in which they have a pen pal on the outside, free.<\/em> Worried letters were coming in concerning the<\/em> situation in Italy, one wrote to me, 'Please, stay<\/em> healthy.' They worried a lot after hearing the<\/em> news, since Italy was the first European country to suffer from the pandemic.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n
\n<\/strong> Community of Sant\u2019Egidio
\n<\/strong> \u201cThey say to me, 'Find me a friend, a pen pal,<\/em> who can understand me, who can listen to me,<\/em> who does not get fed up with me.' This is<\/em> important because you must not be weighed<\/em> down by them, by their situation which remains<\/em> the same or could get worse.<\/em>\u201d <\/p>\n
\nTranslation: Melissa Butz <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"