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Mary Ruth Weir
Awards
ABOUT the AWARD
The annual Mary Ruth Weir Award recognizes social justice champions who have devoted their lives to standing up to oppression in the nonviolent pursuit of a society that does not practice capital punishment.
PAST AWARDEES
2025 Rep. Bill Werkheiser
2024 Rev. Kim Jackson
2023 Billy Neal Moore
2020 Sister Helen Prejean
2019 Federal Defender, Capital Habeas Unit
2018 Jubilee Partners
2017 Southern Center for Human Rights
2016 Open Door Community
2015 Rev. Randy Loney
2014 Edward DuBose
2013 Stephen Bright
2012 Rev. Raphael Warnock
2011 Rev. Murphy Davis
2010 Tom Dunn
2009 Martina Correia and Laura Moye
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