HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 243 Draft 01 1972-1976OFFICE INFORMATION ONLY
Meeting: June 19, 197+
Action: PTZAED
Re: Res. 243
County of Hawaii --State of Hawaii
Resolution
WHEREAS, amnesty does not do away with the legal system but
rather is an intentional, legal, forgetting of past offenses; and
WHEREAS, there are historic precedents for amnesty; and
WHEREAS, amnesty would not necessarily undermine future draft
systems; and
WHEREAS, amnesty would assure the international community
that this nation is capable of justice tempered with mercy; and
WHEREAS, Canada and Sweden, to the extent that they are
burdened by the presence of American exiles, would probably welcome
an amnesty; and
WHEREAS, amnesty may speed the realization of the Vietnam War's
true character; and
WHEREAS, amnesty would erase a double standard and stop the
prosecution of those who refused to participate in immoral and
illegal actions in Vietnam; and
WHEREAS! many men who would now benefit from an amnesty sought
in vain a conscientious objector status; and
WHEREAS, amnesty would serve to heal the wounds and divisions
of war and to restore confidence in government on the part of those
who have been alienated by the war in Vietnam,
NOW! THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY
OF HAWAII that the people support the drive for amnesty.
Dated at Hilo, Hawaii this 19th day of June, 19 74 .
CHAIRMAN, COUNTY COUNCIL
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COUNCILMEN, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawaii
Hilo, Hawaii
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by the vote indicated to
the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the County of Hawaii .on.
ATTEST:
Tadashi Suzuki
COUNTY CLERK
Robert M. Yamada
CHAIRMAN & PRESIDING OFFICER
FILED: June 19, 1974
ROLL CALL VOTE
AYES I NOES I A/E
Carpenter
X
De Luz
X
Farias
Fuiii
Hisaoka
X
Kawahara
X
Matayoshi
X
Yadao
X
Chr. Yamada
X
3 5 1
Reference: ...............................................................
M.B. No.
769
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RESOLUTION NO............2 43
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HPL