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"A lot of anthropologists have red faces from the extent to which they advocated in support of the accusations against me," he said.

Billionaire investor Sir Richard Branson also released a letter in support of Glossip on Wednesday, buying an ad in the Oklahoman newspaper, which has advocated in support of the execution.

"While we did not pass the nation's first carbon tax, many states around the country are looking at I-732 as a model and we expect a nationwide movement to take root in the years ahead," Yoram Bauman, the economist and stand-up comedian who founded Carbon Washington, which advocated in support of I-732, said in a statement early Wednesday morning.

They advocated in support of Marissa Alexander, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot near her estranged husband, and Bresha Meadows, a 14-year-old girl who was charged with murder for shooting her abusive father in the head. .

Leyva, who had advocated in support of a gay teammate to move the 2015 U.S. Gymnastics championships from Indiana to another location after the state passed discriminatory legislation, answered simply, "I'm going to say yes, that is what we should do.

Robert Jacobs, the regional director for Stand With Us, a group that advocates in support of Israel, said that in the wake of the shooting many Jewish groups made a point of improving security.

Chevron Corporation and subsidiaries spend nearly $4m in 2015, while on the other side of the issue, billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer's Climate Action spent nearly $2m advocating in support of change legislation and other causes.

Not only do we try and set an example by our own actions, we advocate policy in support of these efforts.

He was an advocate in support of electrical industry standards and played a leadership role within the industry serving on the board of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association NEMAA) since 1976.

Friedman is one of New York City's leading advocates in support of a diverse New York City economy that includes a strong manufacturing sector and offers widespread opportunity.

Health Care America, a non-partisan, nonprofit health care advocacy organization, released the following statement in response to a California rally held by Michael Moore and a variety of advocates in support of a government takeover of our health care system.