Protesters speak out against Brown execution

Protesters speak out against Brown execution
Nancy Nelson, right, and Mary Pat Treuthart, left, both of Spokane, Wash., protest in a fenced protest area outside the Washington State Penitentiary, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, in Walla Walla, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) - People showed up to oppose and support capital punishment at the Washington State Penitentiary a short time before the planned execution of convicted killer Cal Coburn Brown.

About two dozen death penalty opponents showed up in a parking lot of the prison in Walla Walla on Thursday evening. Three people who supported the death penalty also came. (View photos >>>)

Tim Kaufman-Osborn, a 57-year-old Walla Walla man, has protested every execution since 1993. He says capital punishment is like a rigged lottery, based on race, economics and where a person is prosecuted.

But construction worker Mark Clark of Kennewick said people must be held accountable for their actions.