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Abolish the Death Penalty

Advocacy for abolishment of capital punishment. Features personal stories of crime victims, death row inmates and activists.
By National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

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Abolish the Death Penalty: Marie Deans - RIP

Posted on April 15, 2011
Abolish the Death Penalty: Marie Deans - RIP

Marie Deans - RIP

Posted on April 15, 2011
?As we were about to finish the class this young girl raised her hand and said, ?You have changed by mind. You have got to get around everywhere, you have got to give everybody this message.? This is our First, Big, Public...: Here we are Folks and we mean it...

World Day Against the Death Penalty

Posted on October 09, 2009
"Shouting from the Rooftops" on World Day Against the Death Penalty October 8, 2009October 10th marks the sixth anniversary of World Day Against the Death Penalty, an event begun by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty to urge countries around the world that still implement capital punishment to abolish it...

Shouting from the Rooftops!

Posted on September 23, 2009

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Cesar E. Chavez... The Path to Nonviolence

Posted on March 31, 2009
On what would have been his 82nd Birthday, NCADP presents this guest commentary about Cesar E. Chavez, by Magdaleno Leno Rose-Avila, NCADP's Death Penalty Abolitionist of the Year, 1995. Cesar E. Chavez A Clear Voice Against Violence As a community and farm worker organizer early in his career, Cesar E...

Montana Takes Another Step

Posted on March 27, 2009
On Wednesday the Montana House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the death penalty repeal bill in that state. Click here for coverage from the Helena Independent Record. The committee is expected to vote next week.The Montana Standard is running the death penalty as its Question of the Week...

In New Mexico, The People Speak!

Posted on March 18, 2009
For Immediate Release Contact: Caitlin Kelleher March 17, 2009 505.476.2299 Governor Bill Richardson Continues to Hear from New Mexicans Today on HB 285 SANTA FE ? Governor Bill Richardson continues to hear from New Mexicans about a bill to repeal the death penalty and today released details on the more than 9,400 calls, emails and walk-ins he?s received on the issue...

Albuquerque Journal On-Line Poll Says REPEAL!

Posted on March 18, 2009
The Albuquerque Journal started this poll sometime before midnight on the evening of March 16, 2009. On-line polls are notoriously unscientific - a measure of people who happen upon them and care to express their opinion. To its credit, the Journal put in a place a protection that allows only one vote per computer...

Abolition - It's Just Common Sense

Posted on March 18, 2009
Last Friday, March 13, 2009, as I sat in the gallery of the New Mexico Senate listening to that body debate whether to pass a bill to repeal New Mexico?s death penalty statute, I felt very much like I had been there before. In fact, 15 months ago, December 13, 2007 I was in the gallery of the New Jersey Assembly listening to pretty much the same debate...

Governor Richardson's Press Release

Posted on March 18, 2009
For Immediate Release Contact: Gilbert GallegosMarch 18, 2009 505.476.2217Governor Bill Richardson Signs Repeal of the Death PenaltySANTA FE ? Governor Bill Richardson today signed House Bill 285, Repeal of the DeathPenalty. The Governor?s remarks follow:Today marks the end of a long, personal journey for me and the issue of the death penalty...

New Mexico Senate Approves Abolition Bill

Posted on March 13, 2009
Earlier today, Friday, March 13, 2009, The New Mexico Senate voted 24-18 to repeal the death penalty in New Mexico and replace it with a sentence of life in prison without possibility of parole. House Bill 285 now goes to Gov. Bill Richardson for his signature...

March 1st: International Death Penalty Abolition Day

Posted on February 28, 2009

MD Governor O'Malley Leads March for Abolition

Posted on February 25, 2009
When is the last time a sitting governor led a march to advocate for the abolition of the death penalty? It's never happened before today. Bravo, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley!From the Baltimore Sun: Gov. Martin O'Malley led a march down a major street in Maryland's capital city to urge lawmakers to repeal the death penalty in what could be a close vote...

Sara Hickman Way

Posted on February 23, 2009
The street outside the First United Methodist Church in Austin, just a block up from the TX capitol bldg and location of the TCADP annual conference, has been re-named for the weekend in honor of death penalty abolitionist and musician Sara Hickman, who is being honored today by the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty...

MD Governor O'Malley Speaks to His Bill

Posted on February 21, 2009
At a hearing before Maryland's Senate Judicial Practices Committee on February 18, 2009, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley testified in support of the bill he sponsored to repeal that state's death penalty. It was a standing room only crowd, overflowing into the corridors...

Montana Senate Hearing Report

Posted on February 15, 2009
Marietta Jeager-Lane Reports:As you may already know, MT's Senate Judiciary Committee passed our abolition bill, SB236, on to the Senate Floor, 7-5. The bill will be debated Monday afternoon, 2/16 starting at 1pm Mountain Time. Click here to listen live! In the above photo are the main speakers at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, left to right: Ron McAndrew, ex-FL warden, who oversaw 3 electric chair executions -- one of which men he felt was innocent and one whose execution was botched, literally cooking the poor guy to death for 1/2 hour...

New Mexico Repeal Day A Huge Success!

Posted on February 11, 2009
The NM Coalition to Repeal the Death Penalty's Lobby Day was Monday (Feb. 9) at the Roundhouse (NM's Capitol Building). More than 225 people from around the state came to Santa Fe for a press conference at noon, followed by visits with their Legislators...

New Mexico One Step Closer to REPEAL!

Posted on February 07, 2009
I took the following images with my phone on Friday, February 6 at the New Mexico State Capitol, which incidentally is a very cool building with a fabulous display of all kinds of art - everywhere! This was a meeting of the House Judiciary Committee, which ultimately passed the bill and sent it to the floor with an 8 to 5 vote...

On the new administration

Posted on November 11, 2008
I?m sure I?m not the only one wondering what to expect from the next administration following what is expected from the Democratic electoral victory. Speaking strictly for me, and letting others speak to what type of judges President-elect Obama will appoint, here is what I think we?ll see...

More Montana Headlines

Posted on October 07, 2008
Once again, top of the front page....Montana Standard - Death Penalty Opponents Speak from Experiences

MT Journey Touching Hearts and Minds

Posted on October 07, 2008
The Montana Journey continues to touch hearts and minds throughout the state. On Sunday evening I moderated an event at the University of Montana - Western featuring Murder Victim Family Members Eve Malo and Bill Pelke, and Leslie Lytle, author of the new book, "Execution's Doorstep...

Montana Journey - Top of the Fold!

Posted on October 03, 2008
The Montana Abolition Coalition is hosting the Montana Journey of Hope ...From Violence to Healing, starting yesterday with an event at Carroll College in Helena. Today we got up and drove to Bozeman for encounters with students at Montana State University, and we were welcomed by a top of the front page (above the vp debate coverage!) article in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle featuring Journey co-founder Marietta Jaeger Lane and David Kaczynski, brother of Ted Kaczynski, AKA the Unabomber, who was apprehended in Montana...

Rachel King: Thank You, and rest in peace....

Posted on August 27, 2008
Rachel King: 1963 - 2008 It is with sadness that we report the passing of our friend and colleague, Rachel King, on August 25, 2008 after a long and valiant struggle with cancer. Rachel was first a daughter, friend, wife and step-mother, but her personal and professional lives merged in her advocacy and efforts to make our world a better place...

NCADP's 1st Annual Death Penalty Abolitionist Leadership Institute

Posted on August 10, 2008

Maryland 9 - Texas 0: In Which Jane Gets A Talking To...

Posted on August 10, 2008
Sent originally from my Wireless BlackBerry while the game continued....Subject: In Which Jane Gets a Talking toIt's MD Coalition Against State Executions night at Camden Yards and the Orioles are still shutting out the TEXAS Rangers, now 9-0 in the bottom of the seventh...

OTSE Members Help Out NCADP at NAACP

Posted on July 14, 2008
The death penalty is on the agenda this week at the 99th Annual Conference of the NAACP in Cincinnati. NAACP delegates will consider a resolution calling for a Federal study commission, and a CLE course on strategies to prevent executions was scheduled to be taught by Bryan Stevenson...

100th Execution in Virginia

Posted on June 26, 2008
Here are a couple of video snippets of activities outside the prison in Virgina as that state conducted its 100th execution in the current death penalty era. Here is one news item...

100th Execution in Virginia - Tolling the bell 100 times...

Posted on June 26, 2008

Pilgrimage for Life from NC to DC

Posted on June 26, 2008
Making Strides toward Abolition and Reconciliation....Here's a short clip from last Sunday, about 15 miles north of Jarratt, VA, site of Virginia's death house.... These folks are walking from North Carolina to the U.S. Supreme Court in DC, educating and activating on the issue of the death penalty...

Rev. Pickett on the Hill

Posted on June 20, 2008
"At the Death House Door" was screened for Congressional staff and interns on Thursday, June 19, 2008 in a special presentation hosted by Congressman Bobby Scott and co-sponsored by the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Amnesty International and the United Methodist Church Genral Board of Church and Society...

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