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Dec 5, 2023 · When Amnesty International started its work in 1977, only 16 countries had totally abolished the death penalty. Today, that number has risen to 108 – more than half the world’s countries. We have helped save the lives of countless death row prisoners – and there’s much more work ahead.
- Equal Justice USA
- National Coalition to Abolish The Death Penalty
- Journey of Hope
- ACLU
- Equal Justice Initiative
- Witness to Innocence
- Amnesty U.S.A.
Equal Justice USA was founded in 1990 to reform the justice system from the bottom up, to make it focused on healing rather than punishment. The organization was part of successful campaigns to end capital punishment in nine states, and calls the death penalty "the ultimate failure of a system that fails the most vulnerable people." You can support...
The NCADP is the country's oldest anti-capital punishment non-profit, founded in 1976. It brings together more than 100 other organizations from across the country to fight for the end of the death penalty. It takes a state-by-state approach, lobbying state officials, starting petitions, and educating people about the death penalty. They'll help yo...
Journey Of Hope is led by family members of murder victims, who campaign for the end of the death penalty through speaking engagements, rallies, and demonstrations. Its founder, Bill Pelke, campaigned for clemency for Paula Cooper, who murdered Pelke's grandmother at the age of 15; with the support of 2 million people, including Pope John Paul II, ...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has been campaigning against the death penalty for decades. In 2020, it's working to help the people on death row targeted by the Trump administration, including Lisa Montgomery, who is the first woman scheduled for the death penalty in the U.S. since 1953, by filing injunctions and taking appeals to higher...
If you've seen Just Mercy with Michael B. Jordan, you'll already recognize the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), who've been working to reform the justice system for decades. The EJI works with people on death row, giving them legal representation and support, and does extensive campaigning to end capital punishment entirely. They also fought and won...
Witness To Innocence is an anti-death penalty non-profit whose speakers and campaigners are exonerated death row survivors. They testify before politicians and on speaking tours to educate the public about wrongful convictions. You can invite their speakers to your area, or send donationsvia their website.
Amnesty International's U.S. chapter supports the push to ban the death penalty in every state, as part of their global commitment to end capital punishment everywhere. They make pleas for clemency for prisoners, campaign for political change, and publish annual reports on executions worldwide. You can donate, purchase merchandise, volunteer, or le...
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Oct 10, 2022 · Marking the 20th World Day Against the Death Penalty, two UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Monday issued a statement recalling that under international law, capital punishment is...
May 31, 2024 · From police officers to family members of murder victims, Americans are recognizing that the death penalty does not make us safer. EJI provides legal assistance to people on death row, many of whom are innocent or wrongly convicted.
May 14, 2024 · DEATH PENALTY CENSUS. Oct 19, 2023. New Resource: Updated Death Penalty Census. DPIC’s database of more than 9, 800 death sentences imposed between the Supreme Court ruling striking down U.S. death penalty laws in 1972 and January 1, 2022 details the systemic arbitrariness, bias, and error of the modern U.S. death penalty ...
The US anti-death penalty movement (ADPM) argues that the execution of criminals is immoral or otherwise undesirable. Its advocates therefore support, at least in part, an expansion of the moral circle to encompass convicted criminals, in the sense that they would share the right-to-life of non-convicts.
Feb 14, 2023 · Today, 27 states in the U.S., as well as the federal government, retain the death penalty, and as of April 2022, one source reported that there were 2,414 people on death row across the country.
