Death Penalty,
and Capital Punishment
organizations links
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New Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (NJADP)
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"... to achieve public and political support for the elimination of capital punishment in the United States and promotes public policies and programs designed to ensure justice and healing in the criminal justice system and in our communities."
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http://www.njadp.org/ ~ http://www.nodp.org/nj/
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New Jersyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (NJADP)
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"Over the last 20 years, less than 1% of New Jersey's 8,000 homicides resulted in a death sentence. But are those individuals who receive a death sentence truly the 'worst of the worst' - or simply those with the worst geographic location?"
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http://www.njadp.com/
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New Mexico Coalition to Repeal the Death Penalty
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"While monitoring and defending repeal, we will continue to educate the community about the death penalty and advocate for expanded services for the families of murder victims- the first such program in the country...."
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http://www.nmrepeal.org/
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New York City Anti-Violence Project (NYC AVP)
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"...dedicated to eliminating hate violence, sexual assault, stalking, and domestic violence in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and HIV-affected communities through counseling, advocacy, organizing, and public education."
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http://www.avp.org/
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North Carolina Coalition for a Moratorium (NCCM)
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"In the last few weeks, several legislative actions and court decisions have made it seem likely that executions will resume in the near future. What is really going on?"
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http://www.ncmoratorium.org/
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Ohioans to Stop Executions
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"Dedicated to ending the death penalty in Ohio..."
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http://www.ohioanstostopexecutions.blogspot.com/ ~ http://www.otse.org/
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Oklahoma Coalition Against the Death Penalty (OKCADP)
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"...a grassroots membership organization working to end the death penalty in Oklahoma. We are a statewide organization which engages in outreach, education, and advocacy aimed at raising awareness of issues related to the death penalty and mobilizing Oklahoma citizens..."
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http://www.okcadp.org/
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Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (OADP)
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"We are criminal justice activists joined in a concerted effort to increase the effectiveness of Oregon's response to violent interpersonal crime. Our members include victims' survivors, attorneys, religious leaders, teachers and other concerned citizens...."
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http://www.oadp.org/
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Partisan Defense Committee (PDC)
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"...the PDC was instrumental in not only uncovering the evidence of Mumia's innocence but also disseminating it to the working class public."
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http://www.partisandefense.org/
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Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
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"... a grassroots non-profit organization dedicated to ending executions in Pennsylvania. Through grass roots outreach, focused campaigns and citizen mobilization we have defined a comprehensive strategy to end the death penalty in Pennsylvania."
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http://www.pa-abolitionists.org/
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Prison Activist Resource Center
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"... a prison abolitionist group committed to exposing and challenging all forms of institutionalized racism, sexism, able-ism, heterosexism, and classism, specifically within the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC)."
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http://www.prisonactivist.org/
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Prison Policy Initiative
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"... documents the impact of mass incarceration on individuals, communities, and the national welfare. We produce accessible and innovative research to empower the public to participate in improving criminal justice policy."
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http://www.prisonpolicy.org/
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Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty (PHADP)
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"Our mission is to work together with friends and other supporters to educate the public and to bring about the abolition of the death penalty in Alabama...."
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http://www.phadp.org/ ~ http://virgilturtle.com/phadp/index.php
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Save An Innocent Life (SAIL)
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"...a small group of volunteers who are attempting to collect adequate legal aid and basic necessities for Clinton Lee Young, an innocent man who has been wrongly sentenced to death in Texas."
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http://www.saveaninnocentlife.com/
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Singapore's Anti-Death Penalty Campaign
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"Singaporeans have been fed one side of the story for the past 40 years or so. So much so that most of us have come to accept it as normal. The public's access to information on the issue of the Death Penalty in Singapore is a very important part of the campaign...."
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http://changi-gallow.blogspot.com/
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