Surf these sites: Amnesty International and the Death Penalty (1997) -- Amnesty International, defender of some kinds of human rights worldwide, gives their position on capital punishment. Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty -- The CCADP is a not for profit international organization based in Canada. Provide assistance and support to death row inmates, their families, and the families of victims. Currently the CCADP is engaged in providing pen-pal requests for inmates, as well as being involved with starting the ''Justice for Jimmy'' campaign and initiating the international tourist boycott of Texas for their human rights abuses. Canadian Coaltion Against the Death Penalty -- Canadians campaigning to ban capital punishment world wide. Catholics Against Capital Punishment -- As the name implies, this is a national advocacy organization working for the abolition of the death penalty in the U.S. Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty -- This organization works to end the death penalty in the United States through aggressive campaigns of public education and the promotion of tactical grassroots activism. Coloradans Against The Death Penalty -- Up to date information on the death penalty in Colorado and includes information on actions to abolish the death penalty in Colorado. Cornell University School of Law -- Death Penalty Project -- Elements include a capital punishment clinic, a commitment to provide continuing education programs for capital defense attorneys and the active collection and study of data in this field. Crime Victims for a Just Society -- Organization promotes progressive solutions to violence in our culture. Death Penalty Focus of California -- "We believe that the death penalty is an ineffective and brutally simplistic response to the serious and complex problem of violent crime. Membership is open to all concerned individuals." Death Penalty Information -- Anti-Capital Punishment Resources from the ASC''s Critical Criminology Division ECADP - European Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty -- The ECADP supports inmates on death row in all countries around the world, but mainlyin the US. The main goal is the abolition of the death penalty... Equal Justice USA -- Through education and mobilization, the project seeks to expand public opposition to the death penalty, as well as bring into clear focus the racial, economic and political biases active in U.S. courts, prisons, jails and policing agencies. Law Students Against the Death Penalty -- Law student organization against the death penalty encourages awareness and provides useful links. Murder Victims'' Families for Reconciliation -- "Evidence shows that it does not deter killing. It is much more expensive than alternative sentences, draining money from education, health care, prevention of domestic abuse, child abuse and substance abuse, and other needed programs. The risk of executing the innocent is ever present." National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty -- NCADP advocates for public policy and mobilizes and supports people and institutions that share our unconditional rejection of the state''s use of homocide as an instrument of social policy. The American Civil Liberties Union on the Death Penalty -- The ACLU, defender of certain essential freedoms, gives their position on execution / the death penalty.
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