Is the DEATH PENALTY a realistic and just way to penalize a person for committing a crime? If there is any doubt at all that the person is guilty, is this a rational way to judge and sentence a person? If death is used as a deterrent - does it actually deter people from committing crimes?


"The struggle for justice doesn't end with me. This struggle is for all the Troy Davises who came before me and all the ones who will come after me. I'm in good spirits and I'm prayerful and at peace." - Troy Davis

Killing someone - for any reason whether “justified” or not, tells others that killing is OK. It's much like hitting someone. “Spare the rod...spoil the child” is child abuse and teaches a child that being hit is OK - and that hitting is OK...because the hitting is considered discipline. But does it really stop a child from acting out? Does killing someone really stop others from killing?

Death Penalty Links

Find an organization you want to support if you believe that the death penalty should be abolished. This list is provided by Amnesty International - an organization committed to justice for all

State Organizations against the death penalty

Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty (Alabama)
Alaskans Against the Death Penalty
Coalition of Arizonans to Abolish the Death Penalty
ACLU of Northern California
California People of Faith Working Against the Death Penalty
Death Penalty Focus of California
Coloradans Against the Death Penalty (COADP)
Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty
Delaware Citizens Opposed to the Death Penalty
Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
Indiana Coalition Acting to Suspend Executions
Indiana Information Center on the Abolition of Capital Punishment
Iowans Against the Death Penalty
Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
Mainers Against the Death Penalty
Maryland Coalition Against State Executions
Massachusetts Citizens Against the Death Penalty
Mississippians Educating for Smart Justice
Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty (MADP)
Nebraskans Against the Death Penalty
New Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
New Mexico Coalition to Repeal the Death Penalty
New Yorkers for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
North Carolina Coalition for a Moratorium
People of Faith Against the Death Penalty (North Carolina)
Ohioans to Stop Executions
Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing
StandDown Texas
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
Texas Moratorium Network
Vermonters Against the Death Penalty
Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (VADP)
Washington Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
Wisconsin Coalition Against the Death Penalty


National Organizations against the death penalty

Abolitionist Action Committee
ABA Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project
ABA Death Penalty Representation Project
ACLU Capital Punishment Project

Campaign to End the Death Penalty
Catholics Against Capital Punishment
Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE)
The Constitution Project – Death Penalty Committee
Death Penalty News & Updates
The Equal Justice Initiative of the Quixote Center
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Innocence Project
Innocent and Executed
Journey of Hope From Violence to Healing
The Justice Project

Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation
Murder Victims Families for Human Rights
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
Religious Organizing Against the Death Penalty Project
Southern Center for Human Rights
Unitarian Universalists for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
United Methodist Church General Board of Church and Society: Death Penalty
US Supreme Court
Witness to Innocence


International Organizations against the death penalty
Amnesty International (London, England)
ECPM (Together Against the Death Penalty) (Paris, France)
Penal Reform International (London, England)
Sant Egidio International Campaign Against the Death Penalty (Rome, Italy)
World Coalition Against the Death Penalty (Paris, France)



MORE on the subject of CAPITAL PUNISHMENT:
“10 Countries That Still Embrace Capital Punishment”
http://www.criminaljusticedegreesguide.com/features/10-countries-that-still-embrace-capital-punishment.html/