Blog Feed: Abolish the Death Penalty

Abolish the Death Penalty: Marie Deans - RIP

Published on 2011-04-15 21:26:00

Abolish the Death Penalty: Marie Deans - RIP

Marie Deans - RIP

Published on 2011-04-15 21:23:00

“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 Fo

World Day Against the Death Penalty

Published on 2009-10-09 14:37:00

"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 arou

Shouting from the Rooftops!

Published on 2009-09-23 00:52:00

Cesar E. Chavez... The Path to Nonviolence

Published on 2009-03-31 07:30:00

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, 1994. Cesar E. Chavez A Clear Voice Against Violence As a co

Montana Takes Another Step

Published on 2009-03-27 11:13:00

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 runnin

Abolition - It's Just Common Sense

Published on 2009-03-18 19:20:00

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

Governor Richardson's Press Release

Published on 2009-03-18 19:15:00

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 remark

Albuquerque Journal On-Line Poll Says REPEAL!

Published on 2009-03-18 08:49:00

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

In New Mexico, The People Speak!

Published on 2009-03-18 08:11:00

For Immediate Release Contact: Caitlin Kelleher March 17, 2009 505.476.2299 Gove

New Mexico Senate Approves Abolition Bill

Published on 2009-03-13 20:40:00

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 hi

March 1st: Michigan Death Penalty Abolition Day

Published on 2009-02-28 12:43:00

March 1, Michigan Death Penalty Abolition Day, marks the anniversary of the date in 1847 in which the State of Michigan officially became the first English-speaking territory in the world to abolish capital punishment. It is a day to remember the vic