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Cesar E. Chavez... The Path to Nonviolence

March 31, 2009 15:01

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 community and farm worker organizer early in his...

Montana Takes Another Step

March 27, 2009 16:23

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 running the death penalty as its Question of the Week. ...

Abolition - It's Just Common Sense

March 19, 2009 00:55

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 ago, December 13, 2007 I was in the gallery of the ...

Governor Richardson's Press Release

March 19, 2009 00:53

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 remarks follow:Today marks the end of a long, personal jou...

Albuquerque Journal On-Line Poll Says REPEAL!

March 18, 2009 14:46

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 put in a place a protection that allows only...

In New Mexico, The People Speak!

March 18, 2009 13:28

For Immediate Release Contact: Caitlin Kelleher March 17, 2009 505.476.2299 Governor Bill Richardson Continues to Hear from New...

New Mexico Senate Approves Abolition Bill

March 14, 2009 02:01

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 his signature.Governor Richardson's office has set...

March 1st: Michigan Death Penalty Abolition Day

March 14, 2009 01:40

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 victims of violent crime and their survivors; it is...

MD Governor O'Malley Leads March for Abolition

February 25, 2009 20:36

When is the last time a sitting governor led a march to advocate for the abolition of the death penalty? It's never happened before today. Bravo, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley!From the Baltimore Sun: Gov. Martin O'Malley led a march down a major street in Maryland's capital city to...

Sara Hickman Way

February 23, 2009 17:21

The street outside the First United Methodist Church in Austin, just a block up from the TX capitol bldg and location of the TCADP annual conference, has been re-named for the weekend in honor of death penalty abolitionist and musician Sara Hickman, who is being honored today by the Texas Coalition...