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Abolish the Death Penalty: Marie Deans - RIP

Abolish the Death Penalty: Marie Deans - RIP

Marie Deans - RIP

“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 Folks and we mean it. It is not the end of our Journey,...

World Day Against the Death Penalty

"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 around the world that still implement capital...

Shouting from the Rooftops!

Cesar E. Chavez... The Path to Nonviolence

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...

Montana Takes Another Step

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

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

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...

Albuquerque Journal On-Line Poll Says REPEAL!

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!

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