The Network, as part of the Montana Abolition Coalition, is educating the public about the death penalty and, ultimately, working to repeal the death sentence in Montana.

6 Reasons to Support Abolition of the Death Penalty

• We cannot release an innocent person from the grave
  Since 1976, nearly 140 individuals have been sent to death row and later found innocent.
• The death penalty is unfair and unequal
  The death penalty is disproportionately applied to people of color and people in poverty.
• The death penalty re-victimizes family members
  A death sentence prolongs the pain of murder victim family members through decades of appeals and media attention focused not on their loved one, but on the murderer.
• The death penalty is much more expensive
  Every major cost study ever conducted shows that the death penalty system costs taxpayers at least 2 to 3 times more than a system of life without parole.
• The Death Penalty as the Ultimate, Irreversible Denial of Human Rights
  The International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was ratified by the U.S. in 1992. Article 5 states, "No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment." A 1997 U.N. High Commission resolution states, "abolition of the death penalty contributes to the enhancement of human dignity and progressive development of human rights."
• Montanans are ready
  Death sentences and public support for the death penalty are at an all-time low.

Help the Network Abolish the Death Penalty in Montana
Contact Rachel Carroll at 442-5506 ext. 13
rachelc@mtabolitionco.org to get involved or visit:
www.mtabolitionco.org

The Death Penalty as the Ultimate, Irreversible Denial of Human Rights Justifying Abolition

• The abolition of the death penalty fits within the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as part of the International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights
• The Covenant was adopted in 1976 and seeks to limit the death penalty where it is still applied. The U.S. ratified the Covenant in 1992 and is thus bound by it.
• In 1997, the U.N. High Commission for Human Rights approved a resolution stating that "abolition of the death penalty contributes to the enhancement of human dignity and progressive development of human rights."
• Article 5 of the Universal Declaration states: "No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."