Abolish the Death Penalty

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This report outlines both short-term and long-term policy changes required to reform the criminal legal system and address the structural racism it embodies.

October 6, 2020 from Noon to 1PM, The Center for the Study of Democracy welcomes Diann Rust-Tierney, Executive Director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.

"I was preparing to die. I wasn’t preparing for this moment."

Two decades after prosecutors began pursuing murder charges against Mr. Flowers, they announced that they were dropping the case.

Sign the petition encouraging Congress to speak out against the upcoming federal executions in July and August of 2020.

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Jerry spoke philosophically of how we all live under a sentence of death, but unlike condemned prisoners we don’t know when our time will be up.

“It's important that we end that I think it has been a very discriminatory practice, not just towards people of color, but people within geographic areas within the state,” said Democratic Rep. Adrienne Benavidez.

Unless government officials act now, the novel coronavirus will spread rapidly in our jails and prisons, endangering not only prisoners and corrections workers but the general public as well.

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NCADP is assembling a team to that can help educate elected officials on the systemic flaws of the death penalty. Join the fight!