Organizations Opposing Death Penalty

• The Abolitionist Action Committee  - Get to know this ad hoc group of individuals who work to bring about public education for alternatives to the death penalty.
• Amicus  - Site of an advocacy group that aims to provide legal representation for the those people in the death row.
• Campaign to End the Death Penalty  - Collection of articles and arguments against the implementation of the death penalty.
• Capital Defense Weekly  - Compiles news and updates on the struggle against the death penalty.
• Catholics Against Capital Punishment  - Get to know the mission, people, and advocacy of this religious organization that works for the abolition of the capital punishment.
• Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty  - Contains action alerts, an events calendar, press releases, execution information, and links to partner groups.
• Crime Victims for a Just Society  - Represents the voices of crime victims that call for the end of the death penalty.
• Death Penalty Focus  - Explores the possibility that innocent lives may suffer grave inappropriate punishment due to the irreversible consequences of the death penalty.
• Death Watch International  - Contains information on executions around the world, with arguments against the death penalty, quotes and details of how to get involved with the organization's campaign.
• Human Writes  - Profiles the activities, advocacy, and services of this humanitarian organization that seeks to bring about the good among people in the death row.
• International Justice Project  - Features case archives and briefings on death penalty issues such as juveniles, mental health and foreign nationals. Also contains an executions calendar and details of training in human rights law.
• Maryland Citizens Against State Executions  - Coalition of groups and individuals united in their wish to end the death penalty in Maryland. Includes faith news, local links and resources.
• The Moratorium Campaign  - Sign a moratorium petition, shop for anti-death penalty books, and send in donations for the death penalty abolition campaign.
• Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights  - International organization of family members of both the executed and the victims, united in opposing the death penalty. Includes downloadable brochures and personal stories.
• National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty  - Presents a list of forthcoming death row executions, news and press releases, and death penalty facts and figures.
• Reprieve Australia  - Aims to provide effective legal representation and humanitarian assistance to those facing the death penalty. Includes newsletters and reports.
• Stop Capital Punishment Now  - Pools in the arguments of various death penalty abolition projects. With links to related websites.
• World Coalition against the Death Penalty  - Learn about the advocacy, services, and activities of this death penalty organization created in Rome.