Ten Things You Can Do

1. If your state has abolition or moratorium bills pending, write your representatives in the state legislature and/or your governor expressing your support for the bill and articulating your personal objections to the death penalty. If there is no such bill pending in your state legislature, write your representatives to ask that they consider sponsoring such a bill. 

 

2. Find the abolition groups in your state here and contact them to see how you can get involved locally and better understand the political climate in your state surrounding the death penalty. 

 

3. Visit the following websites on a regular basis to stay apprised of death penalty information and breaking news and actions:

 

4. Write a letter to the editor in response to an article that appears in your local newspaper on the death penalty or related topics. 

 

5. Make a donation to support the work of an organization working on the death penalty. There are groups at the national and local level that could greatly benefit from your support.

Click here to donate to NCADP.

 

6. Join NCADP’s e@bolitionist listserv to get the latest news and action alerts, and tell a friend about it!
Sign up here.

 

7. Talk to your faith leader about engaging your house of worship on the death penalty.

9. Make plans to attend NCADP’s annual conference on the death penalty in Chicago, Illinois on January 13 - 16, 2011.  Details coming soon!

 

10. Wear your opposition to the death penalty. Click here to purchase an article of clothing, bumper sticker, or pin.