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2. Abolitionnist organizations

a/ Organizations

- Amnesty USA:
* 'Death Penalty in the USA' section
* Death Penalty Abolition Program

- Catholics Against Capital Punishment
An American advocacy organization working for the abolition of the death penalty in the U.S.

- Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (CUADP) works to end the death penalty in the United States through aggressive campaigns of public education and the promotion of tactical grassroots activism.

- D.E.A.T.H. (Drive-by Executions Amount To Hypocrisy)
This website includes petitions, polls, readings, links, ...

- Derechos Human Rights
'Death penalty' section

- Human Rights Watch
'Death Penalty report' section

- Lamp of Hope
A non-profit organization founded by Texas Death Row prisoners.
Its goals include the education of the public about the death penalty and alternatives; the support of victims' families by promoting healing and reconciliation; the support of prisoners' families, thereby breaking the cycle of violence.

- Lifespark [EU]
A Swiss movement against Death Penalty.

- Massachusetts Death Penalty E-mail Network (MADPEN)
MADPEN aims to connect organizations and individuals working to keep the death penalty out of Massachusetts.

- Moratorium 2000 Campaign
A not-for-profit, nonpolitical organization dedicated to obtaining a moratorium on the death penalty internationally

- Nebraskans Against the Death Penalty
This organization is devoted to educating the public about the death penalty and charitable efforts toward death row inmates and those being prosecuted for capital crimes.

- New Jerseyans for a Death Penalty Moratorium
This organization dedicated its work to win public and political support for an immediate suspension of all executions in New Jersey (for a minimum of two years).

- New Mexico Coaliton to Repeal the Death Penalty
A coalition of organizations and individuals committed to repealing the death penalty in New Mexico and providing accurate information, advocate meaningful public policy.

- Ohioans To Stop Executions
An organization founded in 1987 to end the use of capital punishment in the Ohio state through education and activism.

- Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
A coalition of organizations, individuals, human rights groups, churches and other faith-based organizations.

- People of Faith Against the Death Penalty -
An organization committed to the education and mobilization of people of all faiths in North Carolina for the abolition of the death penalty.

- US Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
Information, alerts and statitstics

- Virginians for an Alternative to the Death Penalty


b/ on-line petitions

- Death Penalty Moratorium Petition


3. Pro-death penalty organizations

- Justice For All
Focus on the victims' rights.

- Justice for Officer Faulkner
On July 3, 1982, having heard weeks of testimony, a jury of 12 citizens sentenced Mumia Abu-Jamal to death for the murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner.

- Murder Victims Memorial Site

- Refuse to Be A Victim
From the National Rifle Association.

- The Pro Death Penalty Website

- Wesley Lowe's Pro Death Penalty webpage