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Get Involved with CADP
Coloradans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
(CADP), formerly Coloradans Against the Death Penalty,
is a nonprofit organization dedicated
to making our justice system more effective
by establishing smart alternatives that abolish
capital punishment. We are concerned
citizens, religious leaders, political leaders,
criminal defense lawyers, and relatives of murder
victims. Subscribe
today to our free e-mail list.
Hurry, time is running out to make your reservations.
Come join us for dinner on Saturday, September
11, 2010 at the Arvada Center for the Arts. This
year's annual CADP Dinner features a keynote
address by reknown author and activist Sr.
Helen Prejean. You can also register to meet
her during the private 6 p.m. VIP reception.
Dinner starts at 7 p.m. with a choice of meat
and vegetarian options.
This year's dinner also features these award:
the Abolitionist of the Year award to Mike Root,
the Spirit of Courage award to Rep. Ed Vigil,
and the Volunteer of the Year award to Philip
Tobias.
For an informative and entertaining dinner that
helps raise funds for our important work, reserve
your seats today. (8/30/10, CADP)
Register or get
more information
Derrick Jamison, Randy Steidl, and Shabaka WaQlimi
will be speaking in two separate four-day tours
in September and in October. The tour is sponsored
by two nonprofit organizations, Coloradans for
Alternatives to the Death Penalty and Witness
to Innocence.
In September, Randy Steidl, who spent 17 years
behind bars, 12 on death row and 5 serving a "Life
Without the Possibility of Parole" sentence,
will be speaking in Denver, Lakewood, Sterling,
and in Aurora. October will bring Derrick Jamison,
an innocent man spent nearly 20 years on Ohio's
death row for a crime he did not commit, will
be joined by Shabaka WaQlimi of Charlotte, who
spent 13 years on death row in Florida before
being exonerated. They will speak in Denver,
Fort Collins, Aurora, and Boulder. (9/3/10, CADP)
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while helping Coloradans for Alternatives
to the Death Penalty. Wear a striking,
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New Edition Available of CADP's "The Abolitionist"
A new edition of CADP's newsletter "The
Abolitionist"
is now available. Download
a PDF version of the informative newsletter
today. Articles include:
- Innocence and Death Penalty
- From the Executive Director
- Shabaka WaQlimi, Colorado Visit
- One Hour to Death, The Derrick Jamison Story
- Randy Steidl - A Long Fight Against Injustice
and Death Penalty, plus Interview
- Pardoning Joe Arridy
- Upcoming Exoneree Tour
Nathan
Dunlap, who killed four people at a Chuck
E. Cheese restaurant in Aurora in 1993, lost
his federal death-penalty appeal Tuesday. His
attorneys will appeal the decision to the 10th
Circuit Court. Dunlap filed a habeas corpus
petition with the court in 2008 arguing that
his trial attorney was ineffective for not
presenting a defense on his childhood abuse
and mental-health issues. (8/25/10, The Denver
Post)
The latest edition of the Death Penalty Information
Center's series of podcasts, DPIC on the Issues,
is now available for download. This podcast,
Victims and the Death Penalty, explores the issues
faced by murder victims' families when capital
punishment is being considered. (8/23/10, DPIC Update)
Take Action
Get involved
- see CADP's suggested actions against
the death penalty
CADP provides many educational resources to
the community. Want to learn more about the death
penalty - and safe, sensible alternatives? Your
group can line up a free informative speaker
for its next event, borrow an educational video,
or combine the two. Get more information about our
helpful
resources.
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Quote
"Society changes. Knowledge accumulates.
We learn, sometimes, from our mistakes. Punishments
that did not seem cruel and unusual at one
time may, in the light of reason and experience,
be found cruel and unusual at a later time."
-- John Paul Stevens, retired Supreme Court
Justice
Join CADP or make a donation today to support
CADP. Help us educate the public, lobby for bills,
and work to abolish the death penalty in Colorado.
You can donate securely online - just click the
Donate to CADP button.
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