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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.

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Hurry, CADP Dinner is September 11 - Reserve Your Seats Today!

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)

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CADP and Witness to Innocence Present the Death Row "Exoneree Tour"

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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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

Colorado Death Penalty Stands for Nathan Dunlap

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)


New DPIC Podcast Explores Victims' Families and the Death Penalty

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)


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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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"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


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