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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
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The odds of a death sentence for those who
are suspected of killing white people are about
three times higher than those accused of killing
blacks, according to a new study from a University
of Colorado professor who combed through death
sentences in North Carolina during a 28-year
period. The study, which will be published in
The North Carolina Law Review next year, was
conducted by Michael Radelet, a sociology professor
at CU's Boulder campus, and Glenn Pierce, a research
scientist in the School of Criminology and Criminal
Justice at Northeastern University in Boston. "It's
just kind of baffling that in this day and age
- race matters," said Radelet. (7/22/10,
The Camera)
"No Tomorrow" is a movie that takes viewers inside a suspenseful
death penalty trial and challenges their beliefs about capital punishment. View
trailer (contains graphic images).
Please join CADP for a special screening of this film:
Thursday, August 19th at 7:00 p.m.
Our Savior's Lutheran Church
915 East 9th Avenue, Denver, CO 80218
Donations welcome
Please RSVP by Thursday, August 12th to lisa@coadp.org
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Make a social and fashion statement -
while helping Coloradans for Alternatives
to the Death Penalty. Wear a striking,
high-quality t-shirt that displays an important
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Kevin Keith is a 46-year-old man currently on death row in the state
of Ohio. Keith is scheduled to be put to death
on September 15, in spite of overwhelming evidence
that he is an innocent man. Groups including
the Ohio Innocence Project, the National Innocence
Network, and a group of leading eyewitness and
memory experts are petitioning to
urge the Ohio Parole Board and Gov. Ted Strickland
to grant clemency to Kevin Keith. (7/20/10, ACLU
Blog of Rights)
Sign the petition to save Kevin Keith
Hundreds of protesters will gather worldwide
Saturday to rally against the imprisonment and
possible execution of an Iranian woman convicted
of adultery. The case of Sakineh Mohammedie Ashtiani
has drawn international attention. She was convicted
of adultery in 2006 and faces the possibility
of execution. Ashtiani was originally sentenced
to death by stoning, but it was put on hold earlier
this month after an international outcry. (7/24/10,
CNN.com)
Stop
her stoning execution - take action online
with Avaaz.org
Dan Glode, a former district attorney in Lincoln
County, Oregon, recently criticized the death
penalty for "the enormous expense in dollars and emotional capital
[it takes] for the families of homicide victims." Writing
in the Newport News-Times, he experienced crime
both as a prosecutor and as a relative of a murder
victim. (7/26/10, 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
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CADP. Help us educate the public, lobby for bills,
and work to abolish the death penalty in Colorado.
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