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The mission of Coloradans Against the Death Penalty is to abolish the death penalty in Colorado through religious, educational, political, and victims rights efforts.

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Publications

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Publications -- 2009

• Do Executions Lower Homicide Rates? The Views of Leading Criminologists
  by Michael Radelet and Traci Lacock
• Bring Justice to Cold Cases
  by Ellen V. Moore
• Statement at Colorado State Capitol Press Conference
  by Conor Boyle
• Let's End the Death Penalty, Now
  by Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, Archbishop of Denver
• Effigy: Images of Capital Defendants
  by Allison Cotton
• Death Row USA - State and Federal Statistics
  by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
• Capital Punishment: An Indictment by a Death-Row Survivor
  by Billy Wayne Sinclair and Jodie Sinclair

CADP Newsletter: The Abolitionist -- Spring 2009

• Use Death Penalty Money for Unsolved Murders
  by Michael Radelet
• How to Attend a Death Penalty Trial
  by David Lindsey
• Colorado Citizen Action Alert
• Cents and Sensibility
  by Angela Campbell
• Richardson Foregoes Money Argument, Cites Morality
• It's Time to Join or Renew Your CADP Membership
• Member Alert: Show Support at Robert Ray Trial
• Rome's Coliseum
• The Abolitionist -- Spring 2009 (PDF)

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Publications -- 2008

• Capital Punishment in Colorado: 1859-1972
  by Michael Radelet
• The Death Penalty in 2008: Year End Report (PDF)
  by the Death Penalty Information Center
• Death Row USA - State and Federal Statistics
  by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

CADP Newsletter: The Abolitionist -- Winter 2008

• Annual Dinner Honors Rep. Paul Weissman
• Jury Says Death Penalty for Sir Mario Owens
• U.S. Supreme Court Says No Death Penalty for the Rape of a Child
• Scientific American Predicts Who Will Be Executed
• The Abolitionist -- Winter 2008 (PDF)

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Publications -- 2007

• The Death Penalty in 2007: Year End Report (PDF)
  by the Death Penalty Information Center
• Capital Punishment, 2006 - Statistical Tables
  by the U.S. Department of Justice
• Human Rights: The Death Penalty
  by the American Bar Association
• Execution by Lethal Injection: A Quarter Century of State Poisoning
  by Amnesty International
• Uneven Justice: State Rates of Incarceration by Race and Ethnicity (PDF)
  by The Sentencing Project
• The Persistent Problem of Racial Disparities in the Federal Death Penalty
  by the American Civil Liberties Union
• USA Prisoner-Assisted Homicide - More "Volunteer" Executions Loom
  by Amnesty International

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Publications -- 2006

• The Death Penalty in 2006: Year End Report (PDF)
  by the Death Penalty Information Center
• Capital Punishment, 2005
  by U.S. Department of Justice - Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Race, Gender, Region and Death Sentencing in Colorado, 1980-1999 (PDF)
  by Michael Radelet, Hillary Potter and Stephanie Hindson for CU Law Review
• So Long as They Die: Lethal Injections in the United States (PDF)
  by Human Rights Watch
• Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) 2005 Index of Articles (PDF)

CADP Newsletter: The Abolitionist -- Winter 2006

• Annual Dinner to Feature David Kaczynski, Brother of the "Unabomber"
• In Memoriam: Father Jim Sunderland
• Death Penalty Aggravator Dropped from Bill
• The Abolitionist -- Winter 2006 (PDF)

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Publications -- 2005

• How the Death Penalty Weakens U.S. International Interests (PDF)
  by ACLU Capital Punishment Project
• Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) 2004 Year End Report (PDF)

CADP Newsletter: The Abolitionist -- Fall 2005

• Fighting for Life in the Death-Belt
• Colorado Death Row Update 2005
  by Randy Canney
• The Empty Chair
  reviewed by Riley Selleck
• 1000th Execution Nearing
• Join Coloradans Against the Death Penalty
• The Abolitionist -- Fall 2005 (PDF)

CADP Newsletter: The Abolitionist -- Winter 2005

• How You Can Help Abolish the Death Penalty
• CADP Annual Dinner to Feature Sister Helen Prejean
• CADP Abolitionist of the Year: Phil Cherner
  by Colleen Scissors
• The Abolitionist -- Winter 2005 (PDF)

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Publications -- 2004

CADP Newsletter: The Abolitionist -- Fall 2004

• Former Illinois Governor and Exonerated Death Row Inmate Coming to Colorado
• Colorado Death Row Update 2004
  by Randy Canney
• Election 2004: Where the Candidates Stand on the Death Penalty
• Join Coloradans Against the Death Penalty
• The Abolitionist -- Fall 2004 (PDF)

CADP Newsletter: The Abolitionist -- Winter 2004

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Publications -- 2003

• Death Penalty Information Center 2003 Year End Report (PDF)
  DPIC's yearly report on statistics and trends
• Governor Doesn't Understand Death Penalty's Racial Biases
  by Michael L. Radelet
• "Dead Man Walking" Author Speaking at CU-Boulder
• Death Penalty Poses Too Many Questions
  by Michael L. Radelet
• University of Maryland Death Penalty Study (PDF)
  Study on the Impact of Race and Geography

CADP Newsletter: The Abolitionist -- Fall 2003

CADP Newsletter: The Abolitionist -- Summer 2003

CADP Newsletter: The Abolitionist -- Winter 2003

• Colorado Death Penalty Expert Played Key Role in Illinois Commutations
• Colorado State Legislature: A Super Majority Bill in the Works?
  by Randy Canney
• National Coalition Director to Speak at CADP Dinner
• Join Coloradans Against the Death Penalty
• The Abolitionist -- Winter 2003 (PDF)

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Publications -- 2002

• Donate to Support Upcoming CADP Efforts
  by Denise Madden-Darnell and Randy Canney
• Letter to the Editor about Gary Davis and the Death Penalty Symposium
  by Vicki Mandell-King
• Death Penalty Symposium at the University of Colorado

Publications -- Summer 2002

• Dignity Denied: The Experience of Murder Victims' Family Members Who Oppose the Death Penalty (PDF)
  Report by Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation
• Reviewing the Colorado Legislative Special Session
  by Denise Madden
• Colorado Legislative Special Session Death Penalty Press Conference
  by Philip Tobias
• Colorado Legislative Special Session Death Penalty Press Conference Statement
  Official statement by CADP and the other sponsoring groups
• Testimony to Senate Judiciary Committee by William Nieves and Bud Welch
• Statement on Colorado and the Death Penalty (PDF)
  by Charles J. Chaput, Catholic Archbishop of Denver
• Concerning Life Sentences Only (and Senate Bill 02S-008)
  by Sen. Pat Pascoe and Rep. Rosemary Marshall
• Coalition Sponsors July 9th Press Conference
  by Philip Tobias
• Colorado and the Ring Decision
  Thoughtful discussion needed on cost, morality, and injustice
  by Jim Castle
• CADP Comments on Colorado and the Death Penalty
  by Marshal Seufert and Philip Tobias
• CADP Asks You to Contact Legislators and Newspapers
  by Randy Canney
• CADP Hails Court Ruling Rendering CO Death Penalty Law Unconstitutional
  Press release about Supreme Court's Ring v. Arizona decision

Publications -- Spring 2002

Publications -- Winter 2002

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Publications -- 2001

• CADP March 2001 Sentencing Bill Press Release
  Proposed bill called "Death Sentence for the Bill of Rights"
• CADP March 2001 Vigil Press Release
• A Letter from Donta Page's Attorney
  Urgent action needed for a man facing a February 2001 death sentence

McVeigh Publications -- Summer 2001

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Publications -- 2000

CADP Newsletter -- Winter 2000

• Letter from the CADP President
• Abolish the Death Penalty -- Committing to Conscience
• CADP Honors Vela
• CADP Board Member Has Success in Federal Death Case
• Colorado's Pending Capital Cases

CADP Newsletter -- Spring 2000

• Hope Grows in Death Penalty Fight
• From the Editor
• CADP Web site is Now Online
• Sunderland Honored; Annual Dinner a Success
• Show Us the Way
  by Vicki Mandell-King
• It's Easy to Believe in the Death Penalty
  -- If You Ignore the Facts
• The Process of Death -- Part II
• Colorado's Death Row
• Regional, National, World News
• CADP Active in Legislative Battles
• A Letter from the CADP President
• Deepening the Dialogue
  by Vicki-Mandell King
• Corners in Colorado
• CADP Board of Directors and Advisory Council
• How Can You Help?
• Invisible Victims
• Declaration of Life
• Contributors

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Publications -- 1999

CADP Newsletter -- Fall 1999

• Something Else in Mind
  by Vicki Mandell-King
• From the Editor
• Bud Welch to Visit Colorado
• The Process of Death -- Part I
  An Overview of Procedures in Colorado death penalty cases
• The First Round -- Judge Sentencing is initiated
• Opinion -- A response to the recent criticism
  by H. Patrick Furman
• Colorado's Death Row
• Death Penalty Cases in the Trial Courts
• Regional, National, and World News
• Political News
• Religious Activism
• Contributors in this Issue

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