Colorado Citizens - Take Action! March
2009
The following action is for Colorado Residents.
Please forward to people you know who live
in Colorado.
Learn About and Take Action Today on HB-1274
There have been more than 1,400 unsolved
murders in Colorado since 1970. In many of
these cases, the killers still walk free
among us. In an effort to learn the truth
about what happened to their loved ones,
and to protect society by catching the killers
in those cases, Families
of Homicide Victims and Missing Persons has
called for greater funding for the "Cold
Case Team" at the Colorado Bureau of
Investigation.
The CBI Cold Case Team was
legislatively mandated in 2007, but only
has the funds for a single analyst. More
funding is vital to solve these crimes and
catch the killers, but the rules of the Colorado
legislature require that any new expenditure
includes a funding source.
Families of Homicide Victims and Missing
Persons (FOHVAMP) asks that Colorado's failed
death penalty system be shut down and that
the money saved be put toward something that
will actually help victim's family members
and protect our communities. House Bill 09-1274
does exactly that.
Support HB-1274 by Contacting Your Colorado
Representative
HB-1274 passed the House Judiciary Committee
on February 23, and the House Appropriations
Committee on April 3. It will shortly go to
a vote of the full Colorado House of Representatives.
So your action is needed today.
Please contact your representative
today:
"I live in your district, and I ask
you to support HB-1274, the bill to provide
funding for the Cold Case Unit by repealing
the death penalty. Murder victim family
members deserve to know the truth about
what happened to their loved one."
Feel free to elaborate, but that is all
that you need to say. Be polite, brief, and
to the point. Be sure to include your full
name and address so that your Representative
knows that you are a constituent who lives
in his or her district. Unless you are an
official representative of an organization,
it is best to write as an individual and
not as a member of the organization that
sent you this message.
Need Contact Information for Your Legislators?
If you don't already know who your state
legislators are, enter your ZIP+4 ZIP Code
at http://www.vote-smart.org/resource_govt101_02.php to
learn that information. Click on "complete
contact information" to receive the
postal address. Or e-mail your full address
to lisa@coadp.org and
she will look it up for you.
Here's all you need to do:
- Write a brief, hand written note
and put it in the postal mail to your Representative.
If you can write two notes, send one to
their Capitol office and one to their district
office if an address is given. This is
probably the strongest action you can take.
- After you mail your letter, call your Representative and leave a message
at both the district and capitol offices.
- After you make the calls, send
an e-mail.
Additional actions you can take:
- Ask others you know to take the
same actions.
- Sign up with Coloradans
Against the Death Penalty to receive the
latest updates and further action opportunities.
Sign up here: http://www.coadp.org/
Thank you for taking this action today.
Learn more about the Cold Case bill at: http://www.unresolvedhomicides.org
- Lisa Cisneros
Executive Director
Coloradans Against the Death Penalty
Coloradans Against the Death Penalty is
not affiliated with Families of Homicide
Victims and Missing Persons, but is promoting
this effort to assist the success of that
organization and its goals.
