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Capital Punishment Amnesty International Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards. In particular, Amnesty International campaigns to free all prisoners of conscience; ensure fair and prompt trials for political prisoners; abolish the death penalty, torture and other cruel treatment of prisoners; end political killings and "disappearances"; and oppose human rights abuses by opposition groups. Coloradans Against the Death Penalty Coloradans Against the Death Penalty (CADP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to abolishing the death penalty in Colorado. We are concerned citizens, religious leaders, political leaders, criminal defense lawyers, and relatives of murder victims. Death Penalty Focus of California Death Penalty Focus of California is a non-profit organization dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment. We believe that the death penalty is an ineffective and brutally simplistic response to the serious and complex problem of violent crime. Death Penalty Information Center, The The Death Penalty Information Center is a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment. The Center was founded in 1990 and prepares in-depth reports, issues press releases, conducts briefings for journalists, and serves as a resource to those working on this issue. The Center is widely quoted and consulted by all those concerned with the death penalty. Equal Justice USA Equal Justice USA, a project of the Quixote Center, is a grassroots campaign for human rights in the U.S. legal system. Through education and mobilization, the project seeks to expand public opposition to the death penalty, as well as bring into clear focus the racial, economic and political biases active in U.S. courts, prisons, jails and policing agencies. Moratorium 2000 Moratorium 2000 is a nonprofit, nonpolitical organization dedicated to obtaining a moratorium on the death penalty. We are comprised of individuals who believe in the full protection of human rights. We work both nationally and internationally. Help us gather one million signatures and letters that will be delivered to the United States representative to the United Nations and to the Secretary General of the U.N., Mr. Kofi Annan, on Human Rights Day - December 10th, 2000. Sentencing Project, The The Sentencing Project, incorporated in 1986, has become a national leader in the development of alternative sentencing programs and in the reform of criminal justice policy. The Sentencing Project originated out of pilot programs developed by Malcolm C. Young , Executive Director, for the National Legal Aid and Defender Association and the National Council on Crime and Delinquency from 1981-86. Southern Center for Human Rights The Southern Center for Human Rights is a non-profit community-based organization founded in 1976 to: (1) fight discrimination against minorities, the poor, and the disadvantaged in the infliction of the death penalty and (2) challenge cruel and unconstitutional treatment of imprisoned men, women, and children throughout the South. Center attorneys represent people facing the death penalty at trials, on appeal, and in post-conviction proceedings; provide technical assistance to other attorneys trying capital cases; and represent individuals confined to prisons and jails in federal class action litigation challenging inhuman conditions of confinement, discriminatory treatment and other constitutional violations. The Center also operates a Human Rights Internship Project which provides law students with practical experience in the areas of civil and human rights litigation. |
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