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• Amicus

  http://www.amicus-alj.org/
  Charity founded in 1992 in memory of Andrew Lee Jones, executed in 1991. Provides remote support for capital defenders in the USA and offers internships. Information about how to help, news and intern blogs, events, media mentions, timeline and the problems with capital punishment and a contact form.

• Amnesty International (USA): Death Penalty

  http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issues/death-penalty?id=1011005&n1=3&n2=28
  Features news, a list of upcoming scheduled executions with date, name and state, facts including statistics and key arguments and information about the lethal injection.

• Campaign to End the Death Penalty

  http://www.nodeathpenalty.org/
  Grassroots organization focused on abolishing the death penalty in the United States. Includes contact information to local chapters, news, articles, and opportunities to assist the cause.

• Catholics Against Capital Punishment

  http://catholicsmobilizing.org/resources/cacp/
  National advocacy organization working for the abolition of the death penalty in the United States. Promotes greater awareness of Catholic Church teachings that characterize capital punishment as inappropriate and unacceptable.

• Charlotte Coalition for a Moratorium Now

  http://ccmn2.tripod.com/
  Includes event information, meeting minutes, facts and literature, and news.

• Cornell University School of Law -- Death Penalty Project

  http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/research/death-penalty-project/index.cfm
  Elements include a capital punishment clinic, a commitment to provide continuing education programs for capital defense attorneys and the active collection and study of data in this field.

• Crime Victims for a Just Society

  http://www.crimevictims.net/
  Among our board members is Bud Welch, whose daughter was killed in the Oklahoma blast. Bud now works to end the death penalty, and he has even visited the McVeigh family and is trying to help them save their son.

• Death Penalty Focus

  http://www.deathpenalty.org/
  A non-profit organization dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment through grassroots organizing, research, and information dissemination.

• Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC)

  http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/
  A non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment in the United States.

• Death Penalty Legal Representation Project for the Innocent

  http://www.deathpenaltyattorney.com/
  This international and national project was established to provide legal representation to death row inmates who are innocent and to provide them with a means to locate an attorney.

• Human Writes

  http://www.humanwrites.org/
  A non-profit organisation based in England that befriends and supports people on death row through letter-writing.

• Lifespark

  http://www.lifespark.org/
  Located in Switzerland with its main aim being to coordinate mail correspondence with inmates on death row in the United States. History, events, FAQs and experiences about being a pen pal, arguments against executions and contact details.

• Massachusetts Citizens Against Death Penalty

  http://www.mcadp.org/
  Founded in 1928. Offers state wide and national articles and contact email addresses for local chapters.

• Montana Abolition Coalition

  http://www.mtabolitionco.org/
  A Coalition of organizations united to end the death penalty in Montana. Includes legislative bills, testimony, speeches, newspaper articles, and public education information.

• Murder Victims Families For Reconciliation

  http://www.mvfr.org/
  Includes history, upcoming events, and membership information.

• National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

  http://www.ncadp.org/
  NCADP advocates for public policy and mobilizes and supports people and institutions that share our unconditional rejection of the state's use of homicide as an instrument of social policy.

• Ohioans To Stop Executions

  http://www.otse.org/
  The purpose of Ohioans To Stop Executions is to end the use of capital punishment in the state of Ohio through education.

• Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

  http://www.padp.org/
  Dedicated to ending executions in the state. Features news, a blog, events, petitions and contact details.

• Reprieve

  http://www.reprieve.org.uk/
  Uses the law to enforce Human Rights.

• Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

  http://www.tcask.org/
  State organization opposing capital punishment. Includes information about chapters and organization activities, as well as news and information related to the death penalty.

• Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

  http://www.tcadp.org/
  Information and resources from the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP).

• The Abolitionist Action Committee (AAC)

  http://www.abolition.org/
  Works to find alternatives through abolitionist campaigns.

• The Washington Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

  http://www.abolishdeathpenalty.org/
  Non-profit organization working to abolish the death penalty in Washington State.

• World Coalition Against The Death Penalty

  http://www.worldcoalition.org/
  Provides 'World Day' information, a general overview and history, and press statements. [French and English].

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