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Council of Europe - campaign to end the death penalty
http://www.coe.int/t/dc/files/events/2007_death_penalty/default_EN.asp
See their video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsA5ZjDC7IY
Interview with Mumia's lawyer - Robert R. Bryan to mark World Day Against the Death Penalty
http://www.rsf.org/spip.php?page=article&id_article=34689
Angela Y Davis speaks in support of Mumia Abu Jamal.
She also wrote the introduction to Mumia's new book - Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. The USA http://www.abu-jamal-news.com/article.php?name=ayd
Interview with Mumia Abu Jamal (6th April 2009)
after Supreme Court rejects his bid for a new trial http://www.prisonradio.org/mumia_interview_4_6_09.htm
Amnesty International
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/deathpenalty-index-eng
Amnesty International works for an end to executions and the abolition of the death penalty everywhere.
The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
http://www.ncadp.org/index.cfm?content=7
Listings of abolitionist organizations (national, state, and local), legal resources, execution alerts, death penalty issues and statistics.
Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
www.padp.org
By mobilizing a powerful network of individuals and groups, PADP has implemented a comprehensive strategy designed to put a stop to all executions, death warrants and death penalty prosecutions in Pennsylvania. We are organizing an action-oriented citizens' movement which engages local and statewide power at every level and in every setting - executive, legislative, judicial, corporate, religious and community.
Boalt Hall – Death Penalty Clinic -University of California at Berkeley
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/clinics/dpclinic/
The clinic's mission is to offer a program that helps students develop outstanding legal skills and to serve clients facing capital punishment.
Death Penalty Information Center
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/
Prepares in-depth reports, issues press releases, and conducts briefings for journalists.
The Justice Project
http://www.thejusticeproject.org/
The Justice Project is committed to educating the American public about our deeply flawed capital justice system
Murder Victims Families for Human Rights
http://www.murdervictimsfamilies.org/
MVFHR members are murder victims' family members and family members of the executed who are opposed to killing in all cases whether it be homicide, state killing, or extrajudicial killings and "disappearances."
Lifelines
www.lifelines-uk.org
An anti death-penalty organisation (non-campaigning) that offers friendship to the men and women on Death Row throughout the US in the form of letter writing.
Social Networking
Please note – registration may be required to gain access to these websites. Registration and joining these networks are highly encouraged.
Will’s MySpace Page
www.myspace.com/inprisonmywholelife
Filmmaker William Francome’s My Space page features action items to get involved in the fight to end the death penalty, blogs and statistics.
Will's Facebook Page http://www.facebook.com/inprisonmywholelife
NCADP – Troy Davis Facebook Page
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2549865169
The Facebook home for the global effort to save the life of Troy Anthony Davis, an innocent man on death row in Georgia.
YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/group/NCADP
See death penalty related informational videos, speeches and special projects like the Troy Davis video birthday messages.
Sites We Like
Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop
http://www.cantstopwontstop.com/
Jeff Chang has written extensively on race, culture, politics, the arts, and music.
Abolish the Death Penalty Blog
http://www.ncadp.org/blog.cfm?affID=5&pg=blog
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