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Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (VADP) is a statewide citizens' organization dedicated to educating the public about alternatives to the death penalty.
Recent News
- Monday, 05 January 2009
Washington Post Editorial - Time for Maryland to end Capital Punishment - Thursday, 01 January 2009
SJ Mercury - Abatement of capital punishment continues in U.S. - Thursday, 01 January 2009
Birmingham News - Alabama is hoping to ramp up executions... - Wednesday, 31 December 2008
Wash. Post - Webb Sets His Sights On Prison Reform - Monday, 29 December 2008
VIDEO - Death sentences become rarity in N.C. - Saturday, 27 December 2008
The Norway Post - Norway deplores executions in Iran - Thursday, 18 December 2008
Balt. Sun - Execution isn't path to a peaceful society - Thursday, 18 December 2008
Star-Ledger - A year later, NJ assesses justice without death penalty - Wednesday, 17 December 2008
NYT - In Georgia, Push to End Unanimity for Execution - Monday, 15 December 2008
Afro - Maryland Becomes Latest State to Seek End to Death Penalty
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Announcements
- The Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment report recommends repeal
By a vote of 13-9 the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment recommended Friday to abolish the death penalty in Maryland. The votes on the individual issues studied by the Commission where not nearly as close as the final tally suggests. For example by a vote of 20-1 the Commissioners found that race and jurisdictional differences infect capital cases in that state. By a vote of 17-4 that the death penalty is not a deterrent to crime in Maryland. By a vote of 19-2 "[d]espite the advance of forensic sciences, particularly DNA testing, the risk of execution of an innocent person is a real possibility." By a vote of 20-1, the Commissioners additionally concluded that death is harder on murder victims' family members than life without parole. DPIC has more.
- Open letter from Episcopal Bishops to the MD General Assembly
"Responding to killing with more killing will not make society less violent. Retaliating for death with death is not simply punishment but a further justification of violence as a way of life. We simply cannot kill our way out of the violence." - Join Us At The Annual NCADP Conference in January
NCADP 2009: Training for the Long Run
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
January 22 – January 25
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- Abolishing the Death Penalty in the Era of Hope by Diann Rust-Tierney
A November 22, 2008 article for the Huffington Post by the executive director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - This I Believe essay by Sr Helen Prejean
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