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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.

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  • 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

    Interested in attending???

    Email Beth at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or call her at 434-960-7779 for more info

  • 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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