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VADP is a statewide citizens' organization dedicated to educating the public about alternatives to the death penalty.
Recent News
- Friday, 03 July 2009
RTD - Condemned man opts for electric chair - Friday, 03 July 2009
Talk Radio News Service - Human Rights Group Protests Capital Punishment In Nation’s Capital - Tuesday, 30 June 2009
AP - Supreme Court delays Troy Davis decision - Monday, 22 June 2009
Amarillo.com - Op/Ed: Be careful when you're 'assuming' - Sunday, 21 June 2009
Daily Progress - Death request raises ethical, legal questions - Sunday, 21 June 2009
Wash. Post - Va. Bar Protests Letters to Jurors as Harmful to Defense Efforts - Friday, 19 June 2009
AP: Ruling shouldn't affect Va's DNA testing program - Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Death Penalty Does Not Deter Murder, According to New CU-Boulder Study - Monday, 15 June 2009
Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the continuation of mass executions - Tuesday, 09 June 2009
NY Times - Death Penalty Case Reveals the Blemishes in Alabama’s Courts
Virginia Execution Alerts
Announcements
- 16th Annual Fast and Vigil in Wash. DC, June 29 - July 2...
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- Global Day of Action for Troy Davis - Rallies in Richmond and Charlottesville...
- Good news for Justin Wolfe from the 4th Circuit...---
- Victory!!! No Death Penalty Expansion in VA...
--- - Pilot Editorial: The death penalty dies In New Mexico...---
- VADP Statment on New Mexico's repeal of the death penalty...---
- VADP's Letter to the Richmond Times-Dispatch...---
- VADP's Op-Ed in Bacon's Rebellion...---
- Conservative Virginians voice opposition to the death penalty...

