The video was filmed on the famous Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama. You will see the connection between the fight for equality in the days of the Civil Rights Movement to the fight to end the death penalty and racial bias within the criminal justice system today.
If Black people are still feeling victimized by our justice system, then the message of this Independence Day cannot be a celebration of freedom alone. The message must also be that we still have work to do to realize our dream of true liberty and justice for all.
A recent poll found that 78% of Oklahomans support a moratorium on executions. This is just further proof that conservatives — even in deep red states — are taking the lead in the fight to end the death penalty.
Watch the press conference with Oklahoma’s CCATDP group, GOP elected officials, and pro-life clergy members.
Oklahoma Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, a coalition of conservative leaders questioning the alignment of capital punishment with conservative principles, will hold a news conference to officially announce the group’s formation. It will take place on Thursday, August 25 at 2:00 p.m.
Speakers at the press conference will include Adam Luck, former Chairman of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board; the State Coordinator for Oklahoma Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty Brett Farley; and Demetrius Minor, the national manager of CCATDP.
They will call for a moratorium on using Oklahoma’s death penalty, particularly given the the recommendations from the 2017 Death Penalty Review Commission’s report.
Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty is a network of political and social conservatives who question the alignment of capital punishment with conservative principles and values. We are a project of Equal Justice USA (EJUSA), a rapidly growing national organization working to transform the justice system by promoting responses to violence that break cycles of trauma. EJUSA works at the intersection of criminal justice, public health, and racial justice to elevate healing and safety over retribution, advance racial equity, and meet the needs of survivors.
EJUSA has 30 extraordinary staff members throughout the country and a small national office in Brooklyn. We are a diverse, passionate team that loves working together to deliver real change.
We seek a sharp, personable, organized Western Regional Organizer to help build Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty’s visibility and strengthen our network of state-based groups throughout the western United States. The organizer will build relationships with partners and educate and mobilize conservatives in key states to support campaigns against the death penalty.
As we acknowledge and commemorate Black History Month, let us bring awareness to the racial discriminations shown in the justice system by calling for the abolishment of the death penalty.
As our nation commemorates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, we would like to highlight his clear position on the U.S. death penalty.
Please watch this short video to learn how you can help advance the dream of Dr. King.
In two short months, 2021 has already seen quite the flurry of activity around death penalty repeal.
Virginia repealed their system in full, and there are several others at their heels.
This week, Wyoming, Georgia, and Ohio all saw bipartisan bills introduced to repeal their own systems. On top of that, federal legislation has been introduced with 17 sponsors and counting.
It’s undeniable the momentum is on our side. And it’s easy to see why.
The death penalty is a huge opportunity cost that makes our society less safe. It’s extremely expensive (and not because it takes too long, try again), and it provides no deterrent effect. That means we waste millions on a system that doesn’t improve public safety, instead of spending those resources on intervention programs that actually work, or on solving more crimes – which we’re really bad at.
The death penalty wastes resources and makes us less safe while also constantly risking innocent lives. Just recently, 11 more people were added to the exoneration list – making it one person exonerated from death row for every eight executions.
Big things continue to build in Ohio!
Just this week a new bill to repeal the state’s death penalty was introduced with significant bipartisan support.
Conservative coalitions are revving up, and it looks like the Buckeye State has a good shot at success.
If you are in the state, you can contact your lawmakers here to let them know you want to see them pass this bill.
You can also read more about this effort here.
With a bipartisan bill that moved through its legislature at a rapid pace, Virginia became the twenty-third state to repeal the death penalty this month.
The state house and senate passed identical but separate bills that will now need to be reconciled before moving on to the governor for his signature. There are no roadblocks anticipated in the final phases of the process.
Virginia is the first southern state to end its death penalty system and was formerly one of the leading executioners in the country.
Questioning a system marked by inefficiency, inequity, and inaccuracy.
Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty is a network of political and social conservatives who question the alignment of capital punishment with conservative principles and values.
We are a project of Equal Justice USA, a national organization working to end the death penalty in the United States.
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