death penalty

A national, grassroots, organizing campaign founded and managed by life without the possibility of parole prisoners with  the goal of ending the other death penalty abolition movement to end ALL forms of the death penalty, including death by incarceration.

A grassroots anti-death penalty advocacy organization inspired by San Quentin, Ca death row inmates, their families, friends, and others interested in achieving social change through education of facts and issues regarding the death penalty.

Stan Tookie Williams was the co-founder of the Los Angeles Crips. In 1981 he was convicted of murdering four people and sentenced to death row at San Quentin Sate Prison. He was executed on 12/13/05. He became a famous activist struggling against the death penalty and to overcome gang
violence, and fought up to his death bed. He drafted the Tookie Protocol for Peace, a national street peace initiative. This is a framework for peace between gangs. This Legacy network was founded to achieve Tookie’s last wishes, including violence prevention education, literacy projects, and work for social justice, including abolishing the death penalty. Go online and read the Protocol for Peace! Sign it and pass it along! Also read about his case at http://www.savetookie.com or htp://www.tookie.com

Publishes "Lifelines", a quarterly newspaper about what's going on in the struggle for death penalty abolition. Does not offer legal resources.

Founded by Death Row prisoners, the DRIVE movement seeks to unite the Death Row community to push forward and initiate change in the conditions. Through A group of passionate prisoner activist who have put aside all barriers of ethnicity, creed, color and beliefs, to focus on the injustices forced upon us by this system. Resists by means of inner-resistance, outer-petition drives, direct actions, and hunger strikes.

Dedicated to abolishing capital punishment through grassroots organizing, media outreach, nationwide coalition building, education of political, civic leaders, the public about the death penalty, and its alternatives. Does not offer any legal services or become involved in individual legal cases.

Offers pen-pal services to death row inmates only. Can connect Spanish-
speaking pen-pals on a limited basis.

A national grassroots abolitionist organization that works with prisoners, family members and organizers. CEDP publishes a newsletter called The New Abolitionist (free to prisoners).