Working on Alternatives to the Death Penalty

We owe a huge thank you to our supporters and to our coalition partners who made the day a great success! Here are some of the highlights from the Day of Action to End the Death Penalty that together with our coalition partners, we can be very proud of:

More than 7,000 comments were submitted to the CDCR, including over 5,000 generate by CREDO mobile and hundreds more from the Catholic Organizing Network, Death Penalty Focus, NCADP, and ACLU action alerts.

More than 100 speakers against the testimony filled the six hour hearing yesterday forcing them to extend the hearing hours. Only two spoke in favor of the death penalty.
We have raised dozens of important issues that the CDCR will be forced to respond to and may become the grounds for additional legal challenges if the regulations are not changed, further delaying any effort to resume executions.

We brought together almost 250 murder victims family members, family of the executed, exonerated, religious voices, former wardens and law enforcement, teachers and civil rights activists to demonstrate broad and diverse opposition to the regulations and the death penalty.

We generated great media coverage, emphasizing our message of the immediate cost savings available if we end the death penalty now.
We generated 5,000 signatures to our petition to convert all death sentences immediately, in just 30 days.

We brought our message directly to every California Legislator and the Governor, while they struggled to fix the budget.The day was a huge success thanks to our supporters and wonderful coalition partners!