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Bureau of Justice Statistics: Capital Punishment 2001 (and previous years)- criminal justice statistics, includes information on publications, press releases, and other BJS services
Departments of Corrections, Prosecutor, and Public Defender Offices (sites often include history, list of death row inmates, case histories, and upcoming executions)
ABA Death Penalty Representation Project - a Web site with a public page describing the Project's primary goal to recruit law firms to represent death sentenced prisoners; the site includes a password protected area limited to lawyers representing individuals facing the death penalty.
American Society of Criminology - general collection of death penalty information, including government statistics, court decisions, and articles and writing on death penalty issues.
Before the Needles - a Web site that has compiled Watt Espy's data on executions from 1608-1977 into a user-friendly format.
Center on Wrongful Convictions - dedicated to identifying and rectifying wrongful convictions and other serious miscarriages of justice. The Center investigates possible wrongful convictions and represent imprisoned clients with claims of actual innocence.
Death Penalty Information Center - prepares in-depth reports, issues press releases, conducts briefings for journalists, and maintains a very thorough and fresh website.
Derechos - provides links to a variety of death penalty sites.
The Electronic Policy Network - a consortium of top public policy organizations and advocacy groups that provides timely information and leading ideas about the policies and politics shaping the world.
Equal Justice Initiative - Provides assistance for Alabama death row inmates in during the post-conviction appeals process.
Fair Trial Initiative - confronts the crisis of incompetent counsel for indigent defendants facing the death penalty. Funds fellowships for recent law graduates to work with under funded trial counsel in capital cases, and provides internships for law students to do a variety of trial related capital work.
Innocence Project Web Site - Comprehensive Web site of the Innocence Project at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. The site contains case profiles, other innocence projects, DNA legislation and news, and much more.
Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS) - death penalty section contains news of international developments
The Justice Project -The Justice Project is committed to educating the American public about our deeply flawed capital justice system
MacArthur Justice Center - A non-profit public interest law firm affiliated with the Northwestern University of Law. The center concentrates on cases that raise constitutional or significant issues in the field of criminal justice.
911 Justice - provides extensive information about the death penalty, death row, executions, execution facts and protocol.
Southern Center for Human Rights - death penalty news, articles and reports, good source for prison reform resources, and legal/advocacy resources
Stateline.org - includes databases of information on crime and prisons, capital punishment, and news for each state. Allows a comparison of between 2-4 states.
Tennessee Capital Case Information - A Tennessee Supreme Court website for capital cases that have had at least one "serious" execution date set.
Texas Defender Service- aims to help improve the quality of representation afforded to indigent Texans charged with a capital crime or under sentence of death.
Advocacy and Abolitionist Groups
International/National
ACLU's Moratorium Campaign - Web-based campaign to build support for a national moratorium on executions and bring attention to death penalty issues.
American Baptist Churches - official website of the Baptist denomination and listing of all Baptist Churches in the US
Amnesty International - tracks death penalty internationally, includes statistics and general information, country reports
Australian Coalition Against the Death Penalty anti-death penalty organization in Australia that supports International abolition of the death penalty and is against the re-introduction of capital punishment in Australia
Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty - organization promoting viable alternatives to the death penalty and hightened visibility for those who seek better public policy in response to violent crime
Death Watch International - aimed at increasing grassroots opposition to the death penalty worldwide and encouraging wider engagement with, and support for, established anti-death penalty groups
Sant'Egidio Community of Italy - an appeal for the moratorium of the death penalty all over the world by the year 2000, promoted by Sr. Helen Prejean and other organizations.
Ensemble Contre La Peine de Mort - held two international conferences on worldwide abolition of the death penalty and publishes an electronic newsletter (in French).
Equal Justice USA - focuses on human rights abuses in the U.S. legal system, contains death penalty updates and reports
Fellowship of Reconciliation - seek to replace violence, war, racism, and economic injustice with nonviolence, peace, and justice
Feminist for Life of America - grassroots organization that seeks to provide real solutions for the problems women face today
Fortune Society - support successful prison re-entry into society and promote alternatives to incarceration
Friends Committee on National Legislation - a Quaker lobby in the public interest, seeks to follow the leadings of the Spirit as it speaks for itself and for like-minded Friends.
German Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (English version). The members of the GCADP come from different walks of life and age groups and live in various parts of Germany and the USA.
The Moratorium Campaign - works towards obtaining a moratorium on the death penalty, educating the public, and collects signatures for a petition that will be delivered to the United States representatives to the United Nations on Human Rights Day.
Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation -a national organization comprised of family members of murder victims and family members of those who have been executed. Advocates alternatives to the death penalty, crime prevention programs and supports programs to address the needs of victims of violence. See also: Victim Offender Mediation Association
Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights - is an organization with a national and international focus actively working to abolish the death penalty. MVFHR members are murder victims' family members and family members of the executed who are opposed to killing in all cases whether it be homicide, state killing, or extrajudicial killings and "disappearances."
National Black Police Association - nationwide organization dedicated to promoting justice, fairness, and effectiveness in law enforcement
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - listings of abolitionist organizations (national, state, and local), legal resources, execution alerts, death penalty issues and statistics.
National Council on Crime and Delinquency - a nonprofit organization that promotes effective, humane, fair, and economically sound solutions to family, community, and justice problems
National Lawyers Guild - dedicated to the need for change in our political and economic system
International Justice Project works towards the development, coordination and increased employment of international law and human rights standards as they pertain to capital punishment.
Reprieve - provides effective legal representation and humanitarian assistance to impoverished people facing the death penalty at the hands of the state in the US and the Caribbean. Reprieve's Web site is an umbrella site that catalogs all death penalty resources on the internet.
Southern Poverty Law Center - non-profit organization known for its tolerance education programs, tracking of hate groups and legal victories over white supremacists
National Organization for Victim Assistance - promotes victim rights and services through national advocacy, direct services to victims and assistance to professional collegues.
Office for Domestic Preparedness - enhances the capacity of State and local jurisdictions to respond to and mitigate the consequences of incidents of domestic terrorism.
Diann on "Make it Plain" Recently, NCADP Executive Director Diann Rust-Tierney was a guest on a segment of Sirius XM Satellite Radio’s “Make It Plain” hosted by Mark Thompson (Matsimela Mapfumo), a political ... read full post - subscribe
The ACLU of Northern California has unveiled a new YouTube video taken from California's ongoing death penalty study commission hearings. The video tells the story of Aundre Herron, a former prosecutor who lost her older brother to murder in 1994. At first Herron wanted revenge; now she speaks out against the death penalty.
