National Coalition to

Abolish the Death Penalty

90 million Americans believe the death penalty is wrong. We mobilize them to end the death penalty state by state.

Take Action

Alabama

ACLU of Alabama
Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty

Alaska

ACLU of Alaska
Alaska Public Defender Agency
Alaskans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

Arizona

ACLU of Arizona
Death Penalty Alternatives for Arizona

Arkansas

ACLU of Arkansas
Arkansas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

California

ACLU of Northern California
ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties
ACLU of Southern California
California People of Faith Working Against the Death Penalty
Institute for Criminal Defense Advocacy

Colorado

ACLU of Colorado
Coloradans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

Connecticut

ACLU of Connecticut
Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty

DC

ACLU of the Nation’s Capitol

Delaware

ACLU of Delaware
Delaware Repeal Project

Florida

ACLU of Florida
Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops
Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

Georgia

ACLU of Georgia
Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Koinonia Partners

Hawaii

ACLU of Hawaii

Idaho

ACLU of Idaho

Illinois

ACLU of Illinois
Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

Indiana

ACLU of Indiana
Death Row Support Project
Indiana Abolition Coalition

Iowa

ACLU of Iowa
Iowans Against the Death Penalty

Kansas

ACLU of Kansas & Western Missouri
Kansas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

Kentucky

ACLU of Kentucky
Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

Louisiana

ACLU of Louisiana
Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Louisiana Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

Maine

ACLU of Maine

Maryland

ACLU of Maryland
Maryland Citizens Against State Executions

Massachusetts

ACLU of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Citizens Against the Death Penalty

Michigan

ALCU of Michgan
Michigan Council on Crime & Delinquency

Minnesota

ACLU of Minnesota
The Advocates for Human Rights

Mississippi

ACLU of Mississippi
Mississippians Educating for Smart Justice

Missouri

ACLU of Eastern Missouri
ACLU of Kansas & Western Missouri
Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

Montana

ACLU of Montana
Montana Abolition Coalition

Nebraska

ACLU of Nebraska
Nebraskans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

Nevada

ACLU of Nevada
Nevada Coalition Against the Death Penalty

New Hampshire

New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union
New Hampshire Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

New Jersey

ACLU of New Jersey
New Jersyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

New Mexico

ACLU of New Mexico
New Mexico Coalition to Repeal the Death Penalty

New York

New York Civil Liberties Union
New York State Defenders Association
New Yorkers for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
WESPAC Foundation

North Carolina

ACLU of North Carolina
Carolina Justice Policy Center
Center for Death Penalty Litigation
North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
People of Faith Against the Death Penalty

North Dakota

ACLU of North Dakota

Ohio

ACLU of Ohio
Ohioans to Stop Executions

Oklahoma

ACLU of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

Oregon

ACLU of Oregon
Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

Pennsylvania

ACLU of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

Rhode Island

ACLU of Rhode Island

South Carolina

ACLU of South Carolina
South Carolinians Abolishing the Death Penalty

South Dakota

South Dakotans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

Tennessee

ACLU of Tennessee
Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

Texas

ACLU of Texas
StandDown Texas
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement
Texas Defender Service

Utah

ACLU of Utah
Utahns for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

Vermont

ACLU of Vermont
Vermonters Against the Death Penalty

Virginia

ACLU of Virginia
Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

Washington

ACLU of Washington
MacDonald Hoague & Bayless
Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Washington Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

West Virginia

ACLU of West Virginia

Wisconsin

ACLU of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Coalition Against the Death Penalty

Wyoming

ACLU of Wyoming

National

American Baptist Churches
American Civil Liberties Union Capital Punishment Project
American Ethical Union
American Friends Service Committee
American Orthopsychiatric Association
Amnesty International
Catholic Peace Fellowship
Center for Constitutional Rights
Church of the Brethren
Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE)
Death Row Support Project
Equal Justice USA
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Feminists for Life of America
Fortune Society
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Human Rights Watch
Jewish Peace Fellowship
Journey of Hope
Justice: Denied – The Magazine for the Wrongly Convicted
Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Change
Mennonite Central Committee
Mennonite Church – General Conference
Murder Victims Families for Human Rights
Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
National Alliance Against Racist and Political Oppression
National Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Bar Association
National Black Police Association
National Committee Against Repressive Legislation
National Committee to Re-open the Rosenberg Case
National Conference of Black Lawyers
National Council on Crime and Delinquency
National Lawyers Guild
National Legal Aid and Defender Association
National Urban League
Official Website for Sister Helen
Partisan Defense Committee
Pax Christi, USA
Presbyterian Church, USA
Protestant Episcopal Church USA
Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Southern Center for Human Rights
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Southern Poverty Law Center
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Unitarian Universalists for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
United Church of Christ
United Methodist Board of Global Ministries
United Methodist Church Board of Church and Society
United Methodist Church Women’s Division
US Conference of Catholic Bishops
US Jesuit Conference
War Resisters League
Witness to Innocence
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Youth Advocate Program International

International

Australian Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Death Watch International
Ensemble Contre La Peine de Mort
German Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
International Justice Project
Italian Section of Amnesty International
Reprieve
Sant’Egidio Community of Italy