Equal Justice USA is a national, grassroots organization working to build a criminal justice system that is fair, effective, and humane, starting with repeal of the death penalty and increased services to families of homicide victims.
A couple of weeks ago EJUSA co-sponsored an event at the National Press Club bringing together members of law enforcement from Europe and the U.S. to talk about the death penalty.
The Melanie Ilene Rieger Memorial Conference Against Violence is (as far as I know) the only conference that is led and run completely by victims of violence.
"There may be other reasons to support the death penalty, but the belief that it deters murder should not be one of them," said Tomislav Kovandzic a University of Texas (UT) criminologist who testifie
John Connor insists that the death penalty is not a deterrent, even for prisoners serving life without parole. He served as the special prosecutor in the Montana Attorney General's office, assisting on all death penalty cases for over 20 years.