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Our Impact

It is with great pleasure and deep gratitude that I share with you EJUSA’s 2016 Impact Report. As you read it, please remember this: EJUSA’s impact is your impact. Click here to read the report. This year’s report highlights how far EJUSA has come on our oldest program – ending the death penalty – and… Continue reading Our Impact

Sign on for families of homicide victims

Dawn Mancarella, a member of EJUSA’s Crime Survivor Network, put out a special appeal today for family members of murder victims to sign on to suspend use of the death penalty in a key Florida county. If you’ve lost a family member to murder, read Dawn’s letter below and consider taking action. If you know of… Continue reading Sign on for families of homicide victims

California: Stop experimenting with lethal injection!

Thank you so much to everyone who has written to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) about the flaws in their proposed lethal injection procedures. Thousands of comments have been submitted, calling on California to leave executions is the past – where they belong. There is still time for you to speak out.… Continue reading California: Stop experimenting with lethal injection!

Georgia refused to listen. Share your outrage.

Thank you so much for your letter last week to the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles. Thanks to people like you, we generated over 650 letters to stop an execution tainted by racial bias and a sleeping lawyer. Georgia refused to listen. Kenneth Fults was executed last night for the 1997 killing of Cathy… Continue reading Georgia refused to listen. Share your outrage.

Urgent: Tell Congress not to cut victims services

We need your urgent action to help save critical funding for victims services. Every year, Congress sets a level of spending from a fund known as VOCA. These are not tax dollars. Many of these funds go to community groups to support vital services like trauma intervention and counseling for people who have been harmed by… Continue reading Urgent: Tell Congress not to cut victims services

Act now to halt execution in Oklahoma

Time is running out for Richard Glossip. In less than 24 hours, Glossip is scheduled be executed, despite mounting evidence of his innocence. Call Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin now, and ask her to stay the execution to allow for further investigation. Her phone lines are being flooded, but she needs to hear from you that… Continue reading Act now to halt execution in Oklahoma

Be sure Nebraska lawmakers get your ‘Thank You’ note!

Don’t miss your chance to send a “Thank You” note to the Nebraska lawmakers who voted to end the death penalty. We’re teaming up with our longtime partners atNebraskans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty to deliver your appreciation to all 30 Nebraska Senators who voted to override the Governor’s veto and end the death… Continue reading Be sure Nebraska lawmakers get your ‘Thank You’ note!

Thank the Nebraska Senators who ended the death penalty

It is vital that lawmakers hear from the people afterthey deliver, not just before a vote when we ask for their support. Last week, 30 Senators in Nebraska declared the death penalty is ineffective, costly, unfair, harmful for victims’ families, and risks dangerous mistakes. They made Nebraska the 19th state – and the first “red”… Continue reading Thank the Nebraska Senators who ended the death penalty

Video: International attention to the death penalty

The death penalty is not only dying in the United States. It’s dying all over the world. In the Western Hemisphere, 34 of the 35 countries have ended the death penalty in law or in practice. That was the subject of the 56th Lecture of the Americas, sponsored by the Organization of American States last… Continue reading Video: International attention to the death penalty