Criminal Injustice System
The USA has 2 million of the world's 8 million prison inmates
The Wisconsin Coalition Against the Death Penalty
"Capital punishment feeds the cycle of violence in society by pandering to a lust for revenge. It brutalizes us, and deadens our sensitivities to the precious nature of every single human life." -Rev. David B. Thompson, Bishop of Charleston, S.C., December 3, 1998
The Task Force on Money, Education, & Prisons
A non-profit organization created to increase public awareness of serious problems in the Criminal Justice and Prison Systems in Wisconsin.
Campaign to End the Death Penalty
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Gregg v. Georgia Supreme Court ruling that reinstated the use of the death penalty in 1976. In the 30 years since, the capital punishment system has compiled a shameful, ugly record, reeking of racism, class bias and flaws. The time to do away with the death penalty system is 30 years overdue!
Death Penalty Information Center
Since 1973, 123 people in 25 states have been released from death rowfith evidence of thier innocence.
Madison-area Urban Ministry
"standing with the poor and hurting, neighbors working together for social change."
A nonprofit interfaith social justice organization that convenes individuals and faith communities in the greater Dane County area in order to identify, study, urge action, and work together for social justice in the broader community. MUM has spurred social change in and about Dane County for almost three decades.
Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama
A private, nonprofit organization that provides legal representation to indigent defendants and prisoners who have been denied fair and just treatment in the legal system.
The Benedict Center
An interfaith nonprofit agency working with victims, offenders and the community to achieve a system of criminal justice that is fair and treats every person involved with dignity and respect.
Equal Justice USA
A grassroots project of the Quixote Center that mobilizes and educates ordinary citizens around issues of crime and punishment in the U.S. Our work brings into public focus the racial, economic and political biases that permeate our legal system.
Innocence Project
The prospect of innocents languishing in jail or, worse, being put to death for crimes that they did not commit should be intolerable to every American, regardless of race, politics, sex, origin, or creed. At the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law students handle the case work while supervised by a team of attorneys and clinic staff.
Southern Center for Human Rights
The Center’s legal work includes representing prisoners in challenges to unconstitutional conditions and practices in prisons and jails; challenging systemic failures in the legal representation of poor people in the criminal courts; and representing people facing the death penalty who otherwise would have no representation.
The Justice Project: Now More Than Ever
Founders of The Justice Project are men and women who, as veterans, have been willing to risk our lives fighting injustice. Our military experiences have left us with an understanding of human suffering and a desire to leave a legacy of fairness for future generations. The Justice Project's current program is the Campaign for Criminal Justice Reform
National Campaign to Abolish the Death Penalty
Since its inception in 1976, NCADP has been the only fully staffed national organization exclusively devoted to abolishing capital punishment. NCADP provides information, advocates for public policy, and mobilizes and supports individuals and institutions that share our unconditional rejection of capital punishment.
Citizens United for Alternatives to the Dath Penalty
CUADP works to end the death penalty in the United States through aggressive campaigns of public education, and the promotion of tactical grassroots activism.