American Civil Liberties Union

Death Penalty:
The death penalty is the ultimate denial of civil liberties. In the past 35 years, 130 inmates were found to be innocent and released from death row. The ACLU Capital Punishment Project is fighting for the end of the death penalty by supporting moratorium and repeal movements through public education and advocacy. We are engaged in systemic reform of the death penalty process, and case-specific litigation highlighting some of its fundamental flaws.

Death Penalty : General : Resources

Capital Punishment in the United States (05/30/2008)
Submission to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights following UN General Assembly resolution 62/149 Entitled “Moratorium on the use of the death penalty” adopted in December 2007.

End the Death Penalty: Statement of John Holdridge, Director, ACLU Capital Punishment Project (06/14/2007)

Off-Site Resources for News and Information on Capital Punishment (01/25/2007)

Add the Death Penalty Counter to Your Page (11/29/2005)

Texas Department of Criminal Justice Unit Classification Procedure (07/01/2005)

2005 Death Penalty Calendar (02/16/2005)

Get involved working with the death penalty (07/27/2004)

Death Penalty Update (06/30/2004)

How to get other people involved (04/09/2004)

The ACLU's Capital Punishment Project (04/09/2004)

Death Penalty Update (04/09/2004)

Important death penalty action and information sites (02/20/2004)

Organizations working to reform the death penalty (02/20/2004)