Links to other organizations

Below is a sample of reputable links with more information on the death penalty and other issues surrounding the work the Arkansas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty does in Arkansas.

As a state affiliate of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, ACADP encourages all our members and supporters to read their website and see what is being done to abolish the death penalty in every state!

General Information

» Death Penalty Information Center is a comprehensive online source of information about the death penalty.

» National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty provides invaluable information about the death penalty movement and links to all state abolition groups in the U.S.

» Equal Justice USA is a national group which oversees the Moratorium Now! Campaign and produces reports on related death penalty topics.

» Amnesty International provides comprehensive, international information on capital punishment.

» Arkansas ACLU is a partnering organization dedicated to protecting and defending civil liberties in Arkansas.

» Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty offers a wide range of information and resources.

» Witness to Innocence supports innocent people released from death row to speak out against the death penalty.

» Campaign to End the Death Penalty works for commutations and stays of executions.

» Life After Exoneration Program helps exonerees and their families as they are reintroduced to society.

» Death Penalty Worldwide Website was created by Northwestern University School of Law’s Center for International Human Rights.

For Murder Victim Family Members

» Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation connects those opposed to the death penalty.  For more information about this group in Arkansas, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it MVFR's state coordinator Judith Elane.

» Murder Victims Families for Human Rights works nationally and internationally with family members.

» The Center for Traumatic Grief and Victims Services does not take a position on the death penalty.

» The Journey of Hope unites survivors to speak against the death penalty.

» The Office for Victims of Crime provides information for people struggling with grief during the holidays.

Faith Resources

» Faith in Action Against the Death Penalty are resources provided by Amnesty International.

» The Catholic Campaign to End the Use of the Death Penalty is organized by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

» Religious Organizing Against the Death Penalty is sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee provides information about how Quakers work to oppose capital punishment.

» Catholics Against Capital Punishment provides a grassroots perspective on organizing.

» Unitarian Universalists Against the Death Penalty includes sermons under the resources section.