External Links to Valuable Resources
Provides high visibility resources, leadership, support, educational and direct action events and activities within the broader anti-death penalty movement.
The TDCJ's official site for information on Death Row
A grassroots organisation, based in Texas, committed to ending the Death Penalty
Their mission is to abolish the death penalty in the US, and support efforts to abolish the death penalty worldwide.
A non-profit organisation with the primary goal of mobilising statewide support for a moratorium on executions in Texas.
A group committed to finding more effective alternatives to the death penalty through nonviolent direct action.
An independent body of politically influential people with international standing, supported by a diverse group of 18 governments from all world regions, working for a world free from the death penalty.
An alliance of more than 150 NGOs, bar associations, local authorities and unions, created in Rome on 13 May 2002.
The world's leading human rights organisation
Exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.
Empowering the exonerated to end the death penalty
Founded in 1988, Death Penalty Focus is committed to the abolition of the death penalty through public education, grassroots organizing and political advocacy, media outreach, and domestic and international coalition building.
A truly amazing organisation, led by the family members of murder victims. They conduct public education speaking tours, and explore and promote alternatives to the death penalty...Their motto is "The answer is love and compassion for all of humanity".
One of the most remarkable voices we have in the fight against the death penalty! This lady campaigns tirelessly, and invites everyone to consider the death penalty on a much deeper level, and its consequences and effects on society.
Information and some history on the Death Penalty, some of the information is particular to Texas.
A wealth of news on the death penalty, from around the world.