California People of Faith Working Against the Death Penalty

State Opens Comment Period on Lethal Injection Procedures
State officials launched a two-month forum May 1 for public comment on revised lethal injection procedures in a step toward resuming executions as early as next year.

Opinion: California can't afford the death penalty
Eliminating capital punishment, which is rarely carried out anyhow, would save the state $125 million a year, from LA Times

Court rules Troy Davis lacks sufficient evidence to claim innocence

ACT NOW to abolish the federal death Penalty: Support S.650

The Colloseo shines for New Mexico
The Ancient Colosseum of Rome shines for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in New Mexico. (from DPF blog)

Appellate court keeps CA executions on hold
There will be no executions by California in the near future.

Sister Helen Prejean equates lethal injection with torture
Prejean, author of "Dead Man Walking," described lethal injection as "tantamount to torture" at speaking event in Palo Alto on November 21.

California Commission on Fair Administration finds California’s Death Penalty System Full of Flaws
All 22 members of the Commission agree that our capital punishment system is dysfunctional.

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We're Calling on County Officials to Work to End executions The death penalty costs the county and state much more than the alternative of life imprisonment without possibility of parole. It does not make us safer and it is a procedure that we can no
longer afford..

"The Death Penalty: What People of Faith Should Know" is available from CPF
Get your copy of the Powerpoint presentation by CPF's Terry McCaffrey and Eric deBode.

Statement of Conscience & Declaration of Life
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