Alaskans Against the Death Penalty
Alaskans Against the Death Penalty (AADP) is a coalition of individuals and organizations who educate the community and policy makers about the facts and myths of the death penalty.
Annual Chili Feed!
Don't miss AADP's 2010 chili feed!
Featured Speaker: Curtis McCarty
When: Saturday, March 6th, 2010 @ 5:30 pm
Where: Home of Hugh & Lanie Fleischer (1401 W 11th Ave
Anchorage 274-2453)
Food & Refreshments provided (regular & veggie chili)
Cost: Free - Donations encouraged
Click here for more information on Curtis.
We are honored to host Curtis at our annual chili feed. Curtis Edward McCarty was exonerated in 2007 after serving 21 years - including 19 years on death row - for a 1982 Oklahoma City murder he didn't commit. McCarty was convicted twice and sentenced to death three times based on prosecutorial misconduct and testimony from forensic analyst Joyce Gilchrist, whose lab misconduct has contributed to at least two other convictions later overturned by DNA evidence.
Mark your calendar and bring friends! Donations gratefully accepted.
Call Sue for information at 276-5753
Take Action!
Legislative Alert - Help us defeat HB 9!
Several agencies have issues resolutions against HB 9. Thank you AFN; Municipality of Anchorage; Central Conference of American Rabbis; Native Village of Ambler; Episcopal Church; Catholic Church; Quakers; NAACP and the ACLU, for joining this fight.
AADP Newsletters and Highlights
2009 Fall Newsletter
Three Speakers Scheduled for 2010. Sam Millsap will be in Anchorage on February 6, 2010. He will also be meeting with various people in Juneau during the week of February 7th....
Cases of Interest
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Cameron Willingham - Did Texas execute an innocent man?
He insisted upon his innocence in the deaths of his children and refused an offer to plead guilty in return for a life sentence.
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Troy Davis - Innocent and on Death Row
Supreme Court says Georgia man should receive hearing.
Web Sites of Interest
Death Penalty Information Center
Providing information about the application of the death penalty in the United States. This site has eye opening information regarding the death penalty in the U.S. Complete with a searchable Execution Database.National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP) was founded in 1976 in response to the Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia which permitted executions to resume in the United States. Our mission: abolish the death penalty in the U.S. and support efforts to abolish the death penalty world wide.Shouting from the Rooftops!
Did Texas execute an innocent man?
The New Yorker has put together this group of articles that accurately portray real situations in which hind sight tells us that the Death Penalty was obviously not the right solution.Ohio's Lethal Injection Fiascos!
