Alaskans Against the Death Penalty

Alaskans Against the Death Penalty is a coalition of individuals and organizations who educate the community and policy makers about the facts and myths of the death penalty. Our members are students, homemakers, police officers, attorneys, clergy, correctional officers, business owners, governmental employees - from all cultural, ethnic, racial, political, religious and economic groups. Territorial Alaska abolished the death penalty in 1957; statehood continued the tradition. We are proud that Alaska is free of the death penalty.

Legislative Alert - Help us defeath HB 9! Click here for additional information.

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.

Annual Fish Fry - July 24th - July 24th, 2009
July 24th, 2009 5:00-8:30 p.m A cadre of amateur and professional chefs are already working on their recipes for the 11th(?) annual AADP Fish Fry. Calendar it now and more information will follow.

Spring 2009 Newsletter Available - March 16th, 2009
AADP's Spring 2009 Newsletter is available here.

Showing of "At the Death House Door" with Star Chaplain Carroll Picket - March 8th, 2009
Come watch the movie "At the Death House Door" and meet the star, Chaplain Carroll Picket, at St Elizabeth Anne Seton’s Church at 1:30 p.m. The event is open the general public.

Annual Chili Feed Featuring: Chaplain Carroll Pickett - March 8th, 2009
Chaplain Carroll Pickett served 15 years as the death house chaplain at the infamous "Walls" prison unit in Huntsville. During Pickett's remarkable career journey leading to his conclusion that the death penalty should be abolished, he presided over 95 executions, including the world’s first lethal injection. After each execution, Pickett recorded an audiotape account of his trip to the death chamber. When: March 8, 2009 @ 5:30 pm Where: Home of Hugh & Lanie Fleischer - 1401 W. 11th Avenue, Anchorage, Phone 274-2453 Check out the flyer for additional details and to help us spread the word.

Juneau showing of "At the Death House Door" - March 11th, 2009
The film, "At the Death house Door" will be shown in Juneau on March 11 at the Gold Town Nickelodeon Cinema at 6:00 p.m.

Reception in Juneau for Chaplain Carroll Picket - March 10th, 2009
There will be a reception in Juneau with Rev Pickett at the Parish Hall, Cathedral of the Nativity on March 10th at 6:00 p.m.

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