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The death penalty has failed as a public policy experiment. Innocent people are being sent to death row. It is applied with severe racial and economic bias. We are executing juveniles and the mentally retarded. And it is much more expensive than a life without parole sentence.

Prudence demands that we stop executions and conduct a comprehensive review of the system. The Moratorium Campaign is calling for an immediate moratorium on executions so that these serious questions about the application of the death penalty can be reviewed.

Join Sr. Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking, and The Moratorium Campaign in this fight for fairness and social justice by going to our 'Take Action' section. It is time to STOP, and rethink the death penalty.

CALLING ALL STUDENTS!

It's time to get your campus involved with The Moratorium Campaign! Students make a huge impact by circulating fact sheets and gathering petition signatures - and we have all the tools you need to make it happen. Click Here to order your Student Organizing Kit today.)

Streaming Video of Sister Helen

The following webcast of Sr. Helen Prejean was recorded in Cleveland on January 18th 2002. Click below to view streaming video of Sr. Helen giving a firestorm speech about why we need a moratorium on execution.

news and
announcements

3/31/2002
Ashcroft bucks trend in seeking death penalty

3/28/2002
Defense fumbled, prosecutors cheated in '98 trial

3/21/2002
When the Defense Stays off the Field

3/21/2002
Tired of waiting, victim's families say end death penalty entirely

3/20/2002
Council resolution calls for moratorium on death penalty

3/20/2002
Macon asks Barnes, lawmakers to temporarily stop executions

3/15/2002
Death May Not Be Prosecution's Aim in Yates Case

3/4/2002
States With Higher Proportions of Black Citizens More Likely to Have Death Penalty, Study Finds


Kyrgyzstan extends moratorium and passes plan to abolish death penalty

features

4/20/2001
Victims' Race Affects Decisions on Killers' Sentence, Study Finds

1/22/2001
Case of Sleeping Lawyer Revisited

9/22/2000
States With No Death Penalty Share Lower Homicide Rates

4/30/2000
To Remember His Daughter, Father Speaks Out Against Death Penalty

4/8/2000
Pat Robertson Backs Death Penalty Halt