Time to Kill the Death Penalty

Intro

Capital punishment:• Unfair and inequitable in practice• Ineffective as a deterrent• Not Cost effective• Not infallible

Unsuccessful as a Deterrent to Crime• Death penalty has little impact on criminal violence • Murder rates: non-death penalty states vs. states w/ death penalty

Capital Punishment is bias against minorities and the poor

• Majority of inmates on death row are poor• Executions for Interracial Murders ↑ white

victims

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Capital Punishment is Not Cost Effective

• $137 million: Cost of system w/ capital punishment in CA

• $11.5 million: Cost of system of lifetime incarceration in CA

• Diverts resources from genuine crime control measures

Alternatives to Capital Punishment

• Life in prison without the possibility of parole• Increase number of police officers• Better crime prevention programs

What You Can Do

• Write a Letter to the Editor in response to an article that appears in your local newspaper on the death penalty or related topics

• Join NCADP’s e@bolitionist listserv to get the latest news and action alerts

• Sign this petition to abolish the death penalty http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/dp/