EVENTS last updated on January 23, 2011

NEWS last updated on January 23, 2011

Upcoming Events

A Personal Look at the Death Penalty - Janis Gay and Judy Kerr of California Crime Victims for Alternatives to the Death penalty will hold an enlightening discussion on the death penalty. More info here
First Congregational Church
Tuesday (1/24), 7 p.m.
252 W. Spain Street, Sonoma
Fee: Donation at the door
Information: 935-6690 or sonomacongregational.org.

Bay Area Social Justice Forum - People of Hope, Agents of Change
Saturday February 11, 2012 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Valley Center for the Performing Arts - Holy Names University
3500 Mountain Blvd, Oakland, CA 94619
Click here for registration information

*If you have an event you would like to list on CCV's website, please e-mail chelsea@deathpenalty.org

News

January 9, 2012

Life and Death Decisions - LA Times
A mother's opinion on California's death penalty

October 26, 2011

Replacing California Death Penalty Gains Political Steam
Signature Drive first salvo in long battle ahead for group. Read the article here.

October 23, 2011

Death Penalty's Unlikely Opponents - CNN
People who've lost loved ones to violence are unlikely opponents of capital punishment. Read the article here.

September 21, 2011

Victim's son objects as Texas sets execution in hate crime death
As Texas prepares to execute one of his father's killers, Ross Byrd hopes the state shows the man the mercy his father, James Byrd Jr., never got when he was dragged behind a truck to his death. Read the article here.

September 4, 2011

Death Penalty - costly for families of victims too
CLICK HERE for an op-ed in the Seattle Times

Monday, August 29, 2011

Death by murder, death by state
SAFE CA campaign launched - Coalition group will bring death penalty issue to the ballot box. Families of murder victims and law enforcement officials speak out about why the death penalty is bad for them and bad for California.

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