Capital+Punishment+-+History+of+Action+Already+Taken

Home Timeline Important Events People Involved __History of Action Already Taken__ Capital Punishment, the very controversial subject has killed tens of thousands of people, and has millions of people rallying and fighting for the rights of its future and its previous victims. People and capital punishment have never got along. Hundreds upon hundreds of organizations have been formed to stop the electric chair, lethal injection, and other forms of capital punishment. Christians Against Capital Punishment or CACP, People of Faith Against the Death Penalty or PFADP and Citizens United for an Alternative to the Death Penalty or CUADP, just to name a few. In addition to these, individual states have their own individual organizations against Capital Punishment. These organizations have thousands of members all for a single cause, the removal of Capital Punishment.

In the beginning, few protests were held and organized, but now hundreds of rallies and protests have occurred all over America. Some activists have even gone as far as getting arrested in hopes to stop a prisoner from being killed. In Raleigh, on December 1, 2005, 17 protesters from the Rosa Parks Affinity Group, were arrested trying to give life to Kenneth Boyd, after marching to the death house. The protesters parked themselves on the drive way, refusing to leave until execution was called off. After being held in jail on a $1000 dollar bail, the 17 protesters were charged with second degree trespass and resisting, obstructing, and delaying a public officer."__17 Death Penalty Abolition Activists from across the United States Arrested for attempting to stop the 1000th execution__" This is just one example of groups perseverance and ability to rally and stand strong with each other hand-in-hand. Other organizations plan protests on a larger scale. On January 17, 2007, members of the Abolitionist Action Committee, held a 30-foot banner that said "STOP EXICUTION" on the steps of the US Supreme Court Building in Washington DC. All 9 Protestors were arrested. The date of the action was chosen because 30 years before in 1977, the first execution took place under the new laws, which were created in 1976.

Like I said, protests and rallies are always being planned and acted on, and prisoners facing capital punishment are always in need of someone to speak out for them. So now it's your turn to make histories headlines and stop capital punishment for good.