There are other organizations in South Carolina that share our opposition to the death penalty. However, they generally work on several additional issues. To our knowledge we are currently the only group whose work focuses solely on the abolition of the death penalty in South Carolina.
Below is a list of several regional and national organizations working to abolish the death penalty.
The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP) was founded in 1976 in response to the Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia which permitted executions to resume in the United States. Our mission: abolish the death penalty in the U.S. and support efforts to abolish the death penalty world wide.
The AAC is an ad-hoc group of individuals committed to highly visible and effective public education for alternatives to the death penalty through nonviolent direct action.
Jouney of Hope
. . . from Violence to Healing
Journey of Hope... from Violence to Healing is an organization led by murder victim family members joined by death row family members, family members of the executed, the exonerated, and others with stories to tell, that conducts public education speaking tours and addresses alternatives to the death penalty.
Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation
MVFR: Helping Heal Grief Through Action
MVFR members help their friends, co-workers, media and policymakers understand the negative impact that capital punishment has on the families of murder victims and the executed.
People of Faith Against the Death Penalty
The mission of People of Faith Against the Death Penalty is to educate and mobilize faith communities to act to abolish the death penalty in the United States.
