A world-wide survey of prison projects:
A comprehensive "search Engine", a guide for everyone
who searches the Internet with regards to prisons, prison projects/organisations
and human rights: http://www.prisoninfo.org
Community of Sant'Egidio: This community, working for world peace, has started the project of a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty. So far (Oct 2003), more than four millions signatures have been collected. Sign on-line NOW! http://www.santegidio.org/en/pdm/index.htm
Stop Stoning: In some parts of the world, women are placed up to their chest in a hole and are executed by throwing stones at them. The International Committee against stoning is working on public awaress of this most inhuman practice. http://www.stopstoningnow.ath.cx
World Coalition: Created in Roma in May 2002, the Coalition gathers NGOs, Bar associations, unions, local governements, all kind of organizations who are attached to the struggle against death penalty and want to coordonate their efforts of lobbying and action in an international level. http://www.worldcoalition.org
North American Homepages
Bureau of Justice Statistics:
All kinds of statistics from the Federal Bureau of Justice, to
which detailed reports are attached: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
Canadian Coalition Against the Death
Penalty: The homepage of a very involved coalition,
with numerous subjects treated in depth: http://www.ccadp.org
Citizens United for Alternatives to
Death Penalty: Abe Bonowitz, Florida, compiles articles
and opinions, mainly on cases related to the Florida situation:
http://www.cuadp.org
Death Penalty Information Center:
Compiles statistics, sections of topics such as juvenile, women,
cost, etc.: http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org
Death penalty news and updates - Rick
Halperin: Compiles numerous articles on death penalty
and human rights situations. Updated daily: http://people.smu.edu/rhalperi/
Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama: EJI provides legal representation to indigent defendants and prisoners who have been denied fair and just treatment in the legal system. http://eji.org/eji/
Equal Justice USA: Equal
Justice USA has been working on a moratorium project all over
the US. Visit the list of cities and districts who have so far
signed the moratorium: http://www.quixote.org/ej
International Justice Project:
The International Justice Project works towards the development, coordination and increased emplyment of international law and human rights standards as they pertain to capital punishment. Homebased in Viriginia, USA: http://www.internationaljusticeproject.org
Juvenile Death Penalty: Website
managed by the American Bar Association. This site includes extensive
information on individual cases, amples resources for attornyes
and advocates defending juveniles: http://www.abanet.org/
Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation
Massachusset's based organization whose members have lost a close
relative to murder but who fight for a complete abolition of the
death penalty in the USA: http://www.mvfr.org
Texas Coalition Against The Death Penalty:
Working to end the death penalty through education and action:
http://www.tcadp.org
Texas Defender Service: Directly representing death row inmates at all levels of the appellate process, concentrating primarily on representation in state and federal habeas corpus appeals:
http://www.texasdefender.org
European Hompages
Coalition for Truth and Justice: The CFTJ, with head office located in Belgium, has been fighting since its setup in 1999 for the respect of human rights and equality of treatment between all the inmates on death row. http://cftj.org
Ensemble contre la peine de mort / Together Against the Death Penalty: Considering that the death penalty is an affront to human dignity and international law, TADP has taken a firm stand against capital punishment and promotes its abolition, whoever the authority that applies the sentence and whatever the crime. http://www.abolition.fr/ecpm/
Links to homepages of penpals of lifespark
members
Please note: starting 2004, the State of Florida prohibited for prisoners to have any access to the Internet. Therefore, it is possible that links leading to Florida death row inmates' homepages do not work.
Arthur Lee Williams is on the Texas death row and corresponds with a member from Murten: http://www.deathrow736.com