Death Penalty Action works to stop executions and abolish the death penalty through advocacy, education, and action.

Take action with us below.

Death Penalty Action works to stop executions and abolish the death penalty through advocacy, education, and action.

Take action with us below.

UPCOMING EXECUTION PETITIONS

UPCOMING EXECUTION PETITIONS

STOP EXECUTIONS.
SAVE LIVES.

The death penalty is cruel, unjust, and beyond repair. With your help, we can end it.

Your donation fuels the fight to expose executions, push for repeal, and support those impacted. Ninety percent of our funding comes from people like you, not foundations or corporations.

The most powerful way to help? Become a monthly donor. Set it and forget it, knowing you’re driving real change every day. Even a small monthly gift adds up.

Executions are happening. We have to stop them.

This work is nonstop, The need is immediate.
And the truth is, we cannot do it without you.

Give now.

STOP EXECUTIONS.
SAVE LIVES.

The death penalty is cruel, unjust, and beyond repair. With your help, we can end it.

Your donation fuels the fight to expose executions, push for repeal, and support those impacted. Ninety percent of our funding comes from people like you, not foundations or corporations.

The most powerful way to help? Become a monthly donor. Set it and forget it, knowing you’re driving real change every day. Even a small monthly gift adds up.

Executions are happening. We have to stop them. Give now.

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Read DPA's former Board Chair Sharon Risher's New York Times Op-Ed at nytimes.com here.
No NYT subscription? Read the PDF here.

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