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Catholic Campaign to End the Death Penalty
www.ccedp.org
“Catholic teaching offers a unique perspective on crime and punishment. It begins with the recognition that the dignity of the human person applies to both victims and their families. It also acknowledges the God-given dignity of every human life, even those who do great harm.”

One Catholic voice on death penalty takes on another
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- For years, the two most prominent voices among U.S. Catholics on the subject of the death penalty have been those of a nun who is a former schoolteacher and a Georgetown- and Harvard-educated Supreme Court justice.

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Pax Christi USA
www.paxchristiusa.org
Pax Christi USA strives to create a world that reflects the Peace of Christ by exploring, articulating, and witnessing to the call of Christian nonviolence. This work begins in personal life and extends to communities of reflection and action to transform structures of society. Pax Christi USA rejects war, preparations for war, and every form of violence and domination. It advocates primacy of conscience, economic and social justice, and respect for creation.

Pax Christi USA commits itself to peace education and, with the help of its bishop members, promotes the gospel imperative of peacemaking as a priority in the Catholic Church in the United States. Through the efforts of all its members and in cooperation with other groups, Pax Christi USA works toward a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world.

Helen Prejean, CSJ
www.prejean.org
This is the official website of Sister Prejean, who wrote “Dead Man Walking” about her experience being the spiritual advisor of a death row inmate.  Today, she educates the public about the death penalty by lecturing, organizing and writing.  As the founder of "Survive," a victim’s advocacy group in New Orleans, she continues to counsel not only inmates on death row, but the families of murder victims, as well.

Ohio’s Death Row
www.ohiodeathrow.com
Follow the current situation of death row in Ohio. Fr. Neil Kookoothe has developed a website that looks at the history, current situation, individuals on death row and how we can help. The site gives lots of detail on the current situation of death row in Ohio.

Compassion
http://www.compassionondeathrow.org/letters.cfm
This newsletter is written by death row prisoners in the United States and distributed without charge to all 3400+ inmates in this country currently under the sentence of death. Subscriptions are also available to those on the outside.