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In 2009, LA County became the national leader in new death sentences, sentencing more people to death than the entire state of Texas. Here you can learn how to join the movement to End the Death Penalty in LA!


Cut This: The Death Penalty

California’s governor has proposed closing the state’s $20 billion budget gap with a drastic cuts-only approach, slashing funding for vital human services without working to increase revenue. Yet one state program seems to be immune from these cuts: the death penalty. We think the time has come to CUT THIS.


Death in Decline '09Los Angeles County leads state and nation in death sentencing

A new report by the ACLU of Northern California finds that in 2009, Los Angeles County had more new death sentences than any other county in the nation -- and more than the entire state of Texas. As the nation shifts to permanent imprisonment, Los Angeles County is holding California back.

» Download the full report here.