Action Center
Here you'll find recent action alerts to help reduce death sentencing in LA County and reform California's death penalty while we work toward abolition. Check back often to see the latest opportunities for action, or sign up to receive email alerts when new actions are available!
Come to our monthly coalition meetings to plan our next action steps as we work to end death sentencing in LA County. See Events for information on the next coalition meeting.
Tell LA District Attorney Steve Cooley to end death sentencing and save the county's tax dollars!
Send an automatic email with just a few clicks telling your DA that death sentences are a waste of county funds that ought to be spent on community policing and education. The District Attorney has the final authority over when to pursue the death penalty, or when to opt for permanent imprisonment.
» Via ACLU of Southern California
Pass the resolution in your organization or community group!
Download this resolution calling on LA District Attorney Steve Cooley to end death sentencing, and take it to your organization or community group. Congregations, unions, clubs, companies and nonprofits can all vote to pass the resolution, building the size and influence of our coalition.
» Download the resolution
Sign the online petition!
This online petition calls for an end to the death penalty in California, saving $1 Billion over five years! Ask Governor Schwarzenegger to commute all death sentences to permanement imprisonment, saving $600 million over five years, and halt the creation of a new death row facilitiy saving $400 million, for a total savings of $1 Billion over five years.
» Via Death Penalty Focus
