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.


ACLU of Southern CaliforniaTell 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


Death Penalty FocusSign 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

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Write Letters to the Editor!

Even in our age of electronic media, print journalism still drives the news cycle. Writing death penalty-related Letters to the Editor of papers like the LA Times can influence press coverage and educate readers. Click here to write to the LA Times about the death penalty, or check out the News section to see recent articles related to the death penalty.


Take action to stop executions nationwide!

Visit www.NCADP.org for a listing of pending executions in the United States and how you can take action.