The document argues that capital punishment should be abolished for several reasons: it is unfairly applied and disproportionately affects minorities and the poor; it has not been shown to effectively deter crime more than other punishments; and it is not cost effective compared to alternatives like life in prison without parole. The document suggests writing letters or joining advocacy groups to work towards abolishing the death penalty.

1. Time to Kill the Death Penalty

2. Intro
Capital punishment:
• Unfair and inequitable in practice
• Ineffective as a deterrent
• Not Cost effective
• Not infallible

3. Unsuccessful as a Deterrent to Crime
• Death penalty has little impact on criminal violence
• Murder rates: non-death penalty states vs. states w/ death penalty

4. Capital Punishment is bias against
minorities and the poor
• Majority of inmates on death row are poor
• Executions for Interracial Murders ↑ white
victims
260
20

5. Capital Punishment is Not Cost
Effective
• $137 million: Cost of system w/ capital
punishment in CA
• $11.5 million: Cost of system of lifetime
incarceration in CA
• Diverts resources from genuine crime control
measures

6. Alternatives to Capital Punishment
• Life in prison without the possibility of parole
• Increase number of police officers
• Better crime prevention programs

7. What You Can Do
• Write a Letter to the Editor in response to an
article that appears in your local newspaper
on the death penalty or related topics
• Join NCADP’s e@bolitionist listserv to get the
latest news and action alerts
• Sign this petition to abolish the death penalty
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/dp/