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June 9, 2009 -
KCADP has embarked on a new effort to put the death penalty on trial in Kentucky
and is gathering a growing list of witnesses - Wendell Berry, Eugene Thomas,
Dr. Frances Weinstock, Ruth Lowe and others - who have recorded their
testimony for presentation on YouTube.
Some have lost family members to murder, others are concerned citizens. One witness was a chaplain at Eddyville, another accompanied her 12-year old Godchild to ask a governor to spare his father's life.
KCADP is seeking additional Kentucky witnesses, as well as those who may live outside Kentucky, but have family members awaiting execution in Kentucky. If you are willing to take the witness stand against the death penalty, send an email to our new address: staff@kcadp.org and our videographer will be in touch with you.
To view videos visit our channel at www.youtube.com/kcadp.
We also have a fan page on Facebook - and hope you will soon sign up as a fan and add to the conversation going on about how we plan to end the use of the death penalty in Kentucky.
The Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, a 501(c)3 corporation since 1988, is a coalition of individuals and organizations working to end the use of the death penalty in the State of Kentucky.
Like all Kentuckians, we want our justice system to treat people fairly; punish the guilty and free the innocent. In 2002 Kentucky freed an innocent person, Larry Osborne, from its death row. (Read about Larry Osborne here.) And in many other Kentucky cases, Kentucky courts have overturned convictions and sentences because they were unjustly obtained. After new trials, these defendants are now serving severe sentences, including life without parole.
Human error of this magnitude has no place in a system that plans to take a human life and so we oppose the death penalty.
Like all Kentuckians, we join with the survivors of murder victims in calling for just punishment for those who have murdered their family members. In fact Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation, an organization of survivors who oppose the death penalty, is one of our partners. Contact us if you would want a member to speak to your group. We agree with these survivors that death sentences are not the answer to violence and so we join them in opposing the use of the death sentence in Kentucky.
Like all Kentuckians, we desire to live in safety in our communities. Those who kill must be removed from the community to preserve the safety of those who live there. But, there is no credible evidence that death sentences provide us more safety than the harsh sentence of life without parole. Absent evidence that death sentences make us safer, we oppose the use of the death penalty.
Most Kentuckians, when given a choice of penalties to impose on convicted capital killers, choose a punishment other than death. (Click here to see what most Kentuckians prefer.)
Use the navigation buttons to the left to keep you informed about efforts in Kentucky to abolish the death penalty. There you will find our newsletters, current news articles, and a host of resources about innocence, costs, polling data, and other issues.
Please click here and join the KCADP today. Working together we can protect our children and families from violent killers. Working together we can make sure that no innocent person faces execution. Working together we can end the use of the death penalty in Kentucky.
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