RESOURCES
Final Exposure
A powerful 119 page photo essay that combines 64 portraits of people on death row with the photographer's personal account of his experience creating this book.
The Death Penalty: The Religious Community Calls for Abolition
Within this booklet are statements of opposition to capital punishment from over 30 national church and faith-based organizations.
Living and Dying According to the Voice of Faith: Thinking about the Death Penalty
This complete six-session study guide is designed for Christians considering the question of capital punishment as a faith issue.
Dead Man Walking Study Packet
The use of this packet with the movie Dead Man Walking is intended to provide religious leaders and lay people with an opportunity to examine the issue of capital punishment from a theological or faith-based perspective.
Sermons, Homilies & Reflections on the Death Penalty
The Religious Organizing Against the Death Penalty Project offers this collection of writings as part of our efforts to galvanize and empower the religious community in the United States to work against capital punishment.
I Dream a World Organizing Packet
An introduction and historical background to the "I Dream a World" campaign connecting the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on nonviolence to the death penalty.
The Fortress Economy: The Economic Role of the U.S. Prison System
By Alexander C. Lichstein & Michael Kroll; Edited by Rachael Kamel.
Lessons of Marion: The Failure of a Maximum Security Prison
A history and analysis, with voices of prisoners.
Native Americans on Death Row in the United States
By Stacia Hart, commissioned by the Community Relations Division of AFSC.
Prison Rehabilitation: The Myth
A Martin Luther King Address by Carl Upchurch.
Survivor's Manual
A manual written by and for people living in control units/solitary confinement.
A Call to Action
An analysis and overview of the U.S. Criminal Justice System by the National Commission on Crime and Justice.
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