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AZDPF
PO Box 33126
Phoenix, AZ 85067-3126
AzDPF is a 501 (c) (3) public charity organization and contributions are tax deductable.
AZDPF
PO Box 33126
Phoenix, AZ 85067-3126
AzDPF is a 501 (c) (3) public charity organization and contributions are tax deductable.
'I shall ask for the abolition of the punishment of death until I have the infallibility of human judgment demonstrated to me.'
-- The Marquis de Lafayette, speaking to the French Chamber of Deputies in 1830, years after witnessing the excesses of the French Revolution.
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Mission
The Arizona Death Penalty Forum is dedicated to ending the death penalty in Arizona through education and advocacy.
We believe the death penalty must be abolished because:
-- Innocent people have been put to death across the country. Arizona’s justice system cannot guarantee that those sentenced to death are guilty.
-- Arizona’s justice system has a weak record. More than half of the state’s death sentences are overturned on appeal.
-- The death penalty carries a staggering cost. Millions of dollars spent on the pre-trial, trial and appeal process is taken away from other law enforcement, fire services and education.
-- The death penalty is immoral. “Thou shalt not kill” is a clear expression of God’s will.
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We believe the death penalty must be abolished because:
-- Innocent people have been put to death across the country. Arizona’s justice system cannot guarantee that those sentenced to death are guilty.
-- Arizona’s justice system has a weak record. More than half of the state’s death sentences are overturned on appeal.
-- The death penalty carries a staggering cost. Millions of dollars spent on the pre-trial, trial and appeal process is taken away from other law enforcement, fire services and education.
-- The death penalty is immoral. “Thou shalt not kill” is a clear expression of God’s will.
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Help us fulfill the mission to abolish the death penalty in Arizona.
-- Links
-- Learn about us, join us
-- Attend our events
-- Write to your state legislator
-- Write to the news media
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-- Links
-- Learn about us, join us
-- Attend our events
-- Write to your state legislator
-- Write to the news media
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Today’s Arizona capital system evolved from the Ring v. Arizona case, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Arizona’s death penalty statute unconstitutional.
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To learn more about the cost of the death penalty, see:
Smart on Crime: Reconsidering the Death Penalty in a Time of Economic Crisis >>
Learn more >>
To learn more about the cost of the death penalty, see:
Smart on Crime: Reconsidering the Death Penalty in a Time of Economic Crisis >>