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Call to Action! Write Governor Cooper TODAY!

January 6, 2024

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📬 Postcards and Letters Sent to Governor Cooper So Far!

As our Commutations Campaign continues to gain momentum in the New Year, we want to ensure that Governor Cooper hears our message loud and clear from all corners of North Carolina: commute all NC death sentences to prison terms! To make sure he hears from as many North Carolinians as possible, we have launched a state-wide Postcard Campaign!

We were proud to see a strong response in summer of 2023 to our sign-on letter from people of faith from all across our state. That letter followed our Faith Leader Letter, which was released in April. It was clear from the thousands of signatures we gathered that a groundswell of support for the Commutations Campaign was continuing to build. Now it’s time for Governor Cooper to hear from all North Carolinians.

With Governor Cooper leaving office at the end of 2024, the next several months are a critical time to show him why clearing the entirety of North Carolina’s death row is the best way to address the brutal racism of NC’s death penalty. We need the Governor to know that there is broad public support for the commutation of all NC death sentences from diverse North Carolinians.

We hope that you will take a few moments to tell Governor Cooper why exercising his clemency powers is important to you. Sending a postcard or letter to Governor Cooper is the most impactful thing you can do at the current time to help end the death penalty in our state. We hope to flood the Governor’s Mansion with such a large number of postcards and letters that this issue becomes impossible to ignore. 

Find all you need to write Governor Cooper and other ways to support this initiative here. You can also learn more about the Commutations Campaign here. Thank you for strengthening our collective call to Governor Cooper: “No More Death Row!” by writing to him today.

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Take a stand against state violence and join the w Take a stand against state violence and join the weekly vigil at Central Prison! 

Effective March 9 (after the time change), vigils will be held from 5-6 PM each Monday.

Every Monday, community members gather outside Central Prison in Raleigh in peaceful opposition to the death penalty. Led by members of our coalition partners, Catholics for Abolition in North Carolina and Amnesty International Local Group 213, this vigil honors and uplifts all North Carolinians on death row.

All are welcome. Whether you attend weekly or just once, this is a place for you. 

Learn more at our website or the link in our bio.
Florida has executed Billy Kearse for a crime he c Florida has executed Billy Kearse for a crime he committed when he was barely 18 – despite overwhelming mitigating evidence. He was the 5th person executed in the US and the 3rd person killed by Florida in 2026.

Rest in peace, Billy. We remember your life and mourn your execution.

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Tomorrow is the last day to vote early in the prim Tomorrow is the last day to vote early in the primary elections! And as a reminder, election day is March 3. 

With DAs on the ballot across most of the state, voters have a critical opportunity right now to shape how justice happens at the local level. Even though North Carolina preserves the death penalty at the state level, DAs have the authority to decide whether or not they will ever seek death in their districts. 

Stay informed about where your local DA candidates stand on capital punishment and make a plan to vote if you haven't already!

#NoMoreDeathRow #EndTheDeathPenalty #NorthCarolina #NCPrimary
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