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NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

Committed to ending the death penalty and creating a new vision of justice

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People Most Proximate

We cannot create justice without getting close to places where injustices prevail. We have to get proximate.”

Bryan Stevenson

We have much to learn from the voices of those directly affected by the death penalty: People who’ve lost loved ones to murder, people on and exonerated from death row and their families, and people who’ve suffered the grief of execution. Their leadership is key to ending the death penalty. Here, you can read the stories, listen to the music, and view the art they’ve created as they journey to find healing after losing a loved one, or go on living under a sentence of death, and, perhaps, discover a more expansive meaning for the word “justice.”

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Last Updated: February 22, 2023

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“Me personally, I live death row every day,” Ed Ch “Me personally, I live death row every day,” Ed Chapman shared during our Racist Roots screening at Duke University.

Ed spoke about being wrongfully convicted and losing 14 years of his life to death row after his innocence was deliberately buried by law enforcement in Catawba County.

We're grateful to Duke Partnership for Service (@@duke.dps), Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (@dukehumanrightscenter), and Duke students Rohan, Lameese, and Grace for helping to make this evening possible. Thanks to all who showed up to learn alongside us.

Racist Roots is a project of The Center for Death Penalty Litigation (@centerfordeathpenaltylit).

#NoMoreDeathRow #EndTheDeathPenalty #Duke #NCCADP #RacistRoots
A bad defense can cost a life. Ed Chapman knows th A bad defense can cost a life. Ed Chapman knows that firsthand.

Wrongfully convicted, he survived nearly 14 years on death row before his exoneration in 2008. His original attorneys often showed up smelling of alcohol. They ignored key evidence and lines of inquiry. When Ed tried to have them dismissed from his case, they attempted to keep him from finding new representation.

When a UNC Law student asked how public defenders can best represent their clients, Ed shared this wisdom.

#EndTheDeathPenalty #NoMoreDeathRow #NCCADP #EdChapman #NCDeathPenalty #WrongfulConviction
Happy Easter from NCCADP to you and your loved one Happy Easter from NCCADP to you and your loved ones! 

In the Christian faith, Easter honors the resurrection of Jesus Christ after his execution by the state. Today, we reflect on liberation from bondage and triumph over death, which is core to the work of ending the death penalty.

If you're looking for a beautiful and thought-provoking read today, consider this piece from 2025 in the Baptist News Global: https://baptistnews.com/article/abolishing-the-death-penalty-in-the-spirit-of-easter-and-passover/
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