Founded in 1928, MCADP is the oldest active anti-death penalty organization in the United States.
Massachusetts Citizens Against the Death Penalty
Detail of Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Nicola Sacco from the cartoon of a mural by Ben Shahn © Estate of Ben Shahn/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
Information and Articles of Interest on the Use of the Federal Death Penalty in Massachusetts and other Non-death Penalty States
The lack of a Massachusetts death penalty statute does not prevent the federal government from coming into the state and trying a capital case in federal court, which is exactly what happened this year when Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was tried for the Marathon bombing.
Stop Using the Federal Death Penalty on Street Crime
Does the Execution of Terrorists Work?
Massachusetts Citizens
Against the Death Penalty, Inc.
PO Box 51920, Boston, MA 02205
e-mail: mcadp1927@gmail.com
