Abolition campaigns
abolish the federal death penalty
Join us in calling on President Biden to commute the sentences of those on federal death row and on congress to abolish the federal death penalty.
Abolition in pennsylvania
Pennsylvanians are ready to end the death penalty!
Join us in calling on the Pennsylvania State Legislature to repeal the death penalty.
Abolition in ohio
Ohioans are ready to end the death penalty!
Join us in calling on the Ohio State Legislature to repeal the death penalty in the Buckeye state.
Abolition in Florida
It's Time To End Florida's Death penalty!
Join us in calling on Florida state legislators to protect those with serious mental illness from being executed.
Kentucky Abolition
Protect people with mental illness in Kentucky!
Join us in supporting HB 269, a ban on executions for certain individuals with mental illness, and urging legislators to move HB 269 to the Senate floor.
Past Abolition Work
The letters and testimonies of death row exonerees have been pivotal in every state that has abolished the death penalty. See below some of our work to move criminal justice reform legislation forward.
Testimony in Support of Ending Qualified Immunity in NM
Letter to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
Billy Joe Wardlow Clemency Letter
Letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott
Second Letter to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
Letter to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey
Letter to Missouri Governor Michael Parson
If you would like to have an exoneree testify on behalf of death penalty legislation email info@witnesstoinnocence.org.