EVENTS AND PROGRAMMING
Ending the death penalty starts with learning and sharing information with Missouri constituents. For more than 20 years, Missourians for Alternatives to the Death penalty have been driving down the use of the death penalty by telling the stories of those on death row. We’ve helped stop executions and shed light on wrongful convictions. But in order to Abolish the death penalty in Missouri, we must continue to tell the truth and honestly confront our history.
To aid those seeking to learn more about the death penalty, we host year round events and programs to learn, share, and talk to each other about the death penalty in Missouri. These events highlight unique impacted voices such as Missouri death row exonerees, murder victim families, former executioners, legislators, renowned litigators, research specialists, and leaders in racial justice and abolition movements.
Effective Advocacy to End the Death Penalty
Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty and the Death Penalty Abolition Ministry of the Archdiocese of St. Louis are proud to be hosting Nan Tolson, the Director of Texas Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty, and Connor Luebbert, of Jefferson City for an important discussion about effective advocacy tools to employ in discussions with legislators about the death penalty.
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EXECUTION WATCHES
AND VIGILS
Death warrants in Missouri are typically given 90 days in advance of executions. At MADP, those 90 days are a critical time in which we amplify both our educational programs as well as calls for clemency for those scheduled for execution. Through social media campaigns, correspondence with elected officials, and petitions for clemency, we address specific issues within each person's case.
Watches and vigils for those scheduled for execution are held by Missourians across the state on the day of executions.
Typically these events take place in Kansas City, Springfield, Columbia/Jefferson City, and St. Louis. Watches and Vigils also take place on the ground for every execution in Bonne Terre, Missouri at the Eastern Reception Diagnostic Correctional Center (ERDCC) where the Missouri execution chambers are located.
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