The Washington Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

We are a grassroots, volunteer-driven, statewide non-profit organization dedicated to the abolition of the death penalty.

The State has carried out 109 executions. All but two of these were hangings. The first executions occurred on January 5, 1849 when Cussas and Quallahworst, two Native Americans, were hanged for murder. The death penalty was abolished in 1913 only to be reinstated in 1919.

We remain committed to once again eliminating this vile practice in Washington State.

We will abolish the death penalty through:

• Education & Outreach
• Legislative Action
• Rapid Response to Litigation & Imminent Executions
• A Speaker's Bureau
• Media Advocacy
• And more...

Membership is open to any individual, organization, community of faith or business interested in ending state-sanction killings.

Membership costs are available on the Support page. However, no person will be turned away due to their personal economic situation. A donation of any amount will make you a member.

We all share the belief that the death penalty can and should be abolished. We all have a role to play to bring about its end.

  

 

News Headlines

State needs to give serious review of the death penalty
An Olympian editorial raised a question of critical concern to the citizens of Washington. Do we believe that the death penalty is the most effective and just response to the most heinous crimes in our state?...(read more)

Death penalty cases costly; instead, seek life sentences
Stevens County is balking at accepting the death penalty case of Christopher H. Devlin, because of the enormous costs associated with mounting such cases. It’s a valid concern, because the county is already facing a $1.2 million deficit...(read more)

Proof: Texas executed an innocent man
The fire moved quickly through the house, a one-story wood-frame structure in a working-class neighborhood of Corsicana, in northeast Texas. Flames spread along the walls, bursting through doorways, blistering paint and tiles and furniture. Smoke pressed against the ceiling, then banked downward, seeping into each room and through crevices in the windows, staining the morning sky....(read more)