rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/tell-congress-the-death-penalty-is-wrong?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-tell-congress-the-death-penalty-is-wrong' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Death Penalty Action https://actionnetwork.org/groups/death-penalty-action https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/share_options/facebook_images/000/183/034/original/1_copy.png Add your name now to tell Congress to end the federal death penalty. UPDATE July 17, 2020: The evidence is now clear: The campaign to re-elect the president scripted federal executions to take place as the election campaign ramps up. Just hours after the first of three executions in one week (and the first federal execution in 17 years), the Trump campaign challenged the opposing candidate to justify his opposition to the death penalty. Using executions as a political tool in a campaign for re-election is repugnant and unconscionable. This must be investigated and prohibited. Beyond that, the death penalty is not an effective tool to stop crime. Government makes mistakes, the system is biased against minorities and the poor, and it is a cruel hoax to suggest that executions provide healing to murder victim family members. Please reject any proposals to expand or hasten capital punishment, and work to end it once and for all. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-congress-the-death-penalty-is-wrong