ACCADP In the News
"I hope more will realize, as I have, that the state will be a better and safer place when we replace the death penalty with permanent imprisonment."
--Darryl Stallworth, former Alameda County Prosecutor.
Read more news and commentary on the death penalty in Alameda County and California.
- Murder sentences not much of a detterent. Paul Rosynsky, Oakland Tribune, 5/26/2009
- Death Penalty Too Costly: California needs to make cutting this from the budget a top priority. Stockton Record Editorial, 5/7/2009.
- Crime Victims Week - Death Penalty Alternatives. Op Ed by Judy Kerr, Spokesperson for California Crime Victims for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, California Progress Report, 4/27/2009
- A Month of Killing - more on the Way? Op Ed by Norm Stamper, former San Diego Police Chief, Huffington Post, 4/13/2009
- New Mexico Leads the Way Against the Death Penalty, California Should Follow. Op Ed by Natasha Minsker, ACLU-NC Death Penalty Policy Director, California Progress Report, 3/19/2009
- Death Penalty: A DA's Decision, Thadeus Greenson, The Times-Standard, 3/1/2009
- We All Pay the Price for the Death Penalty, Op-Ed by CA State Senator Mark Leno, Marin Independent Journal, 1/13/2009
- Holding on to the Death Penalty is a Serious Mistake. Op Ed by Ray Samuels, former Newark Chief of Police, Oakland Tribune 12/23/2008
- Berkeley City Council Passes Resolution to End Death Sentences in Alameda County, ACCADP Press Release, 12/09/2008
- Can California Really Afford the Death Penalty?, by Daniel Borenstein, Contra Costa Times, 11/14/2008
- Death Penalty Perpetuates Vicious Cycle of Violence. Op Ed by Darryl Stalworth, Former Alameda County District Attorney, San Jose Mercury News, 07/6/2008
- Why I Oppose the Death Penalty. Op Ed by Delane Sims, ACCADP Death Penalty Outreach Coordinator, California Progress Report, 6/20/2008
- Report: California Death Penalty System Deeply Flawed by Paul Elias, Associated Press, 06/30/2008
Letters to the Editor from Alameda County Activists
- Double Standard, Richard M. Doberstein, Fremont Resident, 11/11/2009
- Check Out Orloff's Record, Natasha Minsker, Oakland Resident, 9/21/2009
- Begin the Healing, Judy Kerr, Albany Resident, 9/15/2009
- Death Penalty Debate, Responses to Stockton Record Editorial, by Rita Kresha, Tom McMahon and Esther Ho, 5/16/2009
- DA's Only Option?, Rita Kresha, Oakland Resident, 4/27/2009
- Justice for Sandra Cantu, Richard Doberstein, Fremont Resident, 4/20/2009
- Cost of the Death Penalty, Natasha Minsker, Oakland Resident, 2/28/2009
- Death Penalty, Judy Kerr, Albany Resident, 1/12/2009
- Expensive Failure, Natasha Minsker, Oakland Resident, 1/9/2009
- Money-saving Idea, Richard Doberstein, Fremont Resident, 1/8/2009
- Halt Death Sentencing, Delane Sims, Oakland Resident, 1/7/2009
- Borenstein Column About the Death Penalty Right, Beth Weinberger, Oakland Resident, 11/22/2008
- Its Death By Geography, Rita Kresha, Oakland Resident, 11/22/2008
Multimedia
Podcasts- 1st Person: Kill the Death Penalty, Commentary by Alameda County Activist Delane Sims on KALW.
- Condemned Murderer, Dearest Friend Alameda County Activist Karen Ball on KQED's 'Perspectives.'
- Shared Values Podcast about why members of both faith and secular communities oppose the death penalty.
- Find the Killers, Don't Execute Them. CCV Spokesperson Judy Kerr on KQED's 'Perspectives.'
- Death Sentence. Former Alameda County Prosecutor Darryl Stallworth on KQED's 'Perspectives.'
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