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Campaign to End the Death Penalty  

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  • The Campaign to End the Death Penalty (CEDP) is a national grassroots organization, founded in 1995, that has approximately 20 chapters in various cities across the United States, including in California, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Texas, and Washington, D.C. Its mission is to build public awareness of and public opposition to the death penalty. The campaign places an emphasis on organizing a network of grassroots activists, prisoner family members, and former and current death row prisoners. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Campaign to End the Death Penalty]

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