About Us

Clemency California is a campaign supported by the California Anti-Death Penalty Coalition, a diverse coalition of faith, racial justice, civic, legal, and labor organizations, as well as murder victims’ family members and families affected by the death penalty. 

Supporter organizations include:

8th Amendment Project
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California
American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California
Amnesty International USA
Bend the Arc
California Catholic Conference
California Public Defenders Association
Catholic Mobilizing Network
Community Resource Initiative
Death Penalty Focus
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
Equal Justice USA
Felony Murder Elimination Project
Friends Committee on Legislation of California
Human Rights Watch
Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace
Initiate Justice
LA DA Accountability Coalition
League of Women Voters of California
NextGen
Smart Justice California
Virgin Unite US
Witness to Innocence

We seek feasible and humane alternatives to incarceration and support all justice-impacted persons and communities in their healing and recovery. We value practical solutions that promote racial justice and equal prosperity and that shift funding from punitive strategies to strengthening marginalized communities. 

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