Dear John,

Thank you for signing up and joining the ranks of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. Research shows that more than 90 million Americans believe the death penalty is wrong or unfair.

Because people like you have stood together, spoken out, and supported our work, the National Coalition helped end the death penalty in 7 states in the past decade and reduce the number of new death sentences and executions in other death penalty states across the country.

Movements like ours are as much about changing hearts and minds as they are about changing laws—and that takes time. This is tough work and our struggle has been long and hard. But we have momentum on our side and a moral imperative to succeed.

We look forward to working with you in this fight to end the barbaric practice of using death as punishment.

National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

P.S. You can take the next step and have double the impact. Your contribution to the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty will be matched dollar for dollar by The Atlantic Philanthropies if you are a new donor. Give a generous gift today at www.ncadp.org/donate.