From The Desk of The President:
May 2026 Community Gathering
Come hear him share his story….
Abraham (Abe) Bonowitz is the co-founder and executive director of Death Penalty Action, an organization headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, that works to stop executions and abolish the death penalty through advocacy, education, and action. He has been one of the leading organizers in the death penalty abolition movement.
In the 1980s, Abe Bonowitz was a strong supporter of the death penalty. He worked to collect evidence and develop compelling arguments to support his pro-death penalty position. Instead, he realized that he could not, in good conscience, support his own pro-death penalty position, and he switched sides.
Abe has dedicated the past 35 years of his life working to ending the death penalty in the United States.
And, progress is being made! The total death-row population is down significantly. The U.S. national death-row population has declined for over 20 consecutive years, from a peak of nearly 3,600 at the turn of this century to 2,004 as of January 1, 2026. More than half of these condemned people are incarcerated in California, Florida, and Texas.
Dana M.Nickerson
President-Prisons to Partnerships
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