Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty is an Alabama death row prisoner founded and run organization. We were founded in 1989. Our mission is to work together with friends and other supporters to educate the public and to bring about the abolition of the death penalty in Alabama.

PHADP publishes a bifurcated newsletter 4 times a year, which is written and formatted on death row. We maintain a web site and an email group, which focus on Alabama related death penalty news, execution alerts etc.

For the past 11 years we have been working on a moratorium initiative, which has taken us before city councils, county commissions, groups, churches. 850 entities in Alabama have signed on. We also reach out to families of murder victims and law enforcement to help us achieve our goal of a moratorium. We believe we can not do it without their generosity.

Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty is a non-profit, 501(C)(3) tax exempt, non-denominational religious organization and is not organized for the private gain of any one individual. All donations to this organization are tax deductible. 

You are invited to join the Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty mailing list by sending a blank email to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it You can also view an archive of past messages by clicking here. 

Executive Committee:

Jeff Rieber : President/CEO, Z 540 H1-8A

Ronald Smith Jr. : Vice President, Z 586 H1-6A

Esther Brown : Executive Director, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Board Members:

Coordinator : Carey Grayson, Z 598  H1-11A

Assistant Coordinator : Anthony Tyson Z 641, F-19 A

Secretary/Treasurer : Nicholas Acklin, Z 648 N1-7A

Director of Information : Derrick DeBruce, Z 536 H1-11A

Sgt. at Arms : Ulysses Sneed, Z 590 I 1-7A

Board of Advisors:

Atty. Christine Lichtenfels

Atty. Bryan Stevenson

Robin DeMonia

Dale Wisely, Ph.D.

Sr. Francita Scherman,

Dr. Robert L Baldwin

Antoinette Bosco

Callie Greer

Ann Williams

Judy Collins

Rev. Adrian Boone

Bo Cochran, Gary Drinkard

Britta Slopianka

Jesse Morrison

Spiritual Advisor to the Board: Rev. Paul Britner

Student Representative: Hannah Jackson, University Notre Dame

Face book: Kathy O'Gorman

German Representative: Christoph Silex

www.phadp.de

Mailing Addresses:

Please use the following format to send mail to a Board Member:

Name, Cell Location

Holman Unit 3700

Atmore, AL 36503-3700 

Executive Director Esther Brown:

Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty

P.O. Box 1362

Lanett, AL 36863

Phone: 334-499-0003

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