NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT OPPOSE THE JUVENILE DEATH PENALTY*

Child Advocacy and Educational Organizations
Children’s Defense Fund
Child Welfare League of America
Coalition for Juvenile Justice
National Association for Children’s Behavioral Health
National Education Association
Youth Advocate International
Medical and Social Service Organizations
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry
American Psychiatric Association
National Association of Social Workers
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
National Mental Health Association
Physicians for Human Rights
Religious and Ethical Organizations
American Baptist Churches in the USA
American Friends Service Committee
American Humane Association
American Humanist Association
Catholic Bishops of the United States
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
The Episcopal Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Presbyterian Church USA
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Unitarian Universalist Association
United Church of Christ
United Methodist Church
Legal, Civil and Human Rights
American Bar Association
American Civil Liberties Union
Amnesty International USA
Constitution Project
Human Rights Watch
International Human Rights Law Group
National Bar Association
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
National Council on Crime and Delinquency
World Organization Against Torture, USA
*Defined as capital punishment for any offense committed under age 18. See website for full listing of organizations.
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