About MD CASE

 

"The struggle for justice doesn't end with me. This struggle is for all the Troy Davises who came came before me, and all of the ones who will come after me."

-- Troy Davis, the day of his execution by the State of Georgia, September 21, 2011

 

MD CASE - Maryland Citizens Against State Executions - is a coalition of groups and individuals united to end the death penalty in Maryland through education, grassroots action, and public demonstration.

 

What can you do to help end the death penalty in Maryland?

  1. Speak to a neighbor or friend, invite a speaker from Maryland CASE to address your group,
  2. Send a donation to CASE (we are a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization, so your contributions are fully tax-deductible).
  3. Contact CASE for more information.

 

Staff

Jane Henderson, Executive Director
Jane Henderson, a former Co-director of the Maryland-based Quixote Center and founder of the Center's Equal Justice USA program, has been a principal moratorium organizer in the state. Her leadership in Maryland won her the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty's "Abolitionist of the Year" Award in 2002. Henderson brings years of experience in national and state anti-death penalty movements.

Peter Jones, Business Manager

Peter Jones is the former director of the Labor Heritage Foundation and a former boycott organizer for the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO.

Bonnita Spikes, Murder Victims' Family Members Organizer

Bonnita Spikes has made it her life's work to stop capital punishment in Maryland and across the country. Using her skills as a former union organizer, Spikes brings people together to discuss the death penalty and rally against it. Spikes' own life was touched by violent crime in a heartbreaking way when her husband, Michael, was murdered in 1994 - nobody has ever been charged with the crime. Paying particular attention to Baltimore City, a Maryland jurisdiction dealing with the highest homicide rate in the state, Spikes reaches out to others who've lost loved ones in this most tragic of ways.

 

Board

Christa Beverly (Cheverly)

Sam Epps (Laurel)

Deborah Fleischaker (Silver Spring)

Stephanie Gibson (Chair, Baltimore)

Trisha Kendall (Baltimore)

Vivian Penda (Silver Spring)

Mary Ellen Russell (Annapolis, MD)

Vicki Schieber (Co-Chair, New Market)

Melanie Share (Secretary, Columbia)

Scott Sokol (Baltimore County)

Holly Syrrakos (Treasurer, Takoma Park)