Double Tragedies - Families for Human Rights

About the OrganizationsThe National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation’s largest grassroots organization for peoplewith mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has affiliates in every state and in more than1,100 local communities across the country. NAMI’s members and friends work to fulfill its mission throughsupport, education, and advocacy for better mental health treatment and services.NAMI2107 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300Arlington, VA 22201-3042703-524-7600www.nami.orgMurder Victims’ Families for Human rights (MVFHR) is an international organization of relatives of homicidevictims and relatives of people who have been executed, all of whom oppose the death penalty. MVFHRopposes the death penalty from a victim perspective (asserting that executions do not help victims achievejustice or closure) and from a human rights perspective (asserting that executions violate the most basic ofhuman rights). MVFHR is a member of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, the National Coalitionto Abolish the Death Penalty, the U.S. Human Rights Network, the National Center for Victims ofCrime, and the Asia Death Penalty Abolition Network.MVFHR2161 Massachusetts AvenueCambridge MA 02140617-491-9600www.mvfhr.orginfo@murdervictimsfamilies.orgABOUT THE AUTHORSusannah Sheffer has developed numerous written materials about victim opposition to the death penalty, including(with Renny Cushing) Dignity Denied: The Experience of Murder Victims' Family Members Who Opposethe Death Penalty, "I Don't Want Another Kid to Die": Families of Victims Murdered by Juveniles Oppose the JuvenileDeath Penalty, and Creating More Victims: How Executions Hurt the Families Left Behind. She is the author offour books, including In a Dark Time: A Prisoner's Struggle for Healing and Change, and in her work withMVFHR she draws upon two decades of experience interviewing, writing, and editing.__ 32 __