MA Citizens Against the Death PenaltyLight Magic Event Photography Corporate Events Gala Receptions Weddings Milestones Home Inspiration Founded in 1928 MCADP is the oldest active antideath penalty organization in the United States. Massachusetts Citizens Against the Death Penalty Detail of Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Nicola Sacco from the cartoon of a mural by Ben Shahn Estate of Ben ShahnLicensed by VAGA New York NY 2017 MCADP Awards Program Honorees Mike Farrell Actor Producer Writer Director and Human Rights Activist Recipient of the 2017 Herbert and Sara Ehrmann Award In Recognition of His Longstanding Efforts in Opposition to the Death Penalty andMichael Radelet Professor Department of Sociology University of ColoradoBoulder Recipient of the 2017 The Hugo Adam Bedau Award for Significant Contribution to the Field of Death Penalty Scholarship See highlights of the event in our latest NEWSLETTER Massachusetts Citizens Against the Death Penalty Inc. is the oldest death penalty abolition organization in the country founded in 1928 in response to the executions of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. There have been no executions in the Commonwealth since 1947 thanks in part to the leadership and vigilance of MCADP members.