The Bruderhof is the sponsor of the Children's Crusade against the death penalty. The sponsors of the march have requested an explanation of the legal basis of the State's position, but none has been forthcoming. The Bruderhof Foundation has decided to assert the rights of the children to demonstrate peacefully outside the prison gates, requesting a temporary restraining order granting them access to Progress Drive, a road that runs near the prison and provides access to the prison and other properties. To march thirty miles and then stop in the middle of nowhere would be meaningless.
Diversity characterizes both the marchers and the endorsers.
People from many nations and cultures, including members of murder victim's families, are uniting to end capital punishment in the United States. Don Cabana, as well as authors Jonathan Kozol and Sister Helen Prejean are among the many international figures who have endorsed the march known as the Children's' Crusade to Death Row.