Death Penalty Info

Wishing for the abolition of the death penalty in the U.S. Trying to do something about it .

[Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @IranRights_org]

Because Corey was not executed, he lived to see freedom. He can go back to his family.

What would have happened if the #deathpenalty had been applied? #WhyExecute

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

Barr Won’t Get His Macabre Holiday Celebration.
After 16 years with no federal executions, the attorney general suddenly schedules 5, starting in December. But Americans will likely be spared this spectacle. https://t.co/3XHnd1pNkC @TheAtlantic @Profepps @DPInfoCtr #deathpenalty

[freeapplepie @MCKreizenbeck]

Trump is bringing death back to rally the right-wing death cult to himself. Barr says it’s to satisfy the victims’ families, but it will be to cruelly harness their suffering to save Donald’s job; further attenuate the rule of law and supplant it with devotions to spectacle.

[Death Penalty Info @InfoPenalty]

The Trump Administration’s Death Penalty Cult via @thenation https://t.co/O4gcbmjc8W

[Rob Gebelhoff @RobertGebelhoff]

Why should we spare private pharmacies involved in the death penalty social or moral accountability? https://t.co/OHioFlihxc

[ACLU of Arizona @ACLUaz]

@GeneralBrnovich @AZCorrections Despite the disturbing history of DOC's handling of death row cases, Maricopa County has the third largest county death row in the nation. We're not any safer than places that don't use the death penalty. Arizona should work toward smarter, more humane approaches to justice.

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

"Problems unique to the federal #deathpenalty include over-federalization of traditionally state crimes and restricted judicial review," Ruth Friedman, director of the Federal Capital Habeas Project, told CNBC. @DPInfoCtr

[Witness to Innocence @WTIUSA]

The @EU_Commission has been WTI's great partner: "The death penalty violates the inalienable right to life enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment." #DeathPenalty @caudronmartin

[John Koufos @JGKoufos]

Important op-ed by @HannahCox7 about the federal death penalty, noting the very real problem of wrongful convictions cc: @innocence https://t.co/8aYZYUWgMr

[Witness to Innocence @WTIUSA]

"Does it really make you comfortable at night knowing 166 men that you supported being executed were found out to be innocent?" - @AnthonyCGraves https://t.co/chZ6UCVuBN #DeathPenalty

[Clare Nonhebel @clarenonhebel]

"Immoral and deeply flawed"
"Cruel and unnecessary"
#Democrat candidates speak out against the #DeathPenalty
https://t.co/rJY8BVBXQx

[Death Penalty Action @DeathPenaltyAct]

Five Federal Executions Set: Fight Back with #DeathPenalty Action! https://t.co/hTXObnXEvz.  @DeathPenaltyAct   #EndTheDeathPenalty

[Death Penalty Info @InfoPenalty]

The Trump Administration’s Revival of Federal Executions Is a Cynical Election-Year Move https://t.co/gj5lEQnkK6 via @RollingStone

[NCADP @ncadp]

America has moved beyond the death penalty. Activists are successfully fighting and raising awareness to our broken, racist and arbitrary death penalty. This announcement has zero to do with enforcing the law & everything to do with provoking and stoking divisions and conflict.“

[Death Penalty Info @InfoPenalty]

Faith leaders support DA's call for an end to death penalty https://t.co/Jn5l1jBtVO via @phillytrib

[jessica @jettica65]

This country has stepped into a whole new level of inhumanity! We must...with all we got...fight this!
#EndTheDeathPenalty @KarineOmry @Of_RandyHalprin @KevinARing @G_Padraic @OpposeDP @WhenTheySeeUs @BetoORourke @BernieSanders @JulianCastro @helenprejean @BPIBard @ncadp

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

Does Bill Barr still think executions stop other people from committing crimes? The attorney general has been adamantly wrong about the deterrent value of capital punishment for 30 years. https://t.co/SI0DFfxlAH @thinkprogress @DPInfoCtr #deathpenalty

[Conservatives Concerned @CCATDP]

Hannah Cox, the national manager of Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, added: “We knew this was a possibility for some time, but we were hopeful the federal government would take a cue from what’s happening across the country.” https://t.co/yaFTGSjroF

[Sister Helen Prejean @helenprejean]

To summarize – the death penalty is error-prone, it’s racially biased in several different ways, it’s arbitrary, it targets vulnerable people living with mental illnesses or intellectual disabilities, and it doesn’t deter crime. This is a failed public policy.

[Catholic Mobilizing Network @CMNEndtheDP]

Five executions were scheduled today, the first three falling within five days of one another. This administration is fortifying a culture of death within our criminal justice system — a space where we so desperately need a culture of life. #HopeOverDeath https://t.co/jamQIsZwtX