In 2021, a bill to end gerrymandering nationwide passed 220-210 in the House. Every Republican opposed it.
If congressional crybabies in NY, CA, and elsewhere don’t like the tit-for-tat started by Texas, feel free to support and pass a federal fix.
We are speaking out against the injustices that stemmed from our losses while advocating for responses tied to peace and justice. Please donate to our vital advocacy as we are joined by a new generation - the children of 9/11:
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Update to the developing story on #Guantanamo Bay: Two of the three defendants now set to plead guilty in the 9/11 case may enter pleas next week; one will wait until a September hearing.
Witness testimony resumed for the defendant who has yet to plea. https://t.co/4KqNpvAIYR
PT members Phyllis Rodriguez and Elizabeth Miller share their support for plea agreements in the 9/11 case and judicial finality.
https://t.co/MWKJlbjAuh
PT member Valerie Lucznikowska was quoted in the NYT speaking in favor of plea agreements in the 9/11 case… “If the death penalty stayed as the prime object of the trial, there was no way it would come to a conclusion within my lifetime.”
https://t.co/MwaEjne7N5
“I think I knew in my gut that, because of the torture… we were never going to see a full trial… we were never going to see the death penalty… a plea agreement is really the best and only path forward that I think families will ever see.” - Liz Miller
https://t.co/urbJiunkVb
PT member Terry Rockefeller on NPR on plea agreements:
She noted that settlement agreements cannot be appealed, "and, to me, that is judicial finality, and that is worth a lot."
https://t.co/DZEEYG0qtv
22 years after the attacks on the twin towers on 9/11, children whose parents were killed in the attack are calling for plea deals for Guantanamo detainees.
They’ve both visited the prison and attended the pre-trial hearings for these prisoners. @rzfarhat and @Nuryillini have the story:
https://t.co/T8UA7oD7Oo
Amid our grieving process, many 9/11 families, like mine, have asked for answers — and we want a resolution. Twenty-two years later, it seems clear that plea agreements in the case against the 9/11 accused are our only chance - Elizabeth Miller
https://t.co/AS2wO5lel8
PLEA DEAL SUPPORT: An Orange County woman who is the daughter of a 9/11 victim is supporting a proposed plea deal that would take the death penalty off the table for those behind the attack.
https://t.co/8hj41sjdhu
OPINION | Justice for 9/11 families at last: It’s time to finally resolve the Gitmo case
For family members of 9/11 victims like us, a resolution to the 9/11 case at Guantanamo Bay seems like a distant horizon that can never be reached.
https://t.co/Ibyu1V9rNK
Our project director @lizzlmiller and founding member Barry Amundson call for resolution in the 9/11 case. We believe pleas are truly the only way forward.
Folks... it's not the most *important* thing this morning, but I for real cannot get over that @LindseyGrahamSC literally screamed on camera that he wants people to die in jail without due process. And was ANGRY that the JUDGE didn't agree with him.
This is some jackboot stuff.
And here's my story on the how and why line prosecutors and defense teams have reached this moment in the case against five men who are accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks....
https://t.co/W0GVfyhwvV