Minutes Before Six

Our mission is to give a voice to those silenced by incarceration.

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This year, the 24th of July marks the 18th anniversary of Thomas Bartlett Whitaker’s first ever post on Minutes Before Six (MB6). To help commemorate this massive milestone, we are holding a fundraiser, which we hope you will consider contributing to.

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People incarcerated in New Jersey’s state prisons and county jails have complained for years about dirty drinking water, buggy food, moldy bathrooms, inadequate healthcare, abuse by guards, intolerable heat, and other inhumane conditions of confinement.
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[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

The Georgia Supreme Court has vacated a trial court injunction that had halted executions because the state had not yet complied with a COVID pandemic agreement establishing the conditions under which executions could resume. https://t.co/XDnHN3mUWQ @GFADP @uscedp #deathpenalty

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A federal district court Friday denied an Alabama death row inmate’s request to delay his scheduled June 11 execution, saying the pain he could experience was constitutional. #Alabama
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New on https://t.co/uQiO4E0sfV! Check out “Shards” by Cameron Terhune (California):
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'Nothing prepared me to witness the agony that Mr. Carruthers experienced in the execution chamber. Not the nearly 20 years I had spent as a capital defense lawyer.'
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New on https://t.co/uQiO4E0sfV! Check out “Shards” by Cameron Terhune (California):
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Today, a Philadelphia judge vacated the convictions of Jermal Shuler, Marc Brittingham, and Rasheed Smith. @innocence #Philadelphia
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New on https://t.co/uQiO4E0sfV!
Check out “Complicity Part 1: Bernice” by Shedrick Hutson (Virginia):

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In the report, Death Sentences and Executions 2025, the group estimated that there were at least 2,707 executions worldwide in 2025, marking a 78 percent increase from 2024.
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The Tennessee Department of Correction called off the execution of Tony Carruthers after repeated attempts to find a vein for lethal injection failed.
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Japan | Female death row inmate sues government over 24/7 surveillance https://t.co/NYjFF94Je9 #japan #deathrow #deathpenalty #CCTV #surveillance #suicide

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

Texas banned hypnosis in criminal cases but a man on death row says it helped convict him. https://t.co/3benwplyzc @NBCNews @DatelineNBC @TexDefender @TCADPdotORG @texasccatdp @WTIUSA @innocence @cifsjustice #CharlesFlores #deathpenalty

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Tony Carruthers’s lawyers twice asked the Tennessee Department of Correction last month whether it had secured the appropriate drugs for his execution date and to ensure the drugs had not expired. #Tennessee
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New on https://t.co/uQiO4E0sfV! Check out “Ain’t That Something?” by David Pedersen (Washington state):
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New on https://t.co/uQiO4E0sfV! Check out “Ain’t That Something?” by David Pedersen (Washington state):
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An Oklahoma judge on Thursday allowed Richard Glossip, a former death row prisoner, to be released on bond after almost 30 years behind bars. #Oklahoma #RichardGlossip
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[Monica Simpson @khadijah_davies]

@minbefore6 @WebDPN @TexasTribune 😭💔. He was innocent. It was a set up. And the Texas governor is unjust. Black. White. And he was terrified. Please light candles for him and send love out to him
Wherever he is. 🕯️✨🖤✨🕯️ may he be in power, light, love. Edward Busby.

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

After 9 death warrants and three last meals, an Oklahoma County trial court has issued an order authorizing Richard Glossip's release on bail. https://t.co/swltu4uvMk @RealRichGlossip @dknightlaw @OKCADP @CCATDP @WTIUSA @innocence @uscedp

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Edward Busby was executed by lethal injection Thursday, reinforcing Texas’ position as the nation's leader in capital punishment. @TexasTribune #Texas #DeathRow
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Mariyam Tadein was 21 years old when she was sentenced to death. #Thailand #DeathRow
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