U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty

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[Kepano Kolohe @alala55]

The death penalty is not an effective response to violence. Email your members of Congress to support the Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act! Use @uscedp's secure email tool: https://t.co/k2y3erLOQ5

[U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty @uscedp]

A jury voted for life, Alabama should honor that, says frmr AL Chief Justice Drayton Nabers, Jr. in an op-ed. https://t.co/10eI5s3Qk3 via @yhn #deathpenalty #JefferyLee @ACLUAlabama @AlabamaArise @AlaAppleseed @PHADP

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

This is third Phillips Black win in the Supreme Court in death penalty cases in the last two years, following last year’s SCOTUS decisions in Glossip v. Oklahoma and Andrew v. White. @uscedp @ABAJournal @NACDL @DeathPenaltyRep

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

Supreme Court Grants Mississippi Death Row Prisoner New Trial for Prosecution’s Exclusion of Black Jurors. https://t.co/7GGMfIICyL @nytimes @amarimow @ACLU @uscedp @NAACP_LDF @southerncenter @eji_org @justice4ms #TerryPitchford #PhillipsBlack

[Jon Crane @JonCraneTV]

“The state of Tennessee hired a leader with a well-documented history of problematic executions," said the leader of the @uscedp https://t.co/cRt7K16WMq

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

Here is @AP's coverage of the court's ruling — Federal judge upholds constitutionality of nitrogen gas executions. https://t.co/L5kboEJ8xJ @StatehouseKim @uscedp #Alabama #JefferyLee #deathpenalty

[Promise of Justice Initiative @JusticesPromise]

This week, a federal court recognized what incarcerated workers at Angola have said for years: forcing people to complete agricultural labor in dangerous heat is unconstitutional.

But the ruling failed to implement any permanent changes OR name the broader violence of the

[Laura Burstein @LauraBurstein1]

New in @nature Magazine on the science of wrongful eyewitness identification and false memories featuring the “hypnotized witness” innocence case of #CharlesFlores: Memory on trial: the new science of when to trust eyewitness testimony https://t.co/Ir2nrRzLzp

[Jon Crane @JonCraneTV]

"...from noose to needle to nitrogen, our constant search for a more acceptable way to kill is a story of failure..." said Furonda Brasfield of the @uscedp Read more here... https://t.co/OBzSFMaJY8

[U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty @uscedp]

Rest in Power, George Floyd ✊

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

On this day, May 25, 2020 — George Floyd Murdered. https://t.co/QuTXnO6Wv1 @eji_org @NAACP_LDF @ACLU @amnestyusa @uscedp

[Laura Burstein @LauraBurstein1]

From crime survivor Jennifer Thompson @washingtonpost on “hypnotized witness” #CharlesFlores TX death penalty case. #SCOTUS “has the power to intervene & ensure an innocent man is not executed based on an unreliable identification.” https://t.co/AoTeF8S4HP

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

The backstory from @FADPorg on tonight’s scheduled execution in Florida —
Richard Knight: Florida Doesn’t Want You to Know the Full Story. https://t.co/ogKzuo08sh @FLDeathPenalty @uscedp #deathpenalty

[Jon Crane @JonCraneTV]

“Tennessee has effectively made the case against the death penalty,” said Laura Porter, the executive director of the U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty. Read more in @nytimes ... https://t.co/kaiLFzYpZx @uscedp

[The Barbed Wire @thebarbedwiretx]

🧵 92% of the death sentences sought by Tarrant County prosecutors since 2012 have been against racial and ethnic minorities, even though 40% of Tarrant County’s population is white, according to a new report.

https://t.co/4fvGmbIhmi

[Catholic Mobilizing Network @CMNEndtheDP]

🎉 Congratulations to this year’s winners of CMN’s Justice & Mercy Poetry Contest for Young Adults!

The contest invited young adults ages 18-39 across the country to write poems about the injustice of the death penalty. The entries highlighted the racial disparities of capital punishment, the execution of innocent people, and the call to honor the sanctity of life — particularly the lives of those on death row.

This year, CMN dedicated this contest to Kendrick Simpson — a poet executed by the state of Oklahoma on February 12, 2026 — who used his writing to take accountability for his actions and to hold onto his human dignity in the face of a system that strips it away.

📃 Read the winning poems today: https://t.co/9vcRCjpTr8

💝 Donate to CMN’s Easter Appeal: https://t.co/ldOTmmy5Su

[Laura Burstein @LauraBurstein1]

.@NBCNews investigates the hypnotized witness case of #CharlesFlores. TX banned hypnosis in criminal cases but it was used to send Charles Flores to death row despite his innocence. Watch here: https://t.co/2qu75M9DBo

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

As of May 15, here is the schedule of executions in the United States through the end of August. @uscedp @FADPorg @Tndeathpenalty @TCADPdotORG @OKCADP @DPA_Arizona @eji_org @OhStopExecution @WCADP @AssoECPM @amnestyusa @DeathPenaltyAct #deathpenalty

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

Statement by @TCADPdotORG on the Execution of Edward Busby, the 600th Person Put to Death by Texas Since 1982. https://t.co/fpDzKs9NVz @TexDefender @texasccatdp @TheArcUS @uscedp #deathpenalty

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

Counsel for Mr. Glossip has issued this statement in response to the trial court's order. https://t.co/sBuL9sNFx7 @RealRichGlossip @dknightlaw @WTIUSA @innocence @uscedp @OKCADP #Oklahoma #RichardGlossip

[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