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What's New — Death Penalty Information Center Releases New Report on Politicization of the Death Penalty
#deathpenalty
#LethalElectionReport
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#TheDeathPenaltyIn2020
—During the 2020 presidential campaign, citing the more than 170 people exonerated from U.S. death rows since 1973,
@JoeBiden
pledged to work to end the federal
#deathpenalty
.
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DPIC Celebrates
#BlackHistoryMonth
—Frederick Douglass, one of the country's preeminent opponents of slavery, also argued forcefully against capital punishment, which he called "a mockery of justice."
#deathpenalty
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Our new report on race and the
#deathpenalty
, Enduring Injustice: The Persistence of Racial Discrimination in the U.S. Death Penalty, is now out. You can read it here:
#DPICRaceReport
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39 new death sentences were imposed in the U.S. in 2017, the second fewest in the last 45 years. This was the seventh consecutive year in which fewer than 100 death sentences were imposed.
#DPIC2017YearEndReport
#deathpenalty
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#TheDeathPenaltyIn2021
—By the close of 2021, 36 states had either abolished the death penalty or had not carried out an execution in at least ten years.
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BREAKING: The 11th Circuit has just granted Kenneth Eugene Smith a stay of execution. The state can still appeal to the US Supreme Court.
@RDunhamDPIC
#deathpenalty
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President Biden is the first American president to have made abolition of the federal
#deathpenalty
part of his campaign platform.
#TheDeathPenaltyIn2020
—During the 2020 presidential campaign, citing the more than 170 people exonerated from U.S. death rows since 1973,
@JoeBiden
pledged to work to end the federal
#deathpenalty
.
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A big thank you to all of you who read the DPIC twitter feed. We have just reached 10,000 followers. We remain committed to providing truthful, accurate information and analysis about the death penalty, as we work towards reaching additional followers.
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The six death-sentenced prisoners exonerated in ’15 spent a combined 112 years in prison due to wrongful convictions
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"Our constitution invites us to abolish the death penalty... It forbids cruel and unusual punishment." -
@russfeingold
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DPIC Celebrates
#BlackHistoryMonth
2023 —Kwame Ajamu was exonerated in 2014, 39 years after being wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death. He now works to end the
#deathpenalty
as Board Chair of the death-row activist group, Witness to Innocence.
@WTIUSA
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On September 15, DPIC will release our new report on race and the
#deathpenalty
, Enduring Injustice: The Persistence of Racial Discrimination in the U.S. Death Penalty.
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At least four prisoners were executed in 2017 despite substantial concerns that they may have been innocent.
#DPIC2017YearEndReport
#deathpenalty
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World Congress Against the
#DeathPenalty
Renews Call for Global Moratorium, Pope Sends Message of Support
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#BlackHistoryMonth2020
—Elaine Jones, the first woman to serve as President of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, was counsel of record in Furman v. Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down the
#deathpenalty
in 1972.
@NAACP_LDF
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Illinois death-row exoneree Nathson Fields was awarded $22 million in 2016 as a result of police misconduct that sent him to death row.
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BREAKING: The
#Delaware
senate just passed a bill to repeal the
#deathpenalty
in the state by an 11-9 vote.
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DPIC Celebrates
#BlackHistoryMonth
2023—Coretta Scott King said she was “firmly and unequivocally opposed to the death penalty." She said, "Justice is never advanced in the taking of a human life. Morality is never upheld by legalized murder.”
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Anthony Hinton in Alabama becomes the 152 inmate to be exonerated and freed from death row since 1973
#deathpenalty
@eji_org
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Today marks 52 years since the landmark decision in Furman v. Georgia. SCOTUS found that the death penalty was being applied in an arbitrary and capricious manner and was therefore cruel & unusual punishment in violation of the 8th & 14th Amendments. (1/5)
#deathpenalty
#SCOTUS
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#BlackHistoryMonth
#ElaineJones
—the first woman to serve as President of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund—was counsel of record in Furman v. Georgia, the Supreme Court decision that struck down the
#deathpenalty
in 1972.
@NAACP_LDF
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We have released the
#DPIC2017YearEndReport
. Second Fewest Death Sentences and Executions in 25 Years in the U.S. and Public Support for Death Penalty Drops to 45-Year Low as Four More Death-Row Prisoners Exonerated in 2017. Read it here:
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What's New—
#Kentucky
and
#SouthDakota
Advance Bills to Bar
#DeathPenalty
for People with Severe Mental Illness.
@DPInfoCtr
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What's New — Remembering the Execution of 14-year-old George Stinney, 80 Years Later
#deathpenalty
#SouthCarolina
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Murray Hooper's execution was the 14th execution in the U.S. in 2022 and the 3rd in Arizona.
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On Oct. 20, Oklahoma is scheduled to carry out the second in a series of 25 executions over a two-year period. Here are some of the most important facts you should know from new
@DPInfoCtr
report on the history of the death penalty in Oklahoma:
#OklahomaHistory
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The Death Penalty in 2022—Far from the “worst of the worst,” executions in 2022 again disproportionately involved vulnerable individuals with histories of chronic trauma and significant mental health vulnerabilities.
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BREAKING: Charges dropped against
#deathrow
inmate
#WillieManning
in
#Mississippi
. No.153 since 1973.
http://t.co/Jz8xeCq5pi
#deathpenalty
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#BlackHistoryMonth
While Black prisoners comprise 41% of the nation's death row, 84 of the 161 death-row exonerees since 1973—more than half—are Black.
#deathpenalty
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After five years of research, we have released our Death Penalty Census of more than 9,700 death sentences imposed in the modern era of the U.S. death penalty from 1972 through January 1, 2021. Follow this link to view our census pages:
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We've updated our map of States With and Without the Death Penalty to reflect the Washington Supreme Court's ruling that the state's
#deathpenalty
is unconstitutional. Twenty states have now legislatively or judicially abolished the death penalty.
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The death penalty continued its long-term decline in the U.S. in 2022, as Oregon commuted its death row and new death sentences and public support for the death penalty remained near 50-year lows. Read that and more in our 2022 Year End Report.
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What's New – Texas Prisoner Faces Execution Despite Doubts About His Guilt and Refusal of Courts to Assess New Evidence
#deathpenalty
#texas
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What's New—Law Review: Most U.S. Death-Row Prisoners Have Been Housed in Prolonged Solitary Confinement that Violates International
#HumanRights
Norms.
@UNHumanRights
@merelpontier
#deathpenalty
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DPIC celebrates
#BlackHistoryMonth
2019. We begin our series with a tribute to Thurgood Marshall, founder of the
@NAACP_LDF
and the first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
#deathpenalty
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The Death Penalty in 2022—In June 2022, Idaho reached ten years without an execution. 37 states have now abolished the death penalty or not executed anyone for at least a decade.
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What's New—
#Florida
Juries Reject Death Sentences for Four Men, Highlighting Impact of Unanimity Requirement.
#deathpenalty
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What's New — DPIC Year End Report 2023: High-Profile Innocence Cases Contribute to Public Perception that the Death Penalty is Unfairly Administered
#DPIC2023YER
#deathpenalty
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The Death Penalty Information Center will be highlighting research and stories about women and the death penalty for the rest of Women’s History Month. Explore this thread to learn some quick facts about women and the death penalty.
#DeathPenalty
#InternationalWomensDay
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DPIC Celebrates
#BlackHistoryMonth2023
—Anti-
#deathpenalty
activist Sabrina Butler-Smith spent 6 years on
#Mississippi
's death row for the death of her infant. She was exonerated in 1995 after medical evidence showed the baby died of natural causes.
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"
#DeathPenalty
Usage Stays Near Generational Lows": The DPIC 2018 Year End Report is out. Read it here:
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A bipartisan commission found Okla.’s death penalty system created “unacceptable risks of inconsistent, discriminatory, and inhumane application of the death penalty.” Oklahoma has enacted “virtually none” of the suggested reforms.
#OklahomaHistory
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What's New—
#Ohio
@GovMikeDeWine
Calls Lethal Injection A Practical Impossibility, Says State Will Not Execute Anyone in 2021.
#deathpenalty
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94.5% of elected prosecutors are white in death penalty states,
#BlackHistoryMonth
#Deathpenalty
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What's New — Family of Youngest Person Executed in Pennsylvania History Sues County for His Wrongful Conviction and Execution 93 Years Ago
#deathpenalty
#Pennsylvania
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30 Yrs After Murder, 14 Yrs After SCOTUS Ruling,
#Pennsylvania
Drops
#DeathPenalty
at Request of Victim's Family.
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The five executions since the November election are the most in a presidential transition period in 136 years, equaling the record number carried out during the 1884-1885 transition from Chester Arthur to Grover Cleveland.
#deathpenalty
#TheDeathPenaltyIn2020
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#TheDeathPenaltyIn2020
—Executing the Most Vulnerable Prisoners. The
#deathpenalty
is supposed to be reserved for the "worst of the worst," but the executions in the U.S. in 2020 continued a pattern of executing those who are the most vulnerable and impaired.
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Join us on Friday, 12/2 at 1pm eastern for a webinar on Excessive Punishment & Conditions of Confinement!
Our panelists include
@DavidCFathi
from the
@ACLU
National Prison Project &
@abfettig
from the
@SentencingProj
. Moderated by
@RDunhamDPIC
.
Register:
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BREAKING: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has unanimously upheld Gov. Tom Wolf's moratorium on executions.
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DPIC Celebrates
#BlackHistoryMonth
2023—
#Alabama
death-row exoneree
#AnthonyRayHinton
is the best-selling author of his memoir, The Sun Does Shine, and a powerful advocate for ending the
#deathpenalty
and reforming the criminal legal system.
@eji_org
@WTIUSA
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#DPIC50Facts
#deathpenalty
sentences were at a 40 year low in 2014
http://t.co/2DEHIOFNOO
http://t.co/PKjkfdhIv3
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FREED: Scenes from NC yesterday from the hearing that freed two brothers on death row. Photo Credit Jenny Warburg
http://t.co/mFuFE1yOTU
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NEW DISCUSSIONS WITH DPIC PODCAST:
@nytimes
columnist
@NickKristof
speaks with DPIC Exec. Dir.
@RDunhamDPIC
about The Framing of
#KevinCooper
.
#California
#deathpenalty
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First-Degree Murder Charges Dropped Against Two Former Pennsylvania Death Row Prisoners With Innocence Claims
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#DPIC50Facts
No. 1: Since 1973, 153 people have been exonerated from
#deathrow
http://t.co/oMacr1capF
http://t.co/jL7XMbfZpt
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What's New—
#Ohio
Bars
#DeathPenalty
for People with Severe Mental Illness.
@NAMICommunicate
@TreatmentAdvCtr
@MentalHealthAm
@ABAdueprocess
@DeathPenaltyRep
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What's New—56 Prosecutors Issue Joint Statement Calling for End of 'Broken'
#DeathPenalty
.
@fjp_org
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#Ohio
unsuccessfully attempted to execute
#AlvaCampbell
—a gravely ill, 69-year-old prisoner—on November 15. The state called off the execution after repeatedly failing to set an IV line. It was Ohio's fifth botched execution since 2006.
#DPIC2017YearEndReport
#deathpenalty
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INNOCENCE: Former Death Row Inmate Exonerated in Ohio After 39 Years
http://t.co/qtg7Ksug9y
http://t.co/G8qMFVVItE
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What's New—
@nytimes
Columnist Says
#KevinCooper
May Have Been Framed, Urges DNA Testing That Could Prove His Innocence.
#California
#deathpenalty
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Anthony Hinton was exonerated in 2015 after 30 years of wrongful incarceration.
#DeathPenalty
#BlackHistoryMonth
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#KareemJohnson
has officially been exonerated in
#Pennsylvania
, bringing to 170 the number of documented U.S. death-row exonerations since 1973. Here is our map of where and when they happened.
#deathpenalty
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What's New — Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Richard Glossip’s Appeal: High-Profile Innocence Case Where the State Supports Relief
#deathpenalty
#SCOTUS
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Frederick Douglass was one of the most prominent abolitionists of the 19th century and a fervent opponent of capital punishment.
#BlackHistoryMonth
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Two of the five states with the largest death-row populations—
#California
and
#Pennsylvania
—now have moratoria on executions.
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#AnthonyHinton
is now on DPIC's page of
#innocence
cases. Check out his story here with stories of 151 others.
http://t.co/Nif0Y4eL14
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The Death Penalty Information Center Commemorates
@MLKDay
2021: "I do not think that God approves the
#deathpenalty
for any crime."
@TheKingCenter
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DPIC Celebrates
#BlackHistoryMonth
2023 —Frederick Douglass, one of the country's preeminent opponents of slavery, also argued forcefully against capital punishment, which he called "a mockery of justice."
#deathpenalty
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BREAKING: The Nebraska state legislature has voted to repeal the
#DeathPenalty
with a veto-proof majority.
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Fewer states imposed new death sentences in 2016 than at any time in the past 40 years.
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What's New — Former Oregon Death Row Prisoner Freed 2 Years After Reversed Conviction, 194th Death Row Exoneration
#deathpenalty
#oregon
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What's New—
#Wyoming
Senate Committee Passes Bill to Repeal State's
#DeathPenalty
.
@CCATDP
@ACLUWYO
@WTIUSA
@RDunhamDPIC
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To learn more about the 195 exonerated death-sentenced people, visit our Innocence Database:
#WrongfulConvictionDay
#deathpenalty
#innocence
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DPIC Celebrates
#BlackHistoryMonth
2023—Sojourner Truth was a leader in the fights against slavery and for women's rights. She also was an outspoken opponent of capital punishment. "We are the makers of murderers" if we allow the
#deathpenalty
, she said.
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What’s New—Arizona Executes 76-Year-Old Man after Refusing DNA and Fingerprint Testing in Case with no Physical Evidence
#deathpenalty
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#RickeyDaleNewman
was exonerated from
#Arkansas
' death row after more than 16 years in prison. No physical evidence linked him to the crime. Mentally ill and intellectually disabled, he was convicted in one-day trial based on a false confession.
#DPIC2017YearEndReport
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Listen to our new Discussions With DPIC podcast:
@ACLU
Prison Project Director
@DavidCFathi
discusses death-row conditions, the movement to end automatic death-row solitary confinement, and the danger of COVID-19 in U.S. prisons.
#deathpenalty
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What's New—Civil Rights Groups Accuse
#California
District Attorneys of Unlawfully Interfering in
#DeathPenalty
Lawsuit.
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What's New—Global Study Highlights Systemic Risks of Wrongful Capital Convictions.
@DeathPenaltyWW
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Polls in 4 death penalty states in 2016 show that majorities prefer alternatives to death as punishment for murder.
#deathpenalty
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What's New — Court Ruling Makes Formerly Death-Sentenced Pervis Payne Eligible for Parole in Four Years
#deathpenalty
#Tennessee
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What's New — INNOCENCE: Another Death-Row Exoneration Added to DPIC’s Innocence List
#deathpenalty
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#BlackHistoryMonth
. Death row by race: 57% of death row inmates across the U.S. are racial minorities.
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What's New—Exoneree
#RyanMatthews
Calls for Ending
#Louisiana
’s
#DeathPenalty
: “I Know Capital Punishment Doesn’t Work.”
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Nevada Death-Row Prisoner Released on Plea Deal After Medical Evidence Suggests No Crime Occurred
#deathpenalty
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What's New — New Filings Allege Georgia Prosecutor Withheld Critical Evidence of Plea Deal with Co-Defendant from Warren King
#deathpenalty
#Georgia
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What's New:
NEW PODCAST—Racial Discrimination in Death-Penalty Jury Selection: A Conversation with Steve Bright.
@southerncenter
#deathpenalty
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What's New—Commentary: How Federal Habeas Corpus Law Enables States to Commit Miscarriages of Justice.
@washingtonpost
@radleybalko
#deathpenalty
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What's New — Supreme Court Denies Certiorari to Two Death-Sentenced Men with Credible Innocence Claims
#deathpenalty
#SCOTUS
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