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Next up in
#Texas
: Another execution of an innocent man where no crime occurred. Sign/share & learn more via multiple links to help
#StopExecutions
of
#RobertRoberson
on October 17:
#Innocent
#ShakenBabySyndrome
has been debunked!
#Autism
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ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS! Why is it so difficult to let an innocent person live?
Breaking‼️ MO Supreme Court denies the appeal to vacate the conviction of Marcellus "Khaliifah" Williams as Governor Parson denies clemency. Missouri is pushing forward with the execution of an innocent man tomorrow. There are still claims left to be decided by SCOTUS. 💔
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Attorney General Merrick Garland orders pause of federal executions
#StopExecutions
#AbolishTheDeathPenalty
#MerrickGarland
via
@nbcnews
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This is imperative.
#FreeMelissaLucio
, an innocent woman on Texas' death row. Sign & share the
@DeathPenaltyAct
petition to stop the execution of
#MelissaLucio
, an innocent woman on
#Texas
death row:
#StopExecutions
.
#AbolishTheDeathPenalty
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Oklahoma Parole Board votes YES to recommend commutation for
#justiceforjulius
#JuliusJones
#StopExecutions
!!!
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It is time to
#StopExecutions
and
#AbolishTheDeathPenalty
- Join us now at
@RepEspaillat
@EspaillatNY
#LisaMontgomery
#CoreyJohnson
#DustinHiggs
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As
#Trump
carried out his 5th execution since July 14,
@AyannaPressley
stood with us: "While we are in the midst of a national reckoning on racial injustice, abolishing the death penalty must be a part of that discourse."
@RepPressley
#StopExecutions
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Ready to end the
#DeathPenalty
? Write your members of congress to to ask them to sign on to co-sponsor
@AyannaPressley
@RepPressley
's HB4052 to
#StopExecutions
forever!
#brendonbernard
#AlfredBourgeois
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Absolutely DESPICABLE.
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Here's the easy tool for contacting your members of congress in support of
@AyannaPressley
's &
@SenatorDurbin
's Federal
#DeathPenalty
Prohibition Act of 2021.
#StopExecutions
at
Contact your representatives in Congress and ask them to co-sponsor the death penalty abolition legislation introduced by
@RepPressley
and
@SenatorDurbin
. Contact President-Elect
@JoeBiden
and urge him to commute all federal death sentences immediately upon taking office.
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John Oliver's
@LastWeekTonight
4/7/24 episode excoriates the
#DeathPenalty
and exposes Absolute Standards, Inc as the company profiting by selling unregulated drugs for use in executions. Demand they
#StopExecutions
800-368-1131/203-281-2917 customerserv
@absolutestandards
.com
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NEW video featuring Rep.
@AyannaPressley
! We have a real chance to end the death penalty ONCE & FOR ALL.
WATCH this video, retweet it, and then TAKE ACTION here:
#StopExecutions
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Urge OK Gov. Stitt to commute
#JuliusJones
death sentence to life WITH parole & to halt all other pending executions. Jones is scheduled to be killed on November 18, 2021.
#StopExecutions
#FreeJuliusJones
#JusticeforJulius
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#ARexecutions
Shame on Arkansas. Lynn Scott cries outside the prison minutes before her brother's execution. She was not allowed in.
#8in10
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Tweet, call, sign, and share with your followers!
@GovStitt
must know that WE are Watching! That The WORLD IS WATCHING!
#FreeJuliusJones
@Alyssa_Milano
@BerniceKing
@jfreewright
@charlidamelio
@JAYVERSACE
@iamlorengray
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BREAKING:
@OregonGovBrown
just announced she is commuting every death sentence and dismantling the state’s death chamber. Thank you Gov. Brown for taking the
#DeathPenalty
off the table and recognizing how flawed, broken, and inhumane the system is!
#StopExecutions
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We are at the prison in
#Oklahoma
and learning that they still can't seem to get it right.
#JohnGrant
convulsed, shouted in pain, and threw up. It is way past time to
#StopExecutions
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Click now to support HB4052,
@AyannaPressley
's bill to abolish the federal
#DeathPenalty
via
@DeathPenaltyAct
#NoFederalExecutions
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“Today we state clearly that ‘the
#DeathPenalty
is inadmissible’ and the Church is firmly committed to calling for its abolition worldwide.” via
@americamag
#StopExecutions
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Make it happen here:
All federal executions scheduled by the outgoing administration should be canceled immediately. The American people have spoken — the incoming administration has committed to abolishing the death penalty. Human lives shouldn’t be left in a political lame duck limbo.
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We will be on the ground Sunday and Monday in DC for
#MLKDay2022
and the anniversary of the execution of the modern era. Join us in person or online and support the cause to
#StopExecutions
:
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BREAKING NEWS: US Supreme Court says
#RodneyReed
was timely in his request for
#DNA
testing. This is great news, and hopefully will lead to
#FreeRodneyReed
! Sign the petition at
#StopExecutions
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EXECUTION THIS WEEK! Call
@GovStitt
at 405-521-2342: "Please follow clemency recommendation! Stop the execution of
#EmmanuelLittlejohn
in
#Oklahoma
." More info, video & petition at
#Oklahoma25
#StopExecutions
#SaveEmmanuelLittlejohn
#LetLittlejohnLIVE
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@innocence
@the_mip
client
#MarcellusWilliams
will be executed on Sept. 24 for a crime he didn't commit if
@GovParsonMO
does not step in. Join me in calling him now: 417-373-3400
#SaveMarcellus
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Urge
#Biden
to commute all remaining federal death sentences and work with congress to pass the Federal
#DeathPenalty
Prohibition Act of 2021:
#StopExecutions
#EndTheDeathPenalty
@POTUS
@VP
@AyannaPressley
@CoriBush
@SenatorDurbin
I remember
#ChristopherVialva
executed by the Trump's administration on Sept 24, 2020. He was the first African American executed by the federal government since 2003, sentenced by an almost all-white jury.
No more executions!
#EndTheDeathPenalty
@POTUS
@VP
@georgehale
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Alongside his mom, Oklahoma death row inmate
#EmmanuelLittlejohn
pleads for clemency days before execution
#SaveEmmanuelLittlejohn
#StopExecutions
#Oklahoma25
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Make it happen here:
The federal government can abolish the death penalty on the federal level and incentivize states to do the same.
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Beyond disappointed in the Board of Pardons and paroles in Texas. Truly unfathomable all things considered here. It is not over yet!
@GovAbbott
we are demanding you grant clemency to
#QuintinJones
! Keep fighting!
TX Board of Pardons and Paroles voted against clemency for Quintin Jones.
He’s set for execution tomorrow.
Jones has appeals pending, and the governor can opt to delay the execution for 30 days, though he never has without a board rec.
#deathpenalty
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Thank you for joining us in this fight to save the life of
#EmmanuelLittlejohn
. He is now free from the abuses of ODOC and his health complications💔💔
Littlejohn was executed at 10:17 a.m., according to ODOC officials.
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So let's catch up-- are we really going to move forward with THREE executions next week in the midst of unprecedented political turmoil as Trump faces a possible second impeachment and we are DAYS away from a new administration that opposes the death penalty?
#StopExecutions
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"When President Joe Biden attended Mass days after being sworn into office, he heard a homily that was a plea for his fellow Catholics to see opposition to the death penalty as essential to the church's pro-life stance."
@CMNEndtheDP
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You can be a part of the National Day of Action to
#FreeMelissaLucio
- write the hashtag on a piece of paper, take a selfie & post it.
#MelissaLucio
#FreeHerNow
!
#StopExecutions
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Jack Jones' daughter receives communion at a service between the two
#ARexecutions
- now she is a victim family member too.
#ArkansasCircus
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Please support the Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act and other important calls to end the death penalty here:
#StopExecutions
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Often when awaiting word that an execution has been completed, we slide into just being together. This little girl started singing "Rise Up." As it happens, that was at the time that
#QuintinJones
was being killed. It is one of those moments.
#StopExecutions
#SaveQuintonJones
Quintin Jones has been executed. This is what was happening outside the execution chamber as he was being killed.
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This
#MLKDay2023
Join the National Call to End the
#DeathPenalty
at -
#StopExecutions
#DemolishTheDeathHouse
@ShaneClaiborne
@BerniceKing
@helenprejean
@RepPressley
@SenatorDurbin
#MLKDay
#MLKWeekend
#mlkdayofservice
#MLK2023
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It's time to
#StopExecutions
,
#AbolishTheDeathPenalty
and
#DemolishTheDeathHouse
- Take action at
@RedLetterXians
@ShaneClaiborne
@VoteCommon
@PaxChristiUSA
@LiveFreeUS
@RehumanizeIntl
@KimKardashian
@SusanSarandon
@helenprejean
@PatinkinMandy
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Urge US Attorney General
#MerrickGarland
@TheJusticeDep
to Stop Seeking Death Sentences! Sign here:
#StopExecutions
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Will OH be the 24th state to abandon the death penalty? YES! New death penalty repeal bill announced with UNPRECEDENTED bipartisan support! Thank you for your leadership Sen.
@nickieantonio
& Sen.
@SteveHuffmanOH
Take action:
#NoDeathPenaltyOH
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#BREAKINGNEWS
:
#IvanCantu
's execution date has been withdrawn by the 380th Judicial District Court of Collin County pending further proceedings!
#StopExecutions
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We made our voices heard! We took petitions to the White House, Congress and Supreme Court in order to end federal executions once and for all! 11 of us were arrested in order to make sure our life-saving message was heard. Support this work today:
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#VALeg
has just voted 21 to 17 to
#AbolishTheDeathPenalty
! On to the VA House of Delegates! There is much work to be done to
#StopExecutions
in
#Virginia
!
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Death warrant for
#AnibalCanales
has been withdrawn! His execution date of March 29, 2023 is now postponed indefinitely.
#StopExecutions
@TheCollectiveD1
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Thank you
@OregonGovBrown
for your bold leadership today. Here is the statement from Frank Thompson, who constructed the death chamber you will dismantle. (He'd love to watch!).
#StopExecutions
#NoExecutionsOR
@RepealORDP
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Join the
#VirtualSitIn
and demand that Missouri does not move forward with the scheduled execution of
#MarcellusWilliams
tomorrow, a man who is demonstrably innocent. Help us
#FreeKhaliifah
before it's too late!
@madpmo
@innocence
@GovParsonMO
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Woohoo! The death penalty’s days are numbered.
Breaking today: A bill to end the death penalty in Pennsylvania just passed out of committee.
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#BrianDorsey
’s final statement, released ahead of his scheduled execution this evening in
#Missouri
. We can still turn off. Missouri doesn’t have to do this.
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Another last minute unplanned trip to visit a father about to be killed
#ArkansasCircus
#ARexecutions
#8in10
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Today, on
#MLKDay2022
and the anniversary of the first modern era execution, we were part of a historic direct action in Washington, DC with over 300 organizational allies, Members of Congress and countless supporters! 🌹🙏
#StopExecutions
#MLKDay
#MLK
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Thank you
@RepPressley
for your leadership in the fight to abolish the death penalty across the country!
This damning report makes it plain: the death penalty is a racist and inhumane punishment that has no place in our society.
TY
@ReprieveUS
for spotlighting the cruelty of lethal injections.
Congress must pass our bill to end the federal death penalty.
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It's not every day you read about the
#DeathPenalty
in Sports Illustrated!
@SInow
#JusticeforJulius
#StopExecutions
@bakermayfield
@justice4julius
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Join
@SenatorDurbin
@SenatorBooker
@SenatorLeahy
@RepPressley
@RepEspaillat
@RepJerryNadler
@CoriBush
& others to urge AG
#MerrickGarland
@TheJusticeDep
to Stop Seeking Death Sentences! Sign here:
#StopExecutions
@CoryBooker
@DickDurbin
@AyannaPressley
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"Emmanuel Littlejohn did not kill anyone, and we know this because the prosecutors prosecuted two people... and told each of the juries in those two separate trials, that each was the shooter," said Death Penalty Action Executive Director, Abe Bonowitz.
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#WesleyPurkey
vigil at US 41 & Springhill, the major intersection closest to the prison, which is about a mile away behind a ridiculously large security perimeter. Waiting for
#SCOTUS
to do justice and
#StopExecutions
#DefundTheDeathPenalty
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#Ohio
has a real chance to end executions and repeal its
#DeathPenalty
in the current general assembly. NOW is the time to get involved. Start here:
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A message from Sr.
@helenprejean
on the 50th Anniversary of the
#SCOTUS
decision in Furman v. Georgia. "There is no way to apply the
#DeathPenalty
in a way that is not arbitrary & capricious."
#Furman50
#StopExecutions
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Standing vigil outside the prison in McAlester, Oklahoma, where
#RichardFairchild
, a US Marine veteran with severe mental illness is currently being killed - on his birthday.
#StopExecutions
#Oklahoma25
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"...supplying nitrogen for the purpose of human execution is not consistent with our company values.”
@airgas
refuses to supply nitrogen for
#Alabama
executions
#StopExecutions
#PullBackTheCurtains
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Dylann Roof massacred her family—Here's why
@RisherRev
wants him off death row
#StopExecutions
#AbolishTheDeathPenalty
@ShaneClaiborne
@pagitt
@lisasharper
@helenprejean
@RevRobSchenck1
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Send a letter to
@VP
requesting that she encourages
@POTUS
to "commute all federal and military death sentences before leaving office". We must ensure this administration closes off the possibility of any future president resuming federal executions.
#StopExecutions
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Exciting development in the case of
#MelissaLucio
, and
#innocent
woman on
#Texas
death row. Click to read more & take action:
#FreeMelissaLucio
#StopExecutions
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Please help stop the
@DeathPenaltyAct
execution of
#WillieSmith
in
#Alabama
on February 11, 2021:
#StopExecutions
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We are proud to stand alongside
@RepPressley
and
@SenatorDurbin
in our effort to abolish the federal death penalty for good! Visit to write directly to your legislators requesting their support on this bill.
#AbolishTheDeathPenalty
The death penalty is a cruel, racist & flawed punishment that has been weaponized against Black, brown & low-income folks for too long.
Today,
@SenatorDurbin
and I re-introduced our bill to abolish the federal death penalty once & for all.
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"Tonight, Alabama caused humanity to take a step backwards," Smith said. "I'm leaving with love, peace and light. Thank you for supporting me, love all of you."
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BREAKING: 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a temporary STAY in the cases of
#JuliusJones
and
#JohnGrant
. This is developing. Expect state to appeal to
#SCOTUS
, where anything can happen.
#StopExecutions
!
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It sure does. The death penalty is the worst part of us. We are better than this.
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NOW is the time to ABOLISH & DEMOLISH the death penalty! We have a chance to raise our voices in January with Congress, the White House and the Supreme Court! SIGN here:
#EndExecutions
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Outside the church where
#QuintinJones
' body was taken by the funeral home. The prison chaplain who was with Quin when he was killed said he was at peace with it, and went boldly to his death. The execution appeared to be without complication.
#StopExecutions
#SaveQuintonJones
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Week of action June 27-July 2 to
#StopExecutions
#WashingtonDC
& via Facebook Live 6-8pm Details at
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Supreme Court agrees to hear case of Texas death row inmate seeking DNA testing
#FreeRodneyReed
@FreeRodneyReed
@InnocentReed
#RodneyReed
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Thank you
@RepPressley
&
@SenatorDurbin
for your leadership to end federal
#DeathPenalty
#StopExecutions
-
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"We know this is a
#racist
, unjust system..." -
@RepPressley
on ending the federal
#DeathPenalty
, working with
@DeathPenaltyAct
@BringRodneyHome
@ShaneClaiborne
@Journey0fHope
and others to
#StopExecutions
now. Sign the petition & join the effort:
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He preached
#Forgiveness
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"The risk of executing an innocent person is my primary motivation for sponsoring House Bill 183 that would abolish Ohio’s death penalty." -Ohio Rep Jean Schmidt
#StopExecutions
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Sign & share for Jan 17 Delivery: Urge
#Biden
,
#Garland
,
#Congress
&
#SCOTUS
to
#StopExecutions
& pass the Federal
#DeathPenalty
Prohibition Act of 2021:
#AbolishTheDeathPenalty
@KimKardashian
@PatinkinMandy
@SusanSarandon
@martinsheen_net
@JotakaEaddy
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There are so many reasons not to execute but ESPECIALLY not in the middle of a pandemic. Sign the petitions for Edward Busby in Texas and Willie Smith in Alabama.
#StopExecutions
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"It is time to take away the power of the federal government when it comes to executing its own people," Watch & share as
@ShaneClaiborne
calls out
#Congress
&
@JoeBiden
@Transition46
Take action at
#StopExecutions
#EndFederalExecutions
#DeathPenalty
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What if we got it wrong? Is
#BiglerStouffer
#Innocent
? Sign & share
@DeathPenaltyAct
petition to
#StopExecutions
in
#Oklahoma
.
#Deathrow
prisoner
#BiglerStouffer
faces
#execution
on December 9th. Clemency hearing is Oct 27:
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We've launched TEN BILLBOARDS in the Oklahoma City area to draw out public concern that the actual shooter got life &
#EmmanuelLittlejohn
got death (execution set for 9/26/24). Sign & share
#Petition
:
#Oklahoma25
#StopExecutions
#LawOfParties
Prosecutors told one jury he's the killer & another jury that he's not. Eyewitnesses say it was his codefendant: Sign/share
@DeathPenaltyAct
petition to stop the execution of
#EmmanuelLittlejohn
in
#Oklahoma
:
#Oklahoma25
#StopExecutions
#LawOfParties
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Are YOU Starvin' for Justice? Join us virtually or in-person for the 28th Annual Fast & Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty at the US Supreme Court! Live programs several times daily June 29, 30, July 1 & 2. Details at !
#FastVigil
#StopExecutions
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The
#March4Mercy
continues this morning with a petition & Postcard delivery to
#Tennessee
's Governor Lee. Join Bill Pelke,
@ShaneClaiborne
,
@abrahambonowitz
and others - Back us up with a phone call to Lee's office at 615-741-2001! Details here
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Have you already made that call? Time is ticking! If the answer is no, please call today. If yes, please call again! Tell
@GovStitt
: "There's too much doubt to execute Julius Jones. Please stop the execution now."
#JuliusJones
#JusticeforJulius
#EndTheDeathPenalty
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#MelissaLucio
just got an April 27 execution date in
#Texas
. She is
#Innocent
. Please help.
#StopExecutions
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#EmmanuelLittlejohn
didn't kill anyone. Watch the video and urge
@govStitt
to show mercy by following the Pardon & Parole Board recommendation FOR clemency before Oklahoma executes him on Thursday!
#SaveEmmanuelLittlejohn
#LetLittlejohnLive
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“I would never tell anyone how to feel in such a situation. I can only share my own story. And having lived through this awful experience … I can say that Mr. Roof’s death sentence did not bring my family closure. It only prolonged our agony."
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Oklahoma Parole Board votes YES to recommend commutation for
#justiceforjulius
#JuliusJones
#StopExecutions
!!!
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#KevinKeith
is innocent, so why is he still in an
#Ohio
prison? Learn more & sign/share the petition here:
#BringKevinHome
#JusticeForKevinKeith
#StopExecutions
#Innocence
@DeathPenaltyAct
@KimKardashian
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NO EXECUTION TONIGHT!
#StopExecutions
#SaveWillSpeer
#WillSpeer
The Virtual Vigil is cancelled. Hats off to the legal team, and all who took action.
Appeals court stops planned execution of Texas inmate convicted of killing a fellow prisoner
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We're across from the prison to say
#StopExecutions
#LezmondMitchell
#NoFederalExecutions
Going live approximately 5:40pm at take action at
#DefundTheDeathPenalty
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The entire case against
#RodneyReed
has been demolished, yet
#Texas
plans to execute him Nov. 20! Ask Bastrop County DA Bryan Goertz to
#TestTheDNA
. Sign & share
@DeathPenaltyAct
petition:
#RodneyReedIsInnocent
#DeathPenalty
#EndRacism
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At the ongoing vigil at the
#Arkansas
Gov's mansion to
#StopExecutions
#8in10
@arkansasabolish
@amnestyusa
@EJUSA
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#AmberMcLaughlin
was sentenced to death by a judge after the jury could not unanimously agree on a sentence of life in prison or the death penalty. Missouri is one of two states that allow for this practice. If a jury can’t decide, the sentence should be life.
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