Laura Burstein
@LauraBurstein1
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Communications professional dedicated to criminal justice reform
Washington, D.C.
Joined May 2012
Ex-Texas detective says he got Robert Roberson's death row case wrong
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Breaking Attorney Statement: Last night, the US DOJ announced it is withdrawing the federal government’s lethal injection protocol based on concerns that execution by pentobarbital may cause unconstitutional pain and suffering. Read more here:
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In 2024, there were more than twice as many death row commutations (52) as executions (25).
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RT @RDunhamDP: Gov. @RoyCooperNC’s 15 death-row commutations are the most ever by a southern governor in the modern history of the U.S. dea…
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RT @RDunhamDP: The North Carolina commutations fall generally into three categories—cases involving racially discriminatory death sentences…
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RT @RDunhamDP: @RoyCooperNC @NCCADP @ACLU @ACLU_NC @NAACP_LDF @eji_org @southerncenter @DPInfoCtr Here is the commutation list: —Hasson Bac…
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Must Read: Shaken Baby Syndrome Has Found New Life as Abusive Head Trauma — ProPublica by #PamColloff
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BRKG: Stmts from civil rights leaders, victim family members, corrections officials, law enforcement, faith leaders, innocence groups, business leaders in support of Pres. Biden’s historic commutation of 37 federal death sentences. More here:
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RT @brianeharrison: Watch my opening remarks in yesterday's Robert Roberson hearing. I’ll be damned if I’m going sit idly by and let my ch…
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ATTY STMT: TX lawmakers subpoena #RobertRoberson, innocent on death row, to testify at the state capitol on Friday. More here:
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How Biden Should Spend His Final Weeks in Office; MLK Jr. III: Commute All Federal Death Sentences
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Today, 21 former federal judges delivered a letter to @POTUS urging him to commute all federal death sentences. The judges, appointed by 6 different Presidents, Republican & Democrat, hail from district courts & appellate circuits across the US. More here:
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The Death Penalty Is a Racial Justice Issue - Word In Black
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Pope Francis and advocates add to pleas for Biden to clear federal death row
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Washington Post: Biden urged to empty federal death row before Trump takes office
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BRKG: Letters to @POTUS released today show widespread support from Black pastors, Catholics, business leaders, corrections officials, prosecutors, civil rights orgs & more for commutation of all federal death sentences. More here:
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Pope Francis: May sentences of US federal death row inmates be commuted - Vatican News
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Moody, Leach discuss efforts to avoid Roberson execution | The Texas Tribune
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