“Tennessee has effectively made the case against the death penalty,” said Laura Porter, the executive director of the @uscedp.bsky.social Read more in @newyorktimeshaiku.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/u...

🧵 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. thebarbedwire.com/2026/05/21/t...

Change is possible anywhere, including the state with the highest per capita execution rate in the nation. The death penalty is dying in the U.S.

"We want to make sure policymakers know the country is moving away from the death penalty,” said Laura Porter, leader of the new @uscedp.bsky.social Hear more on @kgou.org

The surge in executions and efforts to expand the death penalty are out of touch with the views of Americans. Read more in @baptistnews.com baptistnews.com/article/coal...

“In this moment, we see a very clear disconnect between the handful of politicians pushing for more executions in the expansion of the death penalty, and current public sentiment on this issue,” said Laura Porter of the new @uscedp.bsky.social

"This is an extraordinarily import campaign," said Barry Scheck, co-Founder of @innocenceproject.bsky.social Read more in BLKNewsNow...

"Doctors and lawyers are raising alarms about Tennessee’s lethal injection protocols..." Read more in the @memphisflyer.com

The American public is turning against the death penalty...

Florida's ongoing executions of war traumatized veterans is sparking outrage. Read about it in @thewarhorsenews.bsky.social

"Tremane’s case is marked by allegations that his death sentence was the result of both his severely impaired trial lawyer and prosecutors who played dirty." Read more in @huffpost.com

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“When those responsible for our current capital punishment system say it must go, our state lawmakers must listen.” Watch the full story on @nbc4i.com

"...we understand this broken death penalty system’s grievous flaws, its unintended consequences, and its failure to achieve the benefits we had intended,” said former Ohio lawmakers who voted to bring back the death penalty in 1981. Read more in @signalohio.bsky.social

“The death penalty is the total opposite of small and limited and the way it’s administered and its cost and how it is used, that is not small and limited government," said Demetrius Minor of Conservatives Concerned. Read more in @baptistnews.com

Pennsylvanians prefer life sentences over the death sentence for a person convicted of murder by a rate of 2-to-1. Find out more about the new survey here...

In his first original @datelinenbc.bsky.social podcast series, Lester Holt takes listeners inside the urgent case of Robert Roberson...

Conservatives in Oklahoma are speaking out against the death penalty and pushing for a moratorium on its use. Find out why in this video...

“The wrong­ful con­vic­tion of Robert Roberson has been an ongo­ing tragedy for over twen­ty years. If it now becomes a wrong­ful exe­cu­tion, it will live in infamy.” - Author John Grisham

"...it is sometimes hard to get to the heart of a matter—not what’s strategic for one side or the other, but what is right." Read more in @montereycountynow.com

"The death penalty is not a solution to horrible violence; it detracts from more tangible ways to address the root causes of violence while acting as a poor substitute." Read more in @sojo.net

"Such an action would not only save lives but also send a powerful message about California's dedication to building a justice system rooted in equity, compassion, and the prevention of harm." Read more...

A group of exonerees is calling on Texas authorities to prevent the wrongful execution of Robert Roberson on 10/16/25 for a crime that never occurred. Read the letter and watch the virtual press conference.

Combat veterans are overrepresented on death row due to combat-driven post-traumatic stress. Find out more in this report from @newsnation.bsky.social

"Each of the veterans on Florida’s Death Row suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries or other disabilities related to their military service." Read more in @baptistnews.com

"We urge you now to lead from a place of bravery, to return to the honor code from your service, and to stop setting the executions of our fellow soldiers." Read more in @miaminewtimes.com

“The death penalty was implemented to dehumanize, control, and erase Black lives under the cover of law.” -Furonda Brasfield, @8thamendment.org. Read more in Big Easy Magazine...

" I knew my son's life could not be restored by the sanctioned killing of the person who took it." - Read more in @thetennesean.bsky.social ...

Faith leaders are calling for Gov. Ron DeSantis to pause the July 15 execution of Michael Bell, citing concerns about flawed evidence

"...capital punishment is more than just a threat to innocent life and a wildly expensive “big government” program. It is quite frankly a colossal public policy failure." Read more in @theoklahoman.bsky.social ...

All of Pennsylvania’s capital case exonerations have involved some form of official misconduct, false testimony, or both. Read more from the Death Penalty Policy Project...

"... the state is throwing away money for the sake of symbolism..." Read more in @journalgazette.net ...

"The use of the death penalty against U.S. combat veterans manifests a paradox in American culture." Read more in @thehill.com

Advocates and civil rights leaders will gather Thursday in Sacramento to deliver a signed letter by nearly 200 groups urging the Democratic governor to grant clemency to all 574 of California's death row inmates. www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...

‘Violent’ moment during Indiana execution draws scrutiny; DOC officials deny ‘botched’ process indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/05/22/v...

“I didn’t want Timothy McVeigh’s name to live and theirs to die.” Read more in Good faith Media @goodfaithmedia.bsky.social @craignash.bsky.social

Individuals with pFAS should be afforded the same constitutional protections against execution that those with intellectual disabilities have received for the last 23 years. Read more in @indianacapitalchronicle.com

"...we can hold people with intellectual disabilities accountable for their crimes without having to kill them.”

“Taking of a life does not restore a life.” Read more in @thetennesean.bsky.social

Ohio’s own capital punishment task force called the death penalty “more complex, more subject to constant change, and fraught with more mistakes” than any other area of the law.

He’s been on Louisiana’s death row for decades. A judge just vacated his conviction. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Ohio has now surpassed $1 billion on death penalty cases...

Abolishing the death penalty in the spirit of Easter and Passover baptistnews.com/article/abol...

“I want the public to know that scores of murder victim family members have absolutely no confidence in the death penalty...,” said Jack Sullivan, Jr., executive director of the Ohio Council of Churches. Read more in @toledoblade.bsky.social

"“Which states are the ones carrying out where all these pockets are of execution? They’re all slave states," said Sister Helen Prejean. Read more in The @austinchronicle.bsky.social