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

"If it is inhumane for pets to be gassed, surely it must be inhumane for humans to be gassed to death." Read more in @cleveland.com ...

Oklahoma Rep. JJ Humphrey on why there needs to be a death penalty moratorium...

Playing politics with death in Ohio. Read more in @cleveland.com ...

Pennsylvania Republican lawmaker pushing to end the death penalty makes powerful argument...

"They paid a million and a half for eight jars of pentobarbital, which is the source salt for making pentobarbital … these eight jars for a million and a half dollars, which probably should cost, you know, $100." Read about Judge Duncan's report here...

“This is the ultimate state power. Even if you believe the death penalty is appropriate in certain situations, the people have the right to know the law is being followed,” said @nicholascote.bsky.social of Conservatives Concerned. Read more in @bolts.bsky.social ...

"Generally, we think guards and prisoners don’t like each other, but they spend a lot of time together." Read more in @thelensnola.bsky.social ...

Even as President Donald Trump and other national Republican leaders push to expand the use of capital punishment, some GOP-led states are moving in the opposite direction. @amandavhernan.bsky.social reports: stateline.org/2025/03/07/t...

“That’s all capital punishment is — it's the transferring of pain. It's not the completion of healing,” said Demetrius Minor, the national manager of Conservatives Concerned. Read more in @stateline.org ...

"Failing to act in the face of this undeniable evidence would be a tacit endorsement of a system that has disproportionately condemned Black defendants to death..." - Dan Malloy, former Connecticut Governor. Read more in @ncnewsline.com

"...political leaders in Montana, as in other red states, are not eager to resume executing people."

The Veterinarians Against Gassing Coalition gathered at a dog park in New Orleans today to express their opposition to a method of human execution they call inhumane. Here's more from KTAL NBC 6 serving Shreveport... www.ktalnews.com/news/louisia...

“Some methods of execution, like the one we are protesting today, are not just about the method itself, but about the emotional, psychological and cultural scars they bring to communities,” said the Jews Against Gassing Coalition. Read more here...

“For a place that has more churches per capita than almost any other place in the world, to also have a greater percentage of its population behind prison walls than almost any place in the world inherently holds some contradictions.” - Adam Luck, Oklahoma criminal justice expert. LISTEN here...

Conservatives are working to end the death penalty in deep red Indiana. Listen here to the leader of Conservatives Concerned to learn more...

"As a leader of a racial justice organization proudly born and raised in Detroit, I know that taking a stand requires courage." - Jamila Hodge, CEO, @ejusa.bsky.social Read more in @alabamareflector.com

Republican Leaders in Deep Red Indiana talking about ending the death penalty...

"I hope that the coming year, sooner than later, we get this done in the full implementation sense of the word, and find ourselves in a better position to save some lives that weren’t safe..." said Zayid Muhammad of @ejusa.bsky.social, a spokesperson for the NJVIP Statewide Coalition.