🧵It’s a new year, but at least one thing’s still the same: The death penalty does not make our communities safer. Decades of research show that the death penalty does not deter crime or protect the most vulnerable from harm.

2026 @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social @gavinnewsom.bsky.social has the historic opportunity to cement his legacy as a courageous leader who stands up for what he believes in by commuting all death sentences! #CommuteTheRow #UniversalClemencyNow #ConfrontRacism #deathpenalty

Celebrate National Restorative Justice Month with a series of free webinars: Rooted in Justice, Rising in Hope. Register for all sessions: www.reentryconferencesf.org/sessions #RestorativeJustice #ReentryConferenceSF #RootedInJusticeRisingInHope #VoicesOfAdvocacy

In observance of National Restorative Justice Month and International Restorative Justice Week, the Archdiocese of San Francisco invites you to "Rooted in Justice, Rising in Hope: Voices of Advocacy, Clemency, and Healing." @freekeithdoolin.bsky.social @freekeithdoolin.bsky.social

davisvanguard.org/2025/07/kevi... Legal & forensic experts & civil rights advocates raise new alarms over DNA in #KevinCooper case! #FreeKevinCooper #RacialJustice #HumanRights @wtiusa.bsky.social @innocenceproject.bsky.social @amnesty.org @jews4abolition.bsky.social @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social

davisvanguard.org/2025/07/cali... #JusticeforChief #IndigenousRights #HumanRights @vanguardnewsgroup.bsky.social @eji.org @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social @amnestyuk.bsky.social @amnesty.org @nicke.bsky.social @ndncollective.bsky.social @nativenewsonline.bsky.social

👀 HISTORY LESSON: 1972 – D•ath penalty struck down for being arbitrarily applied. 1976 – It came roaring back. 2025 – Still arbitrary. Still cruel. Still WRONG. Let’s be the generation that ends it. 👉 bit.ly/JusticeCantWaitDPA #JusticeCantWait #HumanRights

53 years later, the same injustices still define who lives and who dies. 🪧The fight continues 👉 DeathPenaltyAction.org #Furman53 #FurmanVGeorgia #DeathPenalty #USSupremeCourt #SCOTUS

📅On this day in 1972, Furman v. Georgia temporarily stopped the death penalty in the U.S. Not because the punishment itself went against the Constitution's ban on "cruel and unusual punishment ", but because of how arbitrarily and capriciously it was applied.

The guys on TN’s death row know that we are walking today, and they decided to walk 8 miles in solidarity with us. They have to walk in a circle inside the prison - about 50 rounds is a mile - so they’re walking about 400 rounds as we walk 8 miles today - for mercy & an end to the death penalty.

🛑 Ex*cutions are still happening in America — right now. In our names. With our tax dollars.

Serious doubt surrounds #OscarSmith's conviction — DNA found on the weapon doesn't match him. ❌Tennessee must not proceed with his e.x.e.c.u.t.i.o.n. Demand justice: bit.ly/OscarSmithTN #StopExecutions

No one should be killed in your name. 🖊️ Take the pledge to stand against ALL executions, without exception. 👉 bit.ly/StopTrumpExecutions #ChooseMercy #StopExecutions

In 2024, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia accounted for 91% of all recorded executions, and were among the five countries with the highest number of executions. Our latest death penalty report, out now: http://amn.st/63320FqDV8

The Sentencing Project’s new report shows that even though the U.S. is 5% of the global population, it accounts for 83% of people serving LWOP IN the world. We have a long way to go for true reform shorturl.at/TMgkO