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A federal appeals court on Wednesday granted execution stays to death row inmates Julius Jones and John Marion Grant, who was scheduled to be executed on Thursday. @usccb @CMNEndtheDP @ArchbishopOKC
UPDATE: The 10th Circuit issued a stay blocking tomorrow’s planned execution of John Grant. No word yet on whether Oklahoma will appeal to the US Supreme Court.
A legal petition to prevent Oklahoma from resuming executions tomorrow is pending at the 10th Circuit in Denver. There’s a good chance that the 10th Circuit’s decision will be appealed to the US Supreme Court either way.
"You can't make it without community as we work through the big issues of today," says @helenprejean.
The Sister of St. Joseph recently gave the keynote address to the Resource Center for Religious Institutes' annual conference. @DanStockman reports:
https://globalsiste.rs/3pKgGyT
A legal petition to prevent Oklahoma from resuming executions tomorrow is pending at the 10th Circuit in Denver. There’s a good chance that the 10th Circuit’s decision will be appealed to the US Supreme Court either way.
Shout out to @TiffanyCrutcher
for connecting with @StephenCurry30 in OKC and bringing him up to speed on #justiceforjulius 💚
We appreciate the support, Steph!
In 2014, Oklahoma botched the execution of Clayton Lockett. An IV line was not properly set and lethal drugs were injected into muscle tissue instead of a vein. Lockett started to get up off the execution gurney at one point. Oklahoma cannot be trusted with the power to kill.
As it stands now, Oklahoma is poised to resume executions this week. Six years ago, the state botched multiple executions in gruesome fashion. A multi-county grand jury and blue ribbon commission made reform recommendations that have not been enacted. Why the rush now?
Please tune in for a new episode of @TheDrPhilShow TODAY at 3:00 pm -- "Getting Richard Glossip Off Death Row." @DrPhil
Dr. Phil: ‘Absolutely Convinced’ Death Row Inmate Richard Glossip Is Innocent
Dr. Phil McGraw interviewed Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip as well as state lawmakers supporting his innocence claim.
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Alabama executed Willie Smith last night. Willie was intellectually disabled and was denied legal appeals by courts applying outdated, unscientific standards. This was not justice.
Alabama executes Willie B. Smith, intellectually disabled Black man, for 1991 murder
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The State of Alabama has executed Willie B. Smith, an intellectually disabled Black man,...
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BREAKING: Richard Glossip is going to be on @DrPhil this Friday!
Tune in at 3pm CST to see the whole Glossip team, including @dknightlaw, Rep. @kmcdugle, Rep. Justin Humphrey, and Richard himself.
“Getting Richard Glossip Off Death Row”
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HAPPENING TODAY: Join Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory (@WashArchbishop) and Sr. Helen Prejean (@helenprejean) online at 4 p.m. ET for a conversation about the death penalty and Catholic teaching! Hosted by @RENEWIntl and @WashArchdiocese.
Dignity and the Death Penalty: A Conversation with Cardinal Wilton Gregory and Sister Helen Prejean
Join Cardinal Wilton Gregory and Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021 for a conversation about the death penalty and Catholic teaching.
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This actually does happen. It’s absolutely cray. Glossip v Gross would have been Warner v Gross except that they killed Warner before his case could be heard, so they moved on to the next plaintiff. https://twitter.com/helenprejean/status/1449785343641731074
Under current US Supreme Court rules, it takes four votes for a case to be granted full review but five votes to stop an execution. This means in practice that a person can be granted review but executed anyway before the case is considered.
Under current US Supreme Court rules, it takes four votes for a case to be granted full review but five votes to stop an execution. This means in practice that a person can be granted review but executed anyway before the case is considered.
La France va relancer le combat pour l'abolition universelle de la peine de mort. Ce combat, nous le mènerons en Européens, encore et toujours.
La peine de mort est une honte pour l'humanité.
Until recently, business has been largely absent from the #AbolishDeathPenalty debate. But business support for abolishing capital punishment can help move the needle further. Watch back our event with @EUAmbUS, @SWEambUSA & @RBI_Justice to learn more: https://youtu.be/8zVarzBTr54
A Dallas judge recommended that Randy Halprin’s death sentence should be vacated pending a new trial because the original trial judge harbored prejudicial anti-Semitic views. The final decision is now in the hands of the TX Court of Criminal Appeals:
Judge: 'Texas 7' death row inmate should get new trial
A Jewish death row inmate who was part of the so-called “Texas 7” gang should get a new capital murd...
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Henry Montgomery has been in prison since he was 17 years old. It’s time for him to come home. Please sign the petition before Henry’s parole hearing set for November 17th: https://chng.it/JhJt9h2w
57 years is enough. It's Henry Montgomery's time to come home. https://chng.it/JhJt9h2w
On this #WorldDayAgainstTheDeathPenalty, we are focused on the invisible reality of women sentenced to death. I’m thinking about Lisa Montgomery. Lisa’s entire life was a tragedy from before she left her mother’s womb until the federal government killed her this past January.
#breaking Texas death row prisoner Stephen Barbee - who was scheduled for execution Tues - just got a stay for the same reason John Ramirez did last month: He wants his pastor to lay hands on him & pray as he dies but TDCJ won't allow it. Here's the order https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsd.1844298/gov.uscourts.txsd.1844298.14.0.pdf
On this #WorldDayAgainstTheDeathPenalty, we are focused on the invisible reality of women sentenced to death. I’m thinking about Lisa Montgomery. Lisa’s entire life was a tragedy from before she left her mother’s womb until the federal government killed her this past January.
Ernest Johnson should not have been executed tonight. He was intellectually disabled and categorically ineligible for the death penalty. Ernest was a human being. He committed a terrible crime and was deeply remorseful. This was not justice.
This is a scan of Ernest Johnson’s brain. There is a hole in his skull and more than 20% of his brain tissue has been removed. The Missouri Supreme Court thinks it is acceptable to execute this man. I don’t.
Troy Davis was executed 10 years ago today in Georgia. His case was an inflection point, showing the world that innocent people can be and are put to death in America. The fight for justice continues.
Thanks for dropping the link last week, @jeopardy!
Congratulations to the people of Sierra Leone!
Please join me for a (virtual) conversation about restorative justice this Sunday, June 20th at 5:30 pm ET! Tickets are $25 per device and all proceeds will benefit the Dismas House of Vermont.
This Earth Day, April 22, 4 pm PST, follow Mary M Clare and Gary Ferguson, authors of the new book Full Ecology, on a virtual adventure in America's Wild to uncover the brilliance and promise of our place in the world. Practical and poetic, scientific and spiritual, this cross-geographical adventure offers a chance to stop, reflect, and re-energize our connections to human nature and rediscover the guiding lights that rest in our relationships.
I’ll be on #Appeal Live with Rep. @ayannapressley this afternoon to talk about how @potus can quickly and permanently end the federal death penalty. 1 pm ET, streaming live on Twitter and Facebook — hope you’ll join us!
We have lost one of the anchors of the movement to abolish the death penalty. Bill Pelke passed away yesterday after suffering a heart attack while shoveling snow at his home in Anchorage, Alaska. I will have more to say soon about Bill’s incredible legacy of anti-death penalty activism and advocacy for murder victims’ families, but for now my thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, and fellow activists. This is a profound loss for our movement.
Robert Fisher was wounded in Vietnam and received a Purple Heart medal from President Lyndon Johnson. Today, Robert is in his seventies, suffering with PTSD and other mental health conditions, and preparing for his third re-trial after years on Pennsylvania’s death row. #veteransday
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I will be introducing this event because I share Full Ecology’s interest in returning humans to our deep kinship with nature. A Live Q&A will follow the event.
