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DOJ's continued pursuant of federal executions this week is morally indefensible. The ABA, AMA, and retired Indiana
corrections officials have all asked Rosen to postpone because we know the executions are likely to act as superspreaders of COVID-19. aclu.org/other/federal-…
corrections officials have all asked Rosen to postpone because we know the executions are likely to act as superspreaders of COVID-19. aclu.org/other/federal-…
Each of the three executions set this week highlight the need to abolish, not carry out, executions. #LisaMontgomery suffered unimaginable trauma and violence, leading to her mental illness. Today she lacks a rational understanding of her execution. huffpost.com/entry/lisa-mon…
#CoreyJohnson has intellectual disability. He is one of four Black men President Trump is trying to execute in the period between when he lost his election and leaves office. nytimes.com/2021/01/11/opi…
Even if they support the #DeathPenalty, most people think that only people who've killed should be killed.
🔴Prosecutors never claimed #DustinHiggs killed anyone, but #Barr has scheduled him to die 5 days before inauguration. Deeply moving video: /thread vimeo.com/194702182
🔴Prosecutors never claimed #DustinHiggs killed anyone, but #Barr has scheduled him to die 5 days before inauguration. Deeply moving video: /thread vimeo.com/194702182
#DustinHiggs was in his early 20s when he drove a shooter from a crime scene. Prosecutors said the shooter "acted alone," but they failed to get the #DeathPenalty. So they accused Higgs of being the mastermind.
The shooter got life w/ no parole. Higgs is to die on 1/15/21.
The shooter got life w/ no parole. Higgs is to die on 1/15/21.
Jurors did NOT hear mitigating factors that might've led them to choose death in prison by no parole over execution. They didn't know he was 10 when he was his mother's f/t caretaker as she died of breast cancer. Nor did they know he has learning & developmental disabilities.
✔️Trump & #Barr are on a #KillingSpree. The official cause of death for executions is homicide.
If there are no more stays, they'll have killed 13 in 7 months compared to 3 in the 222 months since McVeigh's execution in June 2001. | thread
If there are no more stays, they'll have killed 13 in 7 months compared to 3 in the 222 months since McVeigh's execution in June 2001. | thread
Dept of Justice website: "There is no proof that the #DeathPenalty deters criminals."
Death in prison by no parole (not execution) saves +/-$1 million per case. The capital punishment error rate is 1 in 10: 1 exoneration for every 9 executions. nij.ojp.gov/topics/article…
Death in prison by no parole (not execution) saves +/-$1 million per case. The capital punishment error rate is 1 in 10: 1 exoneration for every 9 executions. nij.ojp.gov/topics/article…
Chart source: Wikipedia, List of people executed by the US federal government
#Execution schedule 2020-21 & #DeathPenalty information: deathpenaltyinfo.org/executions/upc…
#Execution schedule 2020-21 & #DeathPenalty information: deathpenaltyinfo.org/executions/upc…
