"The first day I got off death row, I went out in the general prison population yard, took my shoes off and walked barefoot on grass" Ndume Olatushani spent 20yrs on death row for a crime he didn't commit. Our interview The Justice Gap @justicegap.bsky.social: thejusticegap.com/race-injustice #AbolishTheDeathPenalty

The death penalty is wrong. In every circumstance. That's it. That's the tweet.

Abolish the death penalty. Abolish the death penalty. Abolish the death penalty. Abolish the death penalty.

The death penalty is wrong. Always.

But the outgoing administration's rush for executions, including Brandon Bernard's last night, is not only beyond cruel—it's unprecedented in our time. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/s…

Execution of journalist Rouhollah Zam a 'deadly blow' to freedom of expression in #Iran. buff.ly/2IT9NZi. Amnesty UK anti death penalty project. #deathpenalty. #humanrights.

Today's increased support for UN call for moratorium on executions at #UNGA75 signals that consensus is building towards ending #deathpenalty : “Countries which still practice executions must treat this as a wake-up call” Amnesty International Rajat Khosla amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

Some fantastic news to begin 2021 as #Kazakhstan abolishes the #DeathPenalty following 20-year moratorium. Which country will be next to #EndtheDeathPenalty?

Two men and one woman face execution in the last weeks of the #Trump administration. Lisa Montgomery on 12 January; Corey Johnson on 14 January; and Dustin Higgs on 15 January. Amnesty International implores the #USA attorney general to suspend the #DeathPenalty amnesty.org/en/documents/a…

The clock is ticking. “If the execution goes ahead we should all feel a deep sense of shame.” Sandra Babcock from @DeathPenaltyWW. ⬇️ buff.ly/38pHOu3

Our second post is from Saul Lehrfreund of the DeathPenaltyProject, on President Trump's unprecedented authorisations of Federal executions: "Last week’s deadly events on Capitol Hill are Trump’s legacy. So is his killing spree" law.ox.ac.uk/research-and-s… @DeathPenaltyWW Death Penalty Information Center

In yet another after-midnight ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the federal government to proceed with Lisa Montgomery’s execution immediately. This decision will forever be a scarlet letter for the SCOTUS — a complete failure to protect our most vulnerable citizens.

The US executes Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row. Her lawyers argued that she was born brain-damaged & was too mentally ill to be executed. As a child she was routinely sexually & physically abused #EndTheDeathPenalty Amnesty UK anti death penalty project bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…

NEW: more than 100 attorneys, judges, and criminal justice advocates have authored a letter calling on President Donald J. Trump to commute the sentences of every individual on death row.

Virginia is set to be the first southern US state to abolish the #deathpenalty - having made 113 executions since 1976, second only to Texas. This is a significant move and “encapsulates the slow death of the American death penalty”. Brandon Garrett time.com/5937804/virgin…

“Of my 30 years in prison, my worst moment was the first of three times that I was taken to the condemn cell to face the gallows. They weighed me to determine how much weight to put on for me to hang.” Earl Pratt, former #deathrow prisoner in Jamaica. 1/2

Huge news! Malawi becomes the latest country to abolish the death penalty. #MalawiDeathPenalty #EndExecutions #AbolishTheDeathPenalty #HumanRights

Reminder- 21st September at 7pm *Remembering Troy Davis event* chaired by Kim Manning-Cooper… link to the event: tinyurl.com/troy10yrs