Sister Helen Prejean
@helenprejean
Mastodon: @[email protected]. Anti-death penalty activist, spiritual adviser to men and women on death row. Author of Dead Man Walking.
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http://www.sisterhelen.org/ 15-03-2008 19:57:38
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'Kenneth Smith is being executed, despite the fact that 11 of the 12 jurors in his case voted for life. So this is a person who never should have been sentenced to death in the first place,' Robert Dunham said. PHADP Alabama Arise #Alabama #deathpenalty
“With a real attorney, a real investigation team, we’ve been able to discredit the case.”
But despite the new evidence casting doubt on his conviction, #Texas is still set to put this man to death, reports Staff Writer Michelle Pitcher:
texasobserver.org/ivan-cantu-is-…
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Federal judge says Alabama can conduct nation’s 1st execution with nitrogen gas; appeal planned. Kenneth Smith's trial judge had overridden the jury's 11-1 recommendation of a life sentence. apnews.com/article/alabam… The Associated Press Kim Chandler PHADP Equal Justice Initiative The Woods Foundation #deathpenalty
Thanks to Kim Kardashian for spreading the word about Toforest Johnson's wrongful conviction in Alabama: al.com/news/birmingha…
Anthony Ray Hinton spent 30 years wrongly on death row. This week the Atlanta Falcons honored him as their 2023 Inspire Change Changemaker! “Since being exonerated, Mr. Hinton works tirelessly to ensure what happened to him doesn’t happen to others.”
At 15, Shane Kendall, an autistic child with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, allegedly shot his mom. Despite his age and disabilities, prosecutors charged him, as an adult, w/ murder. At 18, he died at the Fulton County Jail. New from Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg. theappeal.org/fulton-county-…
Wanna make a man on death row’s day really special? Please wish Rodney Reed a happy birthday! Friday night. 9-11pm CST. 1-713-526-5738 option 2. 90.1 FM KPFT Houston. 🎂 #ThePrisonShow .