Texas Defender Service
@texdefender
We fight for the end of mass incarceration and excessive punishment in Texas through direct representation, policy reform, and public education.
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Grits for Breakfast
@grits4breakfast
Scott Henson. Ck out my new noir microhistory zine, "Icarus in Heels and Fur." On sale here: gfbpubs.com/product/icarus…
Sister Helen Prejean
@helenprejean
Let's end the death penalty! I'm the author of Dead Man Walking. Read the book (graphic version out in 2025), see the movie and the opera, and take action!
Radley Balko
@radleybalko
Investigative journalist. Journalism fellow: Quattrone Center. Books: Rise of the Warrior Cop, Cadaver King and the Country Dentist. Honorary Duckmaster.
Innocence Project
@innocence
We work to help free innocent people from prison and transform the criminal legal system.
TMF
@tmftx
Trey Martinez Fischer • Texas State Representative, House District 116 • Dean, Bexar County Delegation • Democrat • Father of Two #Fight4SA
Ms. Turnage Young
@msturnageyoung
Civil Rights Attorney @NAACP_LDF (tweets and RTs are my own)
Chris “Law Dork” Geidner
@chrisgeidner
Subscribe to Law Dork to get my SCOTUS and other legal news. / Email: [email protected] / Signal: crg.32 / Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Buckeye. (He/him.)
Southern Coalition for Social Justice
@scsj
Find us on: IG: @scsjofficial Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/scsjof…
Courtney Gross
@courtneycgross
Investigative reporter at NY1 News. Podcasting about politics on #NY1OffTopic. DM me with tips.
Scott Hechinger
@scotthech
Civil rights attorney. Longtime public defender. Dad. Executive Director, Zealous. Fighting everyday to share the truth about public health & safety.
Jennifer Soble
@jsoble1
Committed optimist and champion of decarceration. Founder & ED of @ILPrisonProject & @ippaction. Mom. Better lawyer than tweeter. We all need hope.
Rhiannon
@aywarhiannon
c’mon bro lets get liberated. former public defender. palestinian. seen some shit. @fivefourpod @popularcradle
Keri Blakinger
@keribla
Reporter @latimes. Fellow @newamerica. Priors: @marshallproj @HoustonChron @NYDailyNews. Author: Corrections in Ink. Journalist, felon. (I promise I don't bite)
Lacy Waller
@lacykwaller
Dana Rubinstein
@danarubinstein
Reporter at The New York Times. Drop me a line here: [email protected]. You can also find me here: bsky.app/profile/danaru…
Karen Tani (@kmtani.bsky.social)
@kmtani
Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor in History & Law @Penn. Blogs @legalhistory @lpeblog. Poverty, disability, rights, agencies, US state.
Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty
@madpmo
Statewide nonprofit working to #AbolishTheDeathPenalty and uplift those on #DeathRow in Missouri.
Bob Hardt
@bobhardt
New York Political Director for Spectrum News, Rockaway booster, big fan of lost causes including opera, horse racing, and the Buffalo Bills
Harris County Public Health #GetVaxxed
@hcphtx
Our mission is to protect and promote health and prevent disease and injury for everyone in Harris County!
Rich Calder
@rich_calder
Political reporter for @nypost Sunday edition. Room 9/City Hall alum. Also covering sports business. Long-suffering Jets season-ticket holder.
Catholic Mobilizing Network
@cmnendthedp
End the death penalty. Advance justice. Begin healing.
Shant Shahrigian
@shantrs
Director of American University of Armenia's (@AUAtweets) new Center for Excellence in Journalism. Views here are my own, not AUA's.
Pamela Colloff
@pamelacolloff
@propublica reporter + @NYTMag staff writer. Texas-based criminal justice reporter, storyteller, curious person. At work on a book for Knopf.
International Commission against the Death Penalty
@icomdp
The International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) is an independent body that promotes the worldwide abolition of capital punishment.
@jeffcmays.bsky.social
@jeffcmays
Metro politics reporter @nytimes.com [email protected] Here: bsky.app/profile/jeffcm…
Maurice Chammah🍹🎻
@mauricechammah
Journalist at @MarshallProj. Author of Let the Lord Sort Them. Writing a memoir probably called Arab/Jew. Host of podcast Just Say You’re Sorry.
Steve Vladeck
@steve_vladeck
@ksvesq’s husband; father of daughters; prof. @GeorgetownLaw; #SCOTUS nerd @CNN & stevevladeck.com; NYT bestseller: tinyurl.com/shadowdocket; #LGM
ADPAN
@adpanetwork
ADPAN is a regional network committed to the abolition of the death penalty in the Asia Pacific. Reposts, likes, & replies are not necessarily endorsements.
Jamelia Morgan
@jamelianmorgan
Prof @NorthwesternLaw, Board Pres @AbolitionistLC, Board Member @RightsBehind. Fac. Dir. @NLawCRDJ. Researching race, disability, policing & prisons (she/her)
Attika Ghalem
@attika_t
Anti-death penalty activist • Founder/Member of: facebook.com/groups/nodeath… • All my links, Visit: linktr.ee/attikat
IL Innocence Project
@innocenceil
The Illinois Innocence Project is based at the University of Illinois Springfield and seeks to exonerate the innocent through DNA testing and investigation.
Meghan J. Ryan
@meghanjryan
Law Professor at SMU focused on torts, law & science, and criminal law & procedure.
Emma Whitford
@emma_a_whitford
Now: sr. reporter @mlexclusive covering AI regulation. Member @mlexguild. Then: @CityLimitsNews covering housing. Before: @RealEstLaw360, @Gothamist.
J ®️od
@commishjrod
Justin Rodriguez • Bexar County Commissioner, Pct 2 • Lawyer • Proud dad • prior: #txlege • IG: @commishjrod #PorVida
Kelsey Reichmann
@kelseyreichmann
SCOTUS and Politics reporter @CourthouseNews, come for the legal news, stay for the cat photos; contact: [email protected] signal: @kreichmann.13
Nicole Sealey
@nic_sealey
Poet.
pdx law grrrl
@pdxlawgrrrl
Attorney. End mass criminalization. Keep protesting.
Tiana Clark
@tianaclarkpoet
Poet & Essayist • @smithcollege Poet-in-Residence • Author of I Can't Talk About the Trees Without the Blood. Forthcoming: Scorched Earth (March 4, 2025!!!).
Sophia Lin Lakin
@sophlin229
director, @aclu voting rights project. #leapdaybaby. also on threads under same handle. all the usual disclaimers.
Jocelyn Simonson
@j_simonson
law professor @BrooklynLaw. order my book, Radical Acts of Justice! thenewpress.com/books/radical-…
The Marshall Project
@marshallproj
criminal justice news. nonpartisan. nonprofit. nonpaywall. 📨 sign up for our newsletters: themarshallproject.org/newsletters
Lauren Gill
@laurenk_gill
writing about criminal justice and voting rights @boltsmag. [email protected]. DM for Signal. Bluesky: @laurengill.bsky.social
Michelle Pitcher
@michellepitcher
michellepitcher.bsky.social @TexasObserver | I have a Pulitzer lol | @UCBSOJ
Alec Karakatsanis
@equalityalec
founder, @CivRightsCorps civil rights lawyer author of usual cruelty (2019) and copaganda (forthcoming 2025) views here are my own, not civil rights corps
Johnathan Smith
@smith_johnj
Civil rights lawyer. MJC.Former deputy assistant attorney general, senior counsel, DOJ @CivilRights Division & attorney @NAACP_LDF. Dad. Tweets are mine own.
Janel George
@jg4justice
Writer | Assoc. Prof. of Law @GeorgetownLaw | Public Pol. | Education | CRT | Alumna @SpelmanCollege | Alum @NAACP_LDF| @ABA_CRSJ Cncl. |she/her |Tweets my own
AmnestyAixenProvence
@amnestyaixenpce
Steven A Drizin
@sdrizin
Co-Director@NorthwesternCWC; Clinical Law Prof @NorthwesternLaw; Writes abt. police interrogations, false confessions & wrongful convictions #MakingaMurderer
Robert Dunham
@rdunhamdp
Special counsel @PhillipsBlackPr; Director, DP Policy Project; adjunct prof. @TempleLaw. B.A. @Penn; J.D. @GeorgetownLaw. Formerly @DPInfoCtr Exec. Dir.
TAJ
@texasadvocates
Texas Advocates for Justice aims to end the criminalization of our communities, demolish barriers to reentry in TX & end the legacy of racism in the CJ system.
Secrets from a Prison Cell
@cellsecrets
Managed by a Former Insider: who posts Tweets from the author and himself. To order the book:wipfandstock.com/9781666766059/…
REFORM Alliance
@reform
National advocacy organization focused on transforming probation and parole by changing laws, systems, and culture.
Karine Omry
@karineomry
Life lover, anti death penalty activist Co-Founder of deathrowsoulcollective.com
DA José Garza
@josepgarza
Justin Murray
@justinnyls
lawprof @nylawschool | former public defender @pdsdc | focused on prosecutors, criminal appeals/habeas, parenting, chess, mentoring incredible people
Brittni Downs
@pubdef_britt
• a stream of consciousness from the mind of a true believer •📍Charles Co. • #PDLife • #EndMassIncarceration • #BlackLivesMatter • tweets/opinions = mine only.
NASW Texas Advocacy
@naswtx_advocacy
Official @NASWTX Advocacy Account, advocating for social workers and the clients they serve! Rts ≠ endorsements. Y'all means all. 🤠 NASW-TX
L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty
@jews4abolition
Cantor Michael Zoosman (Hospital Chaplain, Former Prison Chaplain, Co-Founder - L’chaim!) facebook.com/groups/9962054…
Marie Campbell
@jessiescott44
Mother of incarcerated son who is looking for those who are directly or indirectly impacted by this sham called prison. Say it loud, Change-Reform this mess🗣️
Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance
@lionessjiwa
We work to end the incarceration & systemic devaluation of our people while building power in our communities!
flocc
@floccjustice
The Faith Leaders of Color Coalition (flocc) is an interfaith Black/Indigenous community dedicated to abolishing the death penalty in America.
Maggie Luna
@maggiealuna
Reform Now
@reformnow7
I am a criminal justice reform activist.
Kristine Bunch
@kristine_bunch
Exonerated in 2012, I am using my experience to assist others. Wrongful Convictions need to be stopped around the world.
Sunita Patel
@profspatel
UCLA School of Law, thinker, writer, and social justice lawyer. All views my own. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/Ab…
Death Penalty Action
@deathpenaltyact
Death Penalty Action provides high visibility anti-death penalty resources, support, educational and direct-action events and activities.
Chiara Eisner 🎤
@chiaraeisner
Investigative Reporter @NPR. Reach out via [email protected], [email protected] or 803 814 4464. Reporting 🗣 en español & português. Signal: ceis.78
Michele
@michelejo49
Trying to do better in life. I have Osteoarthritis,I have Recently started to lose my ability to walk unaided. It is what it is.
Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 🇵🇸
@elizabethweill
Senior Reporter @theappeal covering prisons/jails. Bylines: Scalawag, NY Focus, The Nation, Truthout. Free 🇵🇸. Anti-Zionist Jew. @elizabethweill.bsky.social