Pennsylvanians Against the Death Penalty

Tommy Lee Walker, the Black Dallas Man Executed for 1954 Murder, Declared Innocent 70 years after his death, a panel of experts and advocates outlined the ways in which racial bias led to Walker’s unjust conviction.

“I’m 72 years old, and I still miss my daddy,” www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-... @amnesty.org

Shapiro's Death Penalty Reprieve Marks a Shift in Pennsylvania's Capital Punishment Laws - Davis Vanguard Gov. Josh Shapiro issued his first death penalty reprieve, continuing Pennsylvania's moratorium on executions and reflecting a shift towards abolishing capital punishment, while urging the Legislature...

“This is the kind of misconduct that leads to increasing public distrust...and I think that it will continue the national trend that we’re seeing away from support for the death penalty,”
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Washington County focus of panel discussion on death penalty Referred to as a “hotspot of capital prosecution,” Washington County was the primary focus of a panel discussion hosted by an anti-death penalty group Tuesday morning. The Philadelphia-based Atlantic ...

Referred to as a “hotspot of capital prosecution,” Washington County was the primary focus of a panel discussion hosted by an anti-death penalty group Tuesday morning. #NoDeathPenaltyPA @rdunhamdp.bsky.social @wtiusa.bsky.social
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Advocates push to end death penalty as Shapiro issues first reprieve, continuing moratorium While Pennsylvania has a lengthy list of inmates nominally on death row, the state hasn't actually executed anyone since 1999.

Shapiro “is taking the kind of leadership that we expect people with a strong moral compass and a strong understanding of public policy” to be assuming. #NoDeathPenaltyPA
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Death penalty trends show divide between public and officials When Burgettstown resident Joshua George was charged with the 2022 death of his 6-month-old son, the Washington County District Attorney’s office sought the death penalty. George, 40, was acquit...

"when you are faced with the death sentence and convicted and accused of killing a family member...you know what your death date is, and sitting there waiting to die is one of the worst things,” #NoDeathPenaltyPA @rdunhamdp.bsky.social @wtiusa.bsky.social triblive.com/local/region...

"I have seen the toll this takes... it is not elected officials who absorb the consequences. It is prison staff...They are the ones who carry the memories long after the chamber is cleaned and the state moves on."

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Well done @governor.pa.gov #NoDeathPenaltyPA

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Prof Baumgartner joins PADP to discuss Deadly Justice. Free, virtual event Dec 11 @ 7 pm ET. www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conversa... #NoDeathPenaltyPA #NoALaPenaDeMuertePA #deathpenalty #abolition

Home | U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty United to end the death penalty After decades of progress for our movement, a coordinated effort now seeks to expand and normalize the death penalty. Our coalition of 50+ partners has a strategy to pu...

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Our new nationwide campaign unites 50+ organizations all working towards the shared goal of ending the death penalty.

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Robert Roberson's Execution is Stayed by The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Roberson Was Scheduled to Be Executed on October 16 Despite Overwhelming Evidence of Innocence

BREAKING NEWS: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a STAY in hashtag#RobertRoberson’s case, just seven days before his scheduled execution. innocenceproject.org/news/texas-c...

Don't let Texas execute #RobertRoberson — an innocent man — on Oct. 16. Call Gov. Abbott right now at 737-277-6778. Find a call script here: bit.ly/4gSqZtA

Thank you Amnesty USA for a great time at the Mid-Atlantic RAC! See you next time. #NoDeathPenaltyPA #NoALaPenaDeMuertePA #deathpenalty #abolition @amnesty.org

First two episodes out now!

The Last Appeal – an original podcast from Dateline NBC’s Lester Holt Is Texas about to execute an innocent man? Lester Holt examines Robert Roberson’s controversial death row case.

Lester Holt investigates the urgent case of #RobertRoberson — an innocent Texas father facing execution Oct. 16 for a crime that never happened. Listen to new NBC Dateline podcast trailer here: www.nbcnews.com/thelastappeal

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Hope to see you tomorrow! Register for free to join the conversation. #NoDeathPenaltyPA #NoALaPenaDeMuertePA #deathpenalty #abolition #justice

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201st death row exoneree Robert Melock gets his Certificate of Innocence: “I am now work­ing on build­ing my life and rekin­dling my fam­i­ly rela­tion­ships.”
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The bill to abolish PA's death penalty received a boost this week from an unexpected source: the United Auto Workers union. @UAWregion9 has included death-penalty repeal in its lobbying efforts this week in Harrisburg. x.com/UAWregion9/s...
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For the first time, the State House Judiciary Committee passed a bill to eliminate the death penalty in our state. Donate to help turn the pause in executions into a complete end to capital punishment.
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Tell Alabama Governor Kay Ivey to Commute Rocky Myers’ Death Sentence Rocky Myers, a Black man, has been on death row in Alabama, USA, since 1994. A nearly all-white jury convicted and sentenced him to life without the possibility of parole for the murder of his white n...

COMMUTE THE SENTENCES OF EVERYONE ON DEATH ROW
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Texas Judge Finds Mother on Death Row Innocent in Daughter’s Death In a court filing, the judge said the conviction of Melissa Lucio, whose scheduled execution in 2022 was halted, should be overturned. The state’s highest criminal court will now decide.

Texas judge declared woman on death row since 2008 is INNOCENT. How many more innocent people will face the death penalty before the country makes a change?
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Scanlon among U.S House Dems calling for Biden to spare lives of federal death row inmates • Pennsylvania Capital-Star WASHINGTON — House Democrats and anti-death penalty advocates pressed Wednesday for President Joe Biden to save the lives of federal death row inmates before his term expires in January. The push come...

PA representative Mary Scanlon pushing Biden to save the lives of those on death row
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Urge President Biden to commute Billie Allen's death sentence and to clear federal death row. Time is short.
Billie Allen #commutetherow
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On Federal Death Row Since 1998, Seeking Justice Billie Jerome Allen has been on federal death row for well over half his life.

DP3 Study: After 1,600 Executions, the Public and Police are Safer in States with No Death Penalty If capital punishment serves a public safety purpose, having and using the death penalty should, over time, lower a state’s murder rates compared to states with no death penalty. It hasn't.

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DP3's recent study found that both the public AND police are safer in states WITHOUT the death penalty. Check out the study for more information.

Philadelphia City Council has called for the PA State Senate to pass the Death Penalty Repeal Bill
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Tell Alabama Governor Kay Ivey to Commute Rocky Myers’ Death Sentence Rocky Myers, a Black man, has been on death row in Alabama, USA, since 1994. A nearly all-white jury convicted and sentenced him to life without the possibility of parole for the murder of his white n...

FREE BILLIE ALLEN #freebillieallen @amnestyusa.bsky.social
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Support for death penalty falls to lowest level in decades: Gallup A majority of Millennials and Gen Zers do not support the death penalty.

Time to end the #deathpenalty #Biden. You are running out of time to commute the row. Do the right thing! thehill.com/regulation/c...