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Felony Murder Elimination Project

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Non-profit organization of concerned residents organizing to bring an end to the felony murder rule and its harsh and disproportionate sentencing. https://fmeproject.org

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Crime Survivors Parole Reform Research Project Focus Group - Felony Murder Elimination Project Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice hosts Crime Survivors Parole Reform Research Project Focus Group Saturday November 1st in Compton, CA.

Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice hosts a Crime Survivors Parole Reform Research Project Focus Group Saturday November 1st in Compton CA from 2p-330p PT.

Details, registration information
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28.10.2025 21:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Help Us to Protect New Mexico Second Chances Law - Felony Murder Elimination Project FMEP asks supporters to help protect New Mexico Second Chances legislation from action that would see paroled persons returned to prison.

FMEP asks supporters to help protect a New Mexico #SecondChances law from potential action that could see people paroled from life sentences for crimes committed as youth being called back to prison.
Details on how you can prevent this injustice.
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24.10.2025 22:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Documentary Highlights the Injustice of Cash Bail System - Felony Murder Elimination Project Documentarian Robe Imbriano directed an animated musical documentary short film "Criminal," confronting the injustice of the cash-bail system

Documentary filmmaker Robe Imbriano is the director of a recent animated musical documentary short film titled "Criminal," which confronts the injustice of the cash-bail system and overcrowding at the Harris County Jail in Houston, Texas.

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22.10.2025 21:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Alabama Man Convicted on Clashing Eyewitness Testimony Set to Be Executed This Week - Felony Murder Elimination Project Alabama plans to execute Anthony Boyd on October 23, despite the conviction heavily relying on clashing eyewitness testimony.

The State of Alabama plans to execute Anthony Boyd using a controversial method of nitrogen suffocation on October 23, despite the conviction heavily relying on clashing eyewitness testimony during his trial.
#abolishthedeathpenalty
#wrongfullyconvicted

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21.10.2025 21:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Marshall Project - Can Biometrics Prevent Prison Deaths? - Felony Murder Elimination Project With mortality rates 50% higher for people in prison than people in the wider community, can the use of Biometrics prevent prison deaths?

Authorities bear a responsibility for people in prison in assuming duty of care. With mortality rates 50% higher for people in prison than people in the wider community, can the use of biometric devices prevent prison deaths?

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20.10.2025 21:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Drop LWOP Coalition Resentencing Guide - Felony Murder Elimination Project The Drop LWOP Coalition is exited to share the Drop LWOP Coalition Resentencing Guide with our supporters and advocates.

As part of the Drop LWOP Coalition, FMEP is excited to share the Drop LWOP Coalition Resentencing Guide with our supporters. The guide was created in collaboration with people sentenced to LWOP & the UC Berkeley School of Law Criminal Law & Justice Center.
#dropLWOP
#sentencingreform
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18.10.2025 19:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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"Tough on Crime" Legislation in Arkansas is Changing How Residents View Mass Incarceration - Felony Murder Elimination Project After the 2023 "Protect Arkansas Act" was passed, prison overcrowding and secretive plans for new prison facilities is changing how residents view mass incarceration.

Two years after the "Protect Arkansas Act" was passed in 2023 cloaked in "Tough on Crime" rhetoric, the resulting prison overcrowding & secretive state plans for added prison facilities is changing how many of the State's residents view #massincarceration

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17.10.2025 21:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New California Law Set to Increase Incarcerated Firefighter Pay - Felony Murder Elimination Project On Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law legislation that will increase incarcerated firefighter pay.

On Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law legislation that will significantly increase incarcerated firefighter pay. Previously, the state was paying $1 an hour to fight active wildfires, plus a daily rate ranging from $5.80 and $10.24.
#PrisonLabor
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16.10.2025 21:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Recently Released from Prison, Minnesotan Completes Marathon - Felony Murder Elimination Project Recently released from prison, Andre Anderson crossed the finish line of the Twin Cities Marathon this Sunday.

Recently released from prison in Minnesota, Andre Anderson crossed the finish line of the Twin Cities Marathon this Sunday. Anderson used his time incarcerated to train to be an ultra-marathoner and care for his mental health.

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13.10.2025 22:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Banned Books Week: Prison Book Ban Threatens Rehabilitation and Fuels Injustice - Felony Murder Elimination Project For Banned Books Week, we feature "Prison Book Ban Threatens Rehabilitation & Fuels Injustice" by Shakeil Price, incarcerated in New Jersey.

For #BannedBooksWeek we feature "Prison Book Ban Threatens Rehabilitation & Fuels Injustice" by Shakeil Price, an incarcerated writer in NJ, and appears on the Prison Writers website.

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10.10.2025 22:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Robert Roberson Granted Stay of Execution - Felony Murder Elimination Project On Thursday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ordered Robert Roberson be granted a stay of execution, which was scheduled in seven days.

On Thursday, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ordered Robert Roberson be granted a stay of execution, set for a week from today. The case is remanded to county court to consider the validity of the case as related to the debunked theory of shaken baby syndrome.

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09.10.2025 20:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Women's Justice Commission - Improving Outcomes for Women at Front-End of the Justice System - Felony Murder Elimination Project The Women’s Justice Commission's study "Stronger Families, Safer Communities" seeks to improve outcomes for system-impacted women.

From the Council on Criminal Justice, the Women's Justice Commission's study "Stronger Families, Safer Communities" seeks to improve outcomes for front-end, system-impacted women.
#womeninprison
#strongerfamiliessafercommunities

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08.10.2025 21:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Progress Update - Governor Newsom: Sign AB572 to Protect Grieving Families From Coercive Police Interrogations - Felony Murder Elimination Project FMEP calls on supporters to help us tell Governor Newsom; sign AB572 to protect grieving families from coercive police interrogations.

This bill is so important that FMEP wants to remind our supporters why @gavinnewsom.bsky.social needs to sign AB 572; legislation to protect grieving families from coercive police interrogations.

The petition has 879 signatures. Help us kick it over 1000 today.

bit.ly/4gWtBX4

07.10.2025 20:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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ACTION ALERT: Help Us Tell Governor Newsom - Sign AB572 to Protect Grieving Families From Coercive Police Interrogations - Felony Murder Elimination Project FMEP calls on supporters to help us tell Governor Newsom; sign AB572 to protect grieving families from coercive police interrogations.

ACTION ALERT 📣📣📣
Felony Murder Elimination Project calls on our advocates and supporters to help us tell Governor Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social

Sign #AB572 to protect grieving families from coercive police interrogations.

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04.10.2025 00:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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California Counties Are Failing to Inspect ICE Facilities Despite Being Granted Authority - Felony Murder Elimination Project Despite the authority to do so, some California counites are failing to inspect federal ICE facilities located in their jurisdictions.

ICE has had six detention centers in California, all of them privately-owned. Despite being granted the authority to do so, some California counites are failing to inspect federal ICE facilities located in their jurisdictions.

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02.10.2025 21:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Act NOW: Urge the State of Texas to Stop Robert Roberson’s Execution - Felony Murder Elimination Project Take action now and urge the State of Texas to stop Robert Roberson's execution, scheduled for October 16th.

TAKE ACTION-Stop Robert Roberson's execution, scheduled for October 16th, the 1st time in the US where a person would be executed for a conviction based on the debunked shaken baby syndrome theory; a horrific miscarriage of justice.
#abolishthedeathpenalty

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01.10.2025 21:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ending Isolation: The Case Against Solitary Confinement - Felony Murder Elimination Project Released this month, Ending Isolation: The Case Against Solitary Confinement, discusses damage inflicted in the use of solitary confinement.

This month marks the release of Ending Isolation: The Case Against Solitary Confinement. The book provides firsthand accounts of years spent in #solitaryconfinement & the damage inflicted through use of this barbaric practice.
#abolishsolitaryconfinement

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29.09.2025 21:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Take Action - Los Angeles County Defenders Are Under Attack - Felony Murder Elimination Project FMEP asks supporters to push back against budget cuts to the LA County Public Defenders Office, a vital, constitutionally-mandated service.

FMEP asks supporters to push back against budget cuts to the LA County Public Defenders Office - a vital, constitutionally-mandated service - while DA, Sheriff, and Probation budgets are untouched.

This is injustice by design.
@lapubdefunion.bsky.social
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26.09.2025 21:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Report - Second Look Policies Reform California's Approaches to Incarceration - Felony Murder Elimination Project Second Look policies reform California's approach to incarceration; the data shows low recidivism rates while reducing prison overcrowding.

Second Look policies reform California's approach to incarceration; the data shows low recidivism rates while reducing prison overcrowding.

Don’t be fooled by fear-based rhetoric that states otherwise.
#SecondChances
#endmassincarceration

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25.09.2025 21:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Reality of Prison Mental Health Care - Felony Murder Elimination Project People with mental illness are overrepresented in US prisons stressing the need for evidenced-based, consistent prison mental health services

People with mental illness are overrepresented in US prisons stressing the need for evidenced-based, consistent prison mental health services.
From @scalawagmagazine.bsky.social - incarcerated journalist Lanae Tipton writes about the reality of prison mental health care.
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24.09.2025 20:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Brian Pippitt is Innocent; Why is He Still in Prison? - Felony Murder Elimination Project A year and a half after the Minnesota Conviction Review Unit recommended 61-year-old Brian Pippit be exonerated, he remains incarcerated.

A year and a half after the Minnesota Conviction Review Unit recommended 61-year-old Brian Pippitt be exonerated, he remains incarcerated.

Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General @keithellison.bsky.social - why?

#wrongfullyconvicted
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22.09.2025 20:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Urge Governor Gavin Newsom to Sign AB 1261 - Legal Representation for Unaccompanied Minors - Felony Murder Elimination Project FMEP asks supporters to urge Gavin Newsom to sign AB1261, which expands access to counsel for immigrant youth in CA facing deportation.

FMEP asks supporters to urge
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social to sign AB 1261 (Bonta D-18) Legal Representation for Unaccompanied Minors, which expands access to counsel to immigrant youth in CA facing deportation.
Toolkit w/ social media graphics and sample posts, sample letters inside
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19.09.2025 21:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Action Alert: Sign the Petition Seeking Clemency for Joseph Navarrete - Felony Murder Elimination Project FMEP is asking our supporters and advocates to take action today and sign a change.org petition seeking clemency for Joseph Navarette.

ACTION ALERT 📣📣📣FMEP is asking our supporters and advocates to take action today and sign a petition seeking clemency for Joseph Navarette, incarcerated in California, who has served 31 years of a Death By Incarceration sentence.
#DropLWOP
#EndLWOP
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17.09.2025 20:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Barriers to Learning to Read in Prison - Voices of the Incarcerated - Felony Murder Elimination Project Literacy levels, criminality and recidivism are intersected, but barriers to learning to read in prison are more persistent than ever.

Literacy levels, criminality and recidivism are deeply connected, but the barriers to learning to read in prison are more persistent than ever.

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16.09.2025 20:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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CDCR Testing Cell Cooling Projects - Felony Murder Elimination Project CDCR is testing cell cooling projects at three CDCR facilities with the goal to reduce cell temperatures to 78F.

California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
@cacorrections.bsky.social
is testing cell cooling projects at three facilities with the goal to reduce cell temperatures to 78F. But don’t expect prisons to become air conditioned anytime soon.
#climatejustice
#cruelandunusual
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15.09.2025 21:50 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Abolish Death By Incarceration - Virtual Event - Felony Murder Elimination Project FMEP invites supporters to attend Abolish Death by Incarceration, a virtual panel discussion on Tuesday September 16th at 5pm PT/ 8pm ET

FMEP invites supporters to attend Abolish Death by Incarceration, a virtual panel discussion on Tuesday September 16th at 5pm PT/ 8pm ET
#endLWOP
#dropLWOP
#sentencingreform

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12.09.2025 23:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sister Helen Prejean in California Advocating for Universal Clemency - Felony Murder Elimination Project Sister Helen Prejean is in California this week advocating for Universal Clemency, and calls on Governor Gavin Newsom to commute all CA death sentences.

Sister Helen Prejean is in California this week advocating for Universal Clemency, and calls on @governor.ca.gov to commute all California death sentences.
#clemencyNOW
#commutetherow
#abolishthedeathpenalty

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11.09.2025 20:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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UC-Riverside Report Finds ICE Raids Inflict Trauma on Children - Felony Murder Elimination Project A July 2025 report from the University of California - Riverside Medical School finds ICE raids inflict lasting trauma on children

A July 2025 report from the University of California - Riverside Medical School finds ICE raids inflict lasting trauma on children.
#ICEoutofSchools
#ICEoutofourCommunities

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10.09.2025 21:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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CDCR Proposed Regulations Public Comments Now Open - Felony Murder Elimination Project FMEP informs supporters and advocates the public comment period for CDCR proposed regulations is now open until Midnight PT October 21, 2025.

The public comment period for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)
proposed regulations is now open until 12a PT October 21, 2025.
FMEP strongly encourages our supporters and advocates to make their voices heard through this opportunity.
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08.09.2025 21:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Exonerees Urge Texas Officials to Prevent Wrongful Execution of Robert Roberson - Felony Murder Elimination Project 20 exonerees call on Texas authorities to prevent the wrongful execution of Robert Roberson, convicted under discredited Shaken Baby Syndrome.

20 exonerees call on Texas authorities to prevent the wrongful execution of #RobertRoberson, convicted under discredited Shaken Baby Syndrome.
@cifsjustice.org
#endthedeathpenalty
#wrongfullyconvicted
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05.09.2025 20:55 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

@endfelonymurder is following 20 prominent accounts