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abrahambonowitz.bsky.social @abrahambonowitz.bsky.social · Aug 16

Jennifer Herron in the Deseret News: Opinion:
Death by incarceration is enough
www.deseret.com/opinion/2025... #RalphMenzies #StopExecutions

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Opinion: Justice will not be served by taking another life

Jennifer Heron does not believe Ralph Menzies, who killed her mother, should be executed. Here's why.

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Death Penalty Action @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social · Jul 21

🔥 This episode is one you can’t afford to miss.

Abe and Alli from DPA break down myths, expose truths, and call out the system on Secrets of the Underworld. They get real about what it’s like to take on a system designed to destroy.

🎧 Tune in now: open.spotify.com/episode/470S...

Activists Taking on America's Death Penalty | Abraham Bonowitz & Alli Sullivan

Secrets of the Underworld · Episode

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Death Penalty Action @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social · Jul 22

Justice. Can't. Wait. 🔗 bit.ly/JusticeCantWaitDPA #JusticeCantWait #EndExecutions

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Death Penalty Action @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social · Jul 22

The d*ath penalty is too broken, too political, and too prone to abuse to be trusted.  There is no room for misconduct when life is on the line.

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Death Penalty Action @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social · Jul 22

THREAD🧵: When we talk about official misconduct in d*ath penalty cases, it’s not just about wrongful convictions.  It goes way deeper than that. 👇

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abrahambonowitz.bsky.social @abrahambonowitz.bsky.social · Jul 12

Time to kill another intellectually disabled prisoner with multiple health issues, in a wheelchair? Yep, #Tennessee plans to execute #BryonBlack on August 5, 2025: Sign & share the petition to help #StopExecutions : bit.ly/ByronBlack #EndTheDeathPenalty

Stop the Execution of Bryon Black in Tennessee

I signed a petition on Action Network telling Tennessee Governor Bill Lee to Stop the Execution of Bryon Black in Tennessee on August 5, 2025. Black was convicted for the 1989 murders of Angela Clay...

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abrahambonowitz.bsky.social @abrahambonowitz.bsky.social · Jul 9

#RalphMenzies is scheduled to be executed by #firingsquad in #Utah on 9/5/25. Please help #StopExecutions. Sign & share the @DeathPenaltyAct petition to stop the execution of bit.ly/RalphMenzies

Stop the Execution of Ralph Menzies in Utah

Ralph Menzies is scheduled to be executed on Sept 5, 2025 for the 1986 murder of Maurine Hunsaker. Menzies suffers from dementia and is insufficiently aware of why he is to be punished. It’s been 1...

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · Jul 8

OPINION by Ja’han Jones:

“…the administration seems to be using the agency (FEMA) as a means to assist people and places seen as friendly to Trump — and to punish those that aren’t.”

READ MORE:
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Trump’s response to flooding in Texas reflects glaring inequality

The president quickly committed vital funding for Republican-led Texas after last week's deadly flooding. But Democratic-led states haven’t always received the same treatment.

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Death Penalty Action @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social · Jul 6

32 years strong. 💪

THANK YOU to everyone who made this year’s Fast and Vigil so meaningful. You brought your pain. Your heart. Your hope. Your joy. And your commitment to forging a world without the death penalty.

This community is something truly special.❤️

Sacred stories. Sacred spaces.

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Death Penalty Action @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social · Jul 7

🎉FINALLY! "We hold that Appellant has a meritorious Schlup claim for actual innocence...."

WE CAN'T BELIEVE IT. Today is a tremendous day for #JustinWolfe and his family! Justin was on #Virginia's death row for years. #InnocenceMatters #JusticeForJustin

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abrahambonowitz.bsky.social @abrahambonowitz.bsky.social · Jul 8

I've chipped in. Please join me! Check out Shadow of a Doubt: The James Beathard Story by Christian Roper on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/chr...

Shadow of a Doubt: The James Beathard Story

25 years after James Beathard's wrongful execution, two human rights activists and a filmmaker join together to expose the truth.

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abrahambonowitz.bsky.social @abrahambonowitz.bsky.social · Jun 13

Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing — theonion.com/protesters-u...

Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing

LOS ANGELES—Responding to escalating clashes between civilian activists and militarized immigration authorities, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass publicly urged protesters Monday not to give the Trump adm...

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abrahambonowitz.bsky.social @abrahambonowitz.bsky.social · May 1

3 years after #MelissaLucio’s stay of execution, her fate still lies with appellate court myrgv.com/local-news/2... via @myrgvnews #FreeMelissaLucio @freemellucio #SaveMelissaLucio

3 years after Melissa Lucio’s stay of execution, her fate still lies with appellate court

Three years before Friday, Melissa Lucio was marked for death. Accused of the in July 2008 murder of her 2-year-old daughter, Mariah Alvarez, she was sitting on death row in hopes of avoiding what som...

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abrahambonowitz.bsky.social @abrahambonowitz.bsky.social · Apr 30

“The days of public hangings are long gone, but executions are perhaps the most invasive government program in existence. The media is the eyes and ears of the public, and as such they should witness every moment of the process.”
www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/c...

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EvilBunny Pottymouth Resists The Cultists every day! @mrsquirrel.bsky.social · Apr 26

"Wake Up America!"

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Death Penalty Action @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social · Apr 26

📣 Counting down to the 32nd Annual Starvin’ For Justice Fast & Vigil in Washington, DC!

Join us this summer for an energizing week of advocacy, community, and education right in front of the U.S. Supreme Court ✊

🗓️ Mark your calendars.

🔗 Learn more + register: Abolition.org

#StopExecutions

Abolitionist Action Committee

Co-founders Bill and Marietta

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Death Penalty Action @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social · Apr 26

💥 HUGE THANK YOU 💥 to our supporters who showed up outside yesterday’s hearing for #LuigiMangione in New York!

Your presence sent a loud and clear message: We oppose the federal government’s push for a d@ath s3ntence in this case.

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abrahambonowitz.bsky.social @abrahambonowitz.bsky.social · Apr 27

"Brian Thompson's life did not matter more than the lives of regular people who were simply out shopping while Brown," Bonowitz said, urging the Justice Department to reconsider and seek an alternative punishment if Mangione is convicted.

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abrahambonowitz.bsky.social @abrahambonowitz.bsky.social · Apr 15

Man Who Bumped Tesla While Parallel Parking Sentenced To Death — theonion.com/man-who-bump...

Man Who Bumped Tesla While Parallel Parking Sentenced To Death

WASHINGTON—Warning that even the slightest dent, knick, or scratch would henceforth be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday that Raymond Pratt, a 5...

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Death Penalty Action @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social · Mar 27

The time to #DOGEtheDeathPenalty is NOW! There is no government system that is more ineffective and wasteful than cap!tal punishm*nt.

Doge The Death Penalty

Subscribe to our channel here:https://www.youtube.com/c/DioceseofStAugustine?sub_confirmation=1Stay connected on social media:http://www.facebook.com/dosacat...

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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · Mar 25

"Any security professional - military, government, other than otherwise - would be fired on the spot for this type of conduct and criminally prosecuted for being so reckless with this kind of information."

- Pete Hegseth on Hillary Clinton in 2016

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abrahambonowitz.bsky.social @abrahambonowitz.bsky.social · Mar 27

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Doge The Death Penalty

YouTube video by Diocese of St. Augustine

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Death Penalty Action @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social · Mar 8

This evening the State of South Carolina murdered #BradSigmon for a crime he committed in 2001 using a method that has not been used in 15 years. His case highlighted the judicial system's maltreatment of people who have experienced trauma during childhood and those who live with mental illness.

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abrahambonowitz.bsky.social @abrahambonowitz.bsky.social · Mar 1

After Nine Execution Dates and Three Last Meals, Richard Glossip May Soon Walk Free
theintercept.com/2025/02/27/r...

After Nine Execution Dates and Three Last Meals, Richard Glossip May Soon Walk Free

After the Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Richard Glossip, his fate is in the hands of an Oklahoma City district attorney.

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abrahambonowitz.bsky.social @abrahambonowitz.bsky.social · Mar 1

“Many of us are convinced of his innocence and we are grateful and hope that Gov. Ivey will give similar attention to Toforest Johnson and Tommy Lane.”

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