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Pennsylvanians Against the Death Penalty
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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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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.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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"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...
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...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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"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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December 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Well done @governor.pa.gov #NoDeathPenaltyPA
December 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Join us tonight! Free virtual event, 7 pm ET. www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conversa...
December 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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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
November 19, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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👋👋 Hey there! We are the U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty, and we just launched TODAY.

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

💡Learn more about what we do here: enddeathpenalty.org?utm_source=b...
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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October 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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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...
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
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October 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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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
October 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Thank you Amnesty USA for a great time at the Mid-Atlantic RAC! See you next time. #NoDeathPenaltyPA #NoALaPenaDeMuertePA #deathpenalty #abolition @amnesty.org
October 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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First two episodes out now!
October 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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September 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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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
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.
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September 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Tonight! Register here: eventbrite.com/e/when-the-d... #NoDeathPenaltyPA #NoALaPenaDeMuertePA #deathpenalty #abolition #justice
September 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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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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September 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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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.”
#nodeathpenaltypa #NoALaPenaDeMuertePA
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August 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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"For 23 years, I've been sitting here trapped in a box where the days just tick away, the walls closing in like a trash compactor crushing all hopes, dreams, and life. I paint to heal and survive. This is my art. This is my story." -Daniel Gwynn. Tonight, 7PM, webinar. Register: buff.ly/YOu1nrB
June 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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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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June 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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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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December 3, 2024 at 7:05 PM
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COMMUTE THE SENTENCES OF EVERYONE ON DEATH ROW
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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...
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November 23, 2024 at 4:33 AM
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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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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.
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November 21, 2024 at 8:16 PM
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PA representative Mary Scanlon pushing Biden to save the lives of those on death row
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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...
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November 21, 2024 at 8:05 PM
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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.
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November 21, 2024 at 5:09 PM
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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.
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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November 20, 2024 at 6:47 PM
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Philadelphia City Council has called for the PA State Senate to pass the Death Penalty Repeal Bill
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Resolution 240904
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November 20, 2024 at 12:38 AM