Harm
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Harm
@harmhamilton.bsky.social
PADP intern
Reposted by Harm
Yesterday, Trump signed an executive order directing the expansion of federal use of the death penalty and encouraging states to do the same.

The death penalty is unjust and cruel.
Trump signs death penalty order directing attorney general to help states get lethal injection drugs
President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping execution order on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take all necessary and lawful action” to ensure that states have enough lethal i...
apnews.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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“I do not think that God approves the death penalty for any crime. Capital punishment is against the better judgment of modern criminology, and, above all, against the highest expression of love in the nature of God.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. #MLKDay
Dr. Martin Luther King's Moral Opposition to the Death Penalty
To Dr. King, capital punishment was both wrong and misguided.
eji.org
January 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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I am not mad about Biden pardoning his son, I am mad about him ONLY pardoning his son.

There are thousands of petitions that have been sitting on his desk for his whole term, he promised to end the federal death penalty, + all the crack v. powder folks still sitting in prison

Disappointing!
December 2, 2024 at 1:07 AM
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What’s really shocking when you first realize it is the degree to which the death penalty really is concentrated in no more than a dozen COUNTIES nationwide that account for the huge share of death sentences — not even states at large. It’s like a few DAs like this here and there filling death rows.
A DA in Western Pennsylvania, up for reelection in 10 days, is facing criticism on how often he pursues death sentences. His county makes up just 2% of the state's population, but it accounts for about a quarter of the state’s active death penalty cases.
Western Pennsylvania Prosecutor Makes His County an Epicenter for the Death Penalty
Washington County accounts for about a quarter of the state’s active death penalty cases under Jason Walsh, who became DA in 2021 and is seeking a full term this month.
boltsmag.org
October 28, 2023 at 11:00 PM
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Opponents of the death penalty are bracing for Donald Trump’s return to the White House, fearing it will herald a new round of federal executions in an echo of the final months of the president-elect’s first administration.
What Donald Trump’s election could mean for the federal death penalty | CNN
Opponents of the death penalty are bracing for Donald Trump’s return to the White House, fearing it will herald a new round of federal executions in an echo of the final months of the president-elect’...
cnn.it
November 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM