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Greetings! I'm Abe Bonowitz, co-founder and executive director of @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social - We provide action tools for everyday people to oppose every scheduled judicial execution in the United States. Check us out on bsky and on our web page at DeathPenaltyAction.org
Jennifer Herron in the Deseret News: Opinion:
Death by incarceration is enough
www.deseret.com/opinion/2025... #RalphMenzies #StopExecutions
@deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social
Death by incarceration is enough
www.deseret.com/opinion/2025... #RalphMenzies #StopExecutions
@deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social
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.
www.deseret.com
August 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Jennifer Herron in the Deseret News: Opinion:
Death by incarceration is enough
www.deseret.com/opinion/2025... #RalphMenzies #StopExecutions
@deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social
Death by incarceration is enough
www.deseret.com/opinion/2025... #RalphMenzies #StopExecutions
@deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social
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🔥 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...
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
open.spotify.com
July 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
🔥 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...
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...
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July 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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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.
July 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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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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. 👇
July 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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. 👇
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...
bit.ly
July 12, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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
#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...
bit.ly
July 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
#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
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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:
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“…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.
www.msnbc.com
July 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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/...
“…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/...
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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.
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.
July 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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.
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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🎉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
news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar...
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
news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar...
July 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
🎉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
news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar...
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
news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar...
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.
www.kickstarter.com
July 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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...
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...
theonion.com
June 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing — theonion.com/protesters-u...
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...
myrgv.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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
“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...
www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/c...
April 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“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...
www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/c...
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"Wake Up America!"
April 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
"Wake Up America!"
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📣 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
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
Abolition.org
April 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
📣 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
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
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💥 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.
Your presence sent a loud and clear message: We oppose the federal government’s push for a d@ath s3ntence in this case.
April 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
💥 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.
Your presence sent a loud and clear message: We oppose the federal government’s push for a d@ath s3ntence in this case.
"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.
www.newsweek.com/luigi-mangio...
www.newsweek.com/luigi-mangio...
April 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"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.
www.newsweek.com/luigi-mangio...
www.newsweek.com/luigi-mangio...
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...
theonion.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Man Who Bumped Tesla While Parallel Parking Sentenced To Death — theonion.com/man-who-bump...
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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
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March 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The time to #DOGEtheDeathPenalty is NOW! There is no government system that is more ineffective and wasteful than cap!tal punishm*nt.
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"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
- Pete Hegseth on Hillary Clinton in 2016
March 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
"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
- Pete Hegseth on Hillary Clinton in 2016
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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.
March 8, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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.
After Nine Execution Dates and Three Last Meals, Richard Glossip May Soon Walk Free
theintercept.com/2025/02/27/r...
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.
theintercept.com
March 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
After Nine Execution Dates and Three Last Meals, Richard Glossip May Soon Walk Free
theintercept.com/2025/02/27/r...
theintercept.com/2025/02/27/r...
Gov. Ivey commutes Robin Myers’ death sentence to life without parole, pointing to lack of evidence alabamareflector.com/2025/02/28/g...
Gov. Ivey commutes Robin Myers’ death sentence to life without parole, pointing to lack of evidence • Alabama Reflector
Gov. Kay Ivey commutes the death sentence of Robin "Rocky" Myers after she expresses concerns with conviction.
alabamareflector.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Gov. Ivey commutes Robin Myers’ death sentence to life without parole, pointing to lack of evidence alabamareflector.com/2025/02/28/g...