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Sophie Elizabeth
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(She/They) East Coast Girl - Midwest transplant - Capital Mitigation Specialist - MSW from @PennSP2 -COVID Long Hauler - Horror nerd - Lover of tattoos
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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
79% of Democrats support clemency
67% of Independents support clemency
53% of Republicans support clemency
“The data show strong support for clemency across all political affiliations, indicating broad public concern about the evidence and process in this case”

socialecology.uci.edu/news/missour...
Missouri voters show strong bipartisan support for clemency in Lance Shockley death penalty case | School of Social Ecology
Survey reveals residents favor commuting death sentence to life imprisonment
socialecology.uci.edu
October 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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"When I go to Holman, I want to speak with Mr. West heart to heart. I want to tell him I forgive him, that my mother forgives him, and that God loves him."

🗞️Read more of Will Berry's inspiring testimony of forgiveness 👉 thespectator.com/topic/dont-e...
Don't execute my mother's killer, I forgive him
I do not want the state of Alabama to kill Geoffrey West who shot and killed my mother while robbing the gas station where she worked
thespectator.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class.

This is Kirk's legacy.

You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
September 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“Executing Lance Shockley under these circumstances would not only extinguish a life but erode public trust in the justice system.” – Jeremy Weis, Shockley’s lead attorney

davisvanguard.org/2025/08/lanc...
Time Running Out: Missouri to Execute Lance Shockley Despite Jury Misconduct, Untested DNA, and Judicial Override - Davis Vanguard
Missouri is set to execute Lance Shockley on October 14, 2025, despite questions about jury misconduct, untested DNA evidence, and a judicial override, prompting supporters to call on Governor Mike Ke...
davisvanguard.org
August 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Having grown up with the aftermath of m*rder and loss, Jennifer Herron urges compassion over retribution—calling on Utah to spare Ralph Menzies’s life and choose d3ath by incarceration over ex3cution.

www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
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 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Folks are there to do their time — not to be baked alive.
With sealed windows, no AC, and concrete that traps heat, prisons become d*ath traps as temperatures rise. 🌡️
Climate change is exposing the cruelty of how we build and maintain these places.

www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...
Scorching cells
How heat threatens lives in America’s prisons
www.reuters.com
August 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Lance Shockley has spent over 20 years on death row for a crime he’s always maintained he
didn’t commit. His life is now hanging by a thread. Please read his story and take action:
www.iStandWithLance.com. Your voice could help save a life
Stand with Lance | Support Justice Now
Join the campaign for Lance Shockley's clemency. Learn about his case, innocence claims, and how you can help advocate for justice before the October 2025 execution.
www.iStandWithLance.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:09 AM
“Irony is dead”
December 12, 2024 at 6:50 PM
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End of an era.

Thank you for everything. You will always be part of the #SportingKC family! 💙💙💙
November 14, 2024 at 6:21 PM