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[high-def-max]

Please Take a Stand Against Execution

This link will take you to petitions against all of the executions scheduled this year in the United States.

If you see one taking place in your state, please call, tweet, or email your governor and ask them to grant clemency. Use the person’s name who is facing execution.

Most, if not all, of these people did commit crimes, but execution is little more than state sanctioned murder. The government should not be allowed to kill the “wrong” type of person. Many of these people are severely mentally ill, have brain injuries, or faced histories of child abuse and neglect. Many have all three. This does not excuse their crimes but they do not deserve to die.

The death penalty has a classist, ableist, and racist history and present. What’s more, the death penalty simply does not work as a deterrent. People still commit crimes that see them put on death row. The death penalty is not about the criminals, and it is not about the victims. It’s a way for a state to strike fear into the hearts of its population and it does nothing to lessen any sort of injustice.

Please sign and share a few petitions. If you can do more, I urge you to.

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[brettdoesdiscourse]

The conversation about the death penalty being wrong on the basis that a lot of innocent people are sentenced that way is a really good point. But the death penalty just being wrong, regardless of guilt or innocence, is also a good one.

#anti capital punishment #anti death penatly #death penalty mention #death penalty tw #prison industrial complex #discourse #social discourse #brett does discourse

[genderqueer-dream]

What are you reasoning for being against the death penalty? /g

Aside from the fact that approximately 4.1% of people sentenced to death in the United States are innocent?

The death penalty literally does not work as a deterrent. People still commit crimes that are punishable by death all the time.

Also, POC are disproportionately targeted by police, the prison system, and the death penalty. What percentage of people on death row right now are black? 41%. Black people in the United States make up 54% of wrongful convictions.

Mentally ill people are also targeted disproportionately. Especially mentally ill POC, and especially those who experience psychosis.

The death penalty also proves that prison in North America is about punishment and not rehabilitation. If you kill someone to drive home the point that killing is bad, not only are you a massive hypocrite but that lesson is completely lost on the person because they're dead.

Tldr: the death penalty is just as rooted in racism and hatred as the police system. Too many innocent people are "executed" (murdered) every year, guilty people don't deserve to be killed either.

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[one-time-i-dreamt]

I fucked up something on my learner’s permit and received the death penalty for it.

#dream #nightmare #driving #death penalty #death tw

[hyumjim]

Every time a verdict is handed down on some horrible killer a bunch of armchair jurors flip out about how he deserved the death penalty. Wait til I tell u that the death penalty should be abolished entirely because the state does not have the right to kill people, ever, no matter who they are. People do not have the right to kill other people and the death penalty grants state officials this right based purely on power. Anyway, ask yourself who benefits from the death penalty. When a person has caused grievous harm there is no way to undo that harm. Their death doesn’t undo it— that is what is so tragic about hurting other people. No amount of suffering they experience will change what they did. The families of the victims will grieve no matter what. If it’s for their benefit, ask yourself: if someone badly harms me or someone I love, does that give me the right to see them die? At what point do I get to decide who lives and who dies?

#shooting tw //// ? #i hope that tag is good enough idk 😭 #‘they couldn’t even give him the death penalty’ rhetoric always bothers me #they shouldn’t give anyone the death penalty because that shouldn’t be a thing. in many countries and states that is not a thing #because its fucking insane and does nothing for anyone!!!!

[jesseleelazyblog]

Unethical Executions in April

Micheal Smith is being executed in Alabama despite having an intellectual disability that would disqualify him from the death penalty in any other state. The only reason he is still being executed is because of a few confusing technicalities in Oklahoma law.

Petitions Here:

Letter Writing Campaigns for oklahoma residents here:

Missouri is slated to execute Brian Dorsey despite his claims of ineffective counsel and the fact that he is picture of remorse and rehabilitation: he turned himself over to the police and pled guilty, has had a flawless prison record, currently resides in the honor ward while working as a prison barber (a highly coveted job only given to trust worthy inmates), and has about 60 prison staff members advocating for the commutation of his sentence.

Petitions Here:

Letter Writing Campaigns and other actions for Missouri Residents here:

https://www.archstl.org/missouri-bishops-others-request-clemency-for-brian-dorsey-first-inmate-to-be-executed-this-year-9478

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[five-rivers]

Tired of people posting suicide bait and being like 'it's ok it's against Bad People <3.' Screw that, screw you, I'm unfollowing.

If you think suicide baiting anyone (including ~those horrible people~) is okay, unfollow me. Unfollow me right now. Some things are just bad, no matter who you're doing them to.

'But they're so evil they deserve to die--' If you really, truly believe that, then go kill them yourself and stop posting 'go kill yourself,' because I can just about guarantee you that your words aren't hitting the people you think they are.

#people on this site are so against the death penalty #until its someone they personally don't like #suicide tw

[luminousfire]

In 2021, my grandfather was murdered. The state calls it manslaughter, but it was murder. Because I live in a death penalty state, I am more happy than not with that definition. I do not want his killers to die by the hand of the state or any hand at all. I have forgiven them.

I am a person with traumatic grief. It may even be classed as post traumatic stress when I go see a psychologist this month. Nevertheless, I am a staunch opposer of the death penalty.

As part of being a Christian, as well as a Quaker, I am called to forgive. Not a day goes by that I don't think about it. Not a day goes by that I don't forgive them all over again. I love them as my fellow man.

#progressive christianity #christian #death penalty #anti death penalty #quaker #quakerism #society of friends #prison abolition #abolish prisons #prison reform #tw death #cw death #tw murder #cw murder

[high-def-max]

This video brought tears to my eyes :’‘‘‘‘

Melissa Lucio is an innocent woman who WAS set to be executed in April but received a stay of execution. You can read more about her case here.

I am so thankful for everyone who has fought for this woman and for everyone who continues to fight. With the right help we can get this woman out of prison period.

#melissa lucio #death penalty tw #execution tw

[frankiebirds]

I've always been a little thrown off by the way the characters (the team and the passengers) react to Reid trying to talk down Ted, and I've never liked that the episode ends with Ted being shot (although I appreciate that he survives).

I'm not saying this to be critical of the characters: the team doesn't have audio, and the passengers (save for Elle and the incapacitated psychologist) don't have the knowledge to see Reid getting through to him, but:

I don't know. Look at Ted's face. I'm bad at reading expressions, but at the very least, this doesn't seem like the expression of someone unaffected by what's being said to him, or the face of a man who's about to start shooting people. During the conversation, Ted stops aiming the gun at Reid, and yells at Leo to shut up when he tells him to shoot Reid.

I really think that Reid was on his way to talking Ted down, and I wish he'd gotten to do it. I don't think Elle hitting Ted while Reid is talking him down makes a lot of sense*. She's one of the few passengers who can understand that Ted is calming down, and I think she's at the right angle to see his changing expression. I wish Reid had gotten the chance to keep talking, because I do think he was close to ending it without anyone else getting shot.

One other thing I noticed while watching this episode—throughout the episode, Leo has always been onscreen while he speaks, either in the same frame as Ted, or the camera cuts to him while he speaks. However, if you rewatch the scene, notice that whenever Leo speaks during it, not only is he always offscreen, but his voice has an echo to it that wasn't there before. I don't think most of the analysis I post is reflective of the writer's intent, but that seems very intentional to me, symbolizing that Leo is becoming less real to Ted and therefore losing his grip on him.

*this is a criticism of the writing, not the character. yes, elle is impulsive, but the choice to hit ted while he's being talked down and is no longer aiming the gun at anyone seems like a strange and risky choice.

#some of this might be coloured by me being a canadian #we dont even have life w/o parole much less the death penalty #+ my political beliefs re: police violence and prison #but i stand by it #i could see an argument that we arent supposed to agree with the businessman because hes established as being on the train because he wants #to shoot his wife who is divorcing him. not exactly a stand-up guy #but other characters seem to agree with the choice and the episode seems a little unempathetic to ted in general #i dont know if im making sense lol #not fic #criminal minds #spencer reid #criminal minds rewatch #criminal minds s01e09 #derailed #tw gun mention #character analysis #scene analysis #i guess? #lmk if i should add a crit tag by the way #because i realise some of this reads as negative #god now i want to rewrite the ending of this episode where ted doesnt get shot and reid gets to talk him down

[rapeculturerealities]

Link to tweet

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[cheerfullycatholic]

On January 25, 2024, Alabama executed Kenneth Smith using nitrogen hypoxia, a first in American history. Though state attorneys had assured courts that the method would cause “unconsciousness in seconds,” witnesses reported that Mr. Smith appeared awake for several minutes after the nitrogen gas began. They observed that he “shook and writhed” for at least two minutes before breathing heavily for another few minutes. “This was the fifth execution that I’ve witnessed in Alabama, and I have never seen such a violent reaction to an execution,” said media witness Lee Hedgepeth. Mr. Smith was pronounced dead 32 minutes after the gas began to flow. Mr. Smith would not have been sentenced to death today. His jury voted 11-1 in favor of a life sentence, but the judge overrode the recommendation and imposed a death sentence in a practice now outlawed nationwide. Mr. Smith also survived a botched lethal injection attempt in November 2022 in which Alabama officials strapped him to the gurney for four hours and inserted needles into his muscles. He was one of the few people in history to face execution twice, and experienced severe PTSD symptoms leading up to his second execution date. The Supreme Court denied a stay of execution and certiorari review to Mr. Smith over the dissents of Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson. “Having failed to kill Smith on its first attempt, Alabama has selected him as its ‘guinea pig’ to test a method of execution never attempted before,” wrote Justice Sotomayor. Justice Kagan, joined by Justice Jackson, emphasized the risk of Mr. Smith choking on his own vomit as he was deprived of oxygen. Prison officials did not allow Mr. Smith to eat in the ten hours before the execution or drink in the four hours before. Medical experts had also raised the risk of nitrogen hypoxia putting a prisoner into a vegetative state or harming staff and advisors in the execution chamber if the gas leaked. “With deep sadness, but commitment to the Eighth Amendment’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, I respectfully dissent,” Justice Sotomayor wrote. “The world is watching.��� “Tonight Alabama causes humanity to take a step backwards,” Mr. Smith said in his last words. “I’m leaving with love, peace, and light.” He signed “I love you” to his family after the gas mask was put on.

#tw death #tw torture #death penalty #anti death penalty #death penalty information center #alabama #kenny smith #kenneth smith

[jesseleelazyblog]

UNETHICAL EXECUTION IN GEORGIA: MARCH 20TH

Willie James Pie is set to be executed in Georgia on March 20th despite that fact that he is intellectually disabled, making this execution unconstitutional.

Links to Take Action:

links specifically for Georgia residents:

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[sad-cinnamongirl]

im pro death penalty for mass serial killers/ school shooters and rapists and i would like to ask someone who is anti death penalty this:

do you think a man who murdered 12+ women and raped them deserves to live? do you think he can be reformed?

pls let me know i genuinely want a healthy debate

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