Thread by @radiantbutch, in case the people in your life (or you) are STILL in [...]

in case the people in your life (or you) are STILL in favor of the death penalty, here are some resources on why it’s inhumane, racist, and needs to be abolished

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/study-1-in-25-sentenced-to-death-may-be-innocent/

Study: 1 in 25 sentenced to death may be innocent

It's very likely that at least several of the 1,320 people executed since 1977 were innocent, a new National Academy of Sciences study finds

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/study-1-in-25-sentenced-to-death-may-be-innocent/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/us/racial-gap-death-penalty.html

A Vast Racial Gap in Death Penalty Cases, New Study Finds

Defendants convicted of killing white people, the study found, were far more likely to be executed than the killers of Black people.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/us/racial-gap-death-penalty.html

https://theintercept.com/2019/02/07/death-penalty-lethal-injection-midazolam-ohio/

Ohio’s Governor Stopped an Execution Over Fears It Would Feel Like Waterboarding

Confronted with mounting evidence that midazolam causes excruciating pain, a judge warned that Ohio’s lethal injection protocol was likely unconstitutional.

https://theintercept.com/2019/02/07/death-penalty-lethal-injection-midazolam-ohio/

https://www.aclu.org/other/case-against-death-penalty

The Case Against the Death Penalty

The American Civil Liberties Union believes the death penalty inherently violates the constitutional ban against cruel and unusual punishment and the guarantees of due process of law and of equal

https://www.aclu.org/other/case-against-death-penalty

“The Facts: 13 Reasons to Oppose the Death Penalty”

https://oadp.org/facts/13-reasons

https://www.aclu.org/blog/capital-punishment/innocence-and-death-penalty/my-first-night-death-row-innocent-man

My First Night on Death Row as an Innocent Man

Anthony Graves was convicted in 1994 for killing six people in 1992. He was exonerated in 2010 after having served 18 and a half years in prison, 16 of which were spent in solitary confinement and 12

https://www.aclu.org/blog/capital-punishment/innocence-and-death-penalty/my-first-night-death-row-innocent-man

“Facts About the Death Penalty”

https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/pdf/FactSheet.f1605882308.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/embed/0lTczPEG8iI

https://innocenceproject.org/the-innocent-and-the-death-penalty/

The Innocent and the Death Penalty - Innocence Project

Eighteen people have been proven innocent and exonerated by DNA testing in the United States after serving time on death row. They were convicted in 11 states and served a combined 229 years in

https://innocenceproject.org/the-innocent-and-the-death-penalty/

Want to help abolish the death penalty? Check out this resource below.

http://ncadp.org/action

take a moment to help Pervis Payne, a man who is currently set to be executed. to contribute to our fight to save him, text TEAMPAYNE to 52886 https://twitter.com/alewifepreston/status/1337220573785624578