1. As 40-year-old Brandon Bernard, a black man arrested in his teens, was rushed into execution by Trump and confirmed by an equally death-cult SCOTUS, I share a few resources from @PrisonPolicy .
2. These executions keep the fascist/trumpist base energized: they are death oriented.
https://static.prisonpolicy.org/scans/schr/vengeance3.pdf
https://static.prisonpolicy.org/scans/schr/vengeance3.pdf
3. Supporters and opponents of the death penalty agree that its application is racially discriminatory
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/aclu_dp_factsheet4.pdf
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/aclu_dp_factsheet4.pdf
4. DISCRIMINATION, DEATH AND DENIAL: THE TOLERANCE OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN INFLICTION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
https://static.prisonpolicy.org/scans/schr/discrimination3.pdf
https://static.prisonpolicy.org/scans/schr/discrimination3.pdf
6. VALUING BLACK LIVES: A CASE FOR ENDING THE DEATH PENALTY
http://hrlr.law.columbia.edu/files/2020/05/51.3.4-Hoag_Final.pdf
http://hrlr.law.columbia.edu/files/2020/05/51.3.4-Hoag_Final.pdf