Jon Crane

Jon Crane

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"Governors of both parties across the country are recognizing it is important to use their constitutional power of clemency,” said Laura Porter, Executive Director of the @uscedp.bsky.social www.al.com/news/birming...

al.comGovernor Kay Ivey commutes death sentence of Toforest JohnsonJohnson was convicted of capital murder in 1998 for the 1995 death of Jefferson County Deputy William G. Hardy, who was shot to death while working a part-time security job for a Birmingham hotel.
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"...a state that executes its own veterans and its most mentally and physically broken citizens has lost sight of what justice requires," said dozens of Latino Evangelical leaders in Florida. Read more in @goodfaithmedia.bsky.social

goodfaithmedia.orgEvangelical Latino Leaders Urge Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to Pause ExecutionsLatino Evangelical leaders are calling on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to place a statewide pause on all scheduled death-row executions.
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"The state of Tennessee has shown the world it cannot be trusted to implement capital punishment in a way that preserves human dignity and the rule of law. This has to stop now,” said Laura Porter of the @uscedp.bsky.social Read more in @theindependent.bsky.social

the-independent.comChrista Pike’s advisor reveals what happened when she woke up from botched executionDr Joel Zivot, who is advising Pike’s legal team, has spoken about the death row killer’s prognosis and the challenges she now faces
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“It is a refusal to look inward. It’s a refusal to look at what has been problematic. And the thing that’s governing all of this is that there is a statute that requires secrecy,” said Laura Porter, leader of the @uscedp.bsky.social WATCH on @wkrnnews2.bsky.social ... www.wkrn.com/news/tenness...

wkrn.com‘Complete debacle’: Christa Pike’s botched execution marks second in Tennessee in 4 monthsChrista Pike’s failed execution attempt comes just four months after the botched execution of Tony Carruthers, whose family has since filed a medical malpractice lawsuit.
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“The state of Tennessee has shown the world it cannot be trusted to implement capital punishment in a way that preserves human dignity and the rule of law. This has to stop now,” said Laura Porter, leader of the @uscedp.bsky.social wpln.org/post/tenness...

wpln.orgTennessee unable to carry out the execution by lethal injection of Christa Gail Pike, witnesses sayTennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder on Wednesday, media witnesses said, after the lethal injection was halted for hours as courts consider...
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BRKG: Despite agreement of all parties, sharply divided Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejects trial court’s finding of constitutional error in #MelissaLucio's case. Trial court had previously found her "actually innocent”. Read @innocenceproject.bsky.social atty stmt here: tinyurl.com/m6tszexe

tinyurl.comMelissa Lucio Attorney Statement: Despite Agreement of All Parties, Sharply Divided Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Rejects Trial Court’s Finding of Constitutional ErrorFor Immediate Release: September 24, 2026 Contact: Laura Burstein, Laura.Burstein@squirepb.com Melissa Lucio Attorney Statement: Despite Agreement of All Parties, Sharply Divided Texas Court of ...
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"The South has an opportunity to embrace a culture of life and end executions that are plagued by bias and outdated practices," said Joia Erin Thornton of the Faith Leaders of Color Coalition. Read more in al.com.

al.comSouthern governors must reckon with the death penalty: op-edIn Oklahoma, Governor Kevin Stitt commuted the death sentence of Tremane Wood. In Alabama, Governor Kay Ivey granted clemency to Charles “Sonny” Burton, commuting his death sentence to life without pa...
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"The report is a harsh reminder that Texas’s system of capital punishment has not left its historical connection to lynching behind," said Tiara Cooper of @legaldefensefund.bsky.social

texasmetronews.comWhat Can Explain Tarrant County’s Death Penalty Push but Racism?A new report just released by Texas Defender Service shows that ninety-two percent of the death sentences sought by the Tarrant County District Attorney’s office since 2012 have been against people of...
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"But from noose to needle to nitrogen, our constant search for a more acceptable way to kill is a story of failure, not moral progress." www.arkansasonline.com/news/2026/ju...

arkansasonline.comOPINION | FURONDA BRASFIELD: It’s not justice. There's no ‘moral’ death penalty | Arkansas Democrat GazetteAs a longtime death penalty abolitionist, I've often compared the death penalty in America to a train with no brakes: Once the machinery starts moving, it becomes extraordinarily difficult to stop.

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"There’s no acceptable way to practice a form of state killing that, for Black Americans especially, has long been intertwined with terror." Read this powerful piece on the urgency of death penalty abolition by our Director of Leadership Development, Furonda Brasfield otherwords.org/theres-no-mo...

otherwords.orgThere’s No ‘Moral’ Death Penalty - OtherWordsThe death penalty has evolved for nearly two centuries, but there’s only one real measure of progress: whether we finally choose to stop killing.

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🧵 92% of the death sentences sought by Tarrant County prosecutors since 2012 have been against racial and ethnic minorities, even though 40% of Tarrant County’s population is white, according to a new report. thebarbedwire.com/2026/05/21/t...

thebarbedwire.comTexas County Pursues Death Penalty ‘Almost Exclusively’ Against People of Color, Report Shows. We Have an Opportunity to Change That.A new report concludes Tarrant County is an “extreme outlier” in its unfair targeting of racial and ethnic minorities for the death penalty.
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“In this moment, we see a very clear disconnect between the handful of politicians pushing for more executions in the expansion of the death penalty, and current public sentiment on this issue,” said Laura Porter of the new @uscedp.bsky.social

alreporter.comAnti-death penalty coalition talks surge in executions, dwindling public supportDuring its inaugural press conference, representatives of the U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty highlighted the uptick of executions in the South.
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"This is an extraordinarily import campaign," said Barry Scheck, co-Founder of @innocenceproject.bsky.social Read more in BLKNewsNow...

blknewsnow.comWebinar: Advocates push for US leaders to abolish death penalty amid surge in executions - BLKNewsNow.comCiting a spike in executions across the country -- particularly in southern states like Florida -- a coalition of more than 50 organizations, including religious and conservative groups, have forged an alliance urging leaders to end capital punishment in the United States. On Wednesday, the U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty hosted a webinar
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👋👋 Hey there! We are the U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty, and we just launched TODAY. Our new nationwide campaign unites 50+ organizations all working towards the shared goal of ending the death penalty. 💡Learn more about what we do here: enddeathpenalty.org?utm_source=b...

enddeathpenalty.orgHome | U.S. Campaign to End the Death PenaltyUnited to end the death penalty After decades of progress for our movement, a coordinated effort now seeks to expand and normalize the death penalty. Our coalition of 50+ partners has a strategy to pu...
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"...we understand this broken death penalty system’s grievous flaws, its unintended consequences, and its failure to achieve the benefits we had intended,” said former Ohio lawmakers who voted to bring back the death penalty in 1981. Read more in @signalohio.bsky.social

signalohio.orgThe architects of Ohio’s death penalty system say they want repeal - Signal OhioAn Akron law professor has been interviewing the architects and backers of Ohio’s 1981 death penalty law. They overwhelmingly want repeal.
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“The death penalty is the total opposite of small and limited and the way it’s administered and its cost and how it is used, that is not small and limited government," said Demetrius Minor of Conservatives Concerned. Read more in @baptistnews.com

baptistnews.comConservatives make case agaisnt death penalty – Baptist News GlobalConservatives should oppose capital punishment because it violates pro-life values and the principles of transparent and limited government
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In his first original @datelinenbc.bsky.social podcast series, Lester Holt takes listeners inside the urgent case of Robert Roberson...

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Lester Holt investigates the urgent case of #RobertRoberson — an innocent Texas father facing execution Oct. 16 for a crime that never happened. Listen to new NBC Dateline podcast trailer here: www.nbcnews.com/thelastappeal

nbcnews.comThe Last Appeal – an original podcast from Dateline NBC’s Lester HoltIs Texas about to execute an innocent man? Lester Holt examines Robert Roberson’s controversial death row case.
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“The wrong­ful con­vic­tion of Robert Roberson has been an ongo­ing tragedy for over twen­ty years. If it now becomes a wrong­ful exe­cu­tion, it will live in infamy.” - Author John Grisham

deathpenaltyinfo.orgNew Book of Interest: SHAKEN: The Rush to Execute an Innocent Man by John Grisham | Death Penalty Information CenterAcclaimed nov­el­ist and for­mer crim­i­nal defense lawyer John Grisham is set to release a new book titled *SHAKEN: The Rush to Execute an Innocent...