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#DanielConahan marks the 16th death warrant issues by Gov. DeSantis just *THIS* year, and will be the 13th veteran whose execution the Governor has presided over. This means that roughly ONE QUARTER of all executions under Gov. DeSantis(a navy vet btw) are of veterans.
📆 REMINDER: September's 'The Forecast' is scheduled to TONIGHT at 9pm ET. We are in for a ride this month with 8 executions. We hope you will join us to learn more about each of these cases and how we all can plug into efforts to stop these executions. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
"It felt as if everything he (Jimmie Duncan) was as a person was 'being torn out of you, violently, in an emotionally painful way,' Duncan said. 'Just having your identity eviscerated.'” www.propublica.org/article/loui...
He Spent 27 Years on Death Row as a Wrongfully Convicted Man. What Comes Next?
23-hour solitary confinement. 115-degree heat. Jimmie Duncan is haunted by the decades he spent in Louisiana’s Angola prison — and how, even after being released, he still isn’t truly free.
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An especially poignant reminder for this moment. 🙏
🪿 Death Penalty Action is thrilled to be at this year's Wild Goose Festival, for what we believe will be our 4th time. The festival is a transformational community, grounded in faith-inspired social justice.
SueZann Bosler, a survivor of attempted murder, is on the road with us again as we head to the Wild Goose Festival where she will be sharing about the healing power of forgiveness. We invite you to chip in to help keep her on the road🙏 www.gofundme.com/f/support-su...
Donate to Support SueZann's Mission and Future Security, organized by Abraham J. Bonowitz
SueZann Bosler needs our help. If you know anything about … Abraham J. Bonowitz needs your support for Support SueZann's Mission and Future Security
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❌ DeSantis' killing spree continues. Imagine thinking you have to kill your way to the top... that's exactly what DeSantis thinks will get him to Washington. Today we hold Harold Lucas, his victim, Jill Piper, and their loved ones in our heart as we advocate for an end to executions.
Just 17 days remain before Alabama intends to kill #JefferyLee even though his jury rejected the death penalty. 📞 Please call the Office of Gov. Ivey to *politely* urge to grant clemency to Jeffery, thereby honoring the jury's verdict. (334-242-7100) actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
📆 SAVE THE DATE: January 17, 2027 Every 5 years, abolitionists converge in Washington, DC to risk arrest in nonviolent #civildisobedience to mark anniversary of the first execution in the 'modern era'. More information can be found here → abolition.org#jan17
9/21/2026 will mark 15 years since Georgia put #TroyDavis to death. His case galvanized the public in a way few death penalty cases have. We continue to reflect on the true cost of the death penalty and where we go from here. Hosted by GADP and the GCC. forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
In this week's "DPA Dispatch" we share a powerful blog penned by our Deputy Director that explores the unrealistic standards placed on women and how easily they can be vilified when they fail to meet them.
In partnership ip with Project Hope and Jeffery Lee's legal team, we hosted a virtual screening of his clemency film, produced by Debbie Levin, this week. Gov. Ivey has granted clemency TWICE, she can do it again! We've got 20 days to convince her! 📣🚨🥁 www.youtube.com/live/4x9GtXN...
Jeffery Lee Clemency Film Screening
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Gov. DeSantis just signed another execution warrant... Surprise... Surprise... But the very people we'd hope would receive more meaningful consideration, given the Governor's own history of military service, don't seem to be immune either. ‼️Save Daniel Conahan‼️ actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Stop the Execution of Daniel Conahan in Florida
U.S. Navy veteran Daniel Conahan is scheduled for execution in Florida on September 10, 2026, for the 1996 murder of Richard Montgomery. This marks the 16th death warrant issued by DeSantis this…
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Our partners at PADP are hosting a conversation with PA Rep. Russ Diamond, a long-time proponent of abolition, and Demetrius Minor, of Conservatives Concerned, about the conservative perspective on the death penalty. Thursday // August 27 // 7pm ET padp.org/event/rethin...
RNS recently highlighted our with with faith communities throughout the country as part of our For Whom the Bells Toll Campaign. It's a revival of efforts began by Bishop Sullivan in the '90s, in which he urged others in his diocese to toll bells during executions. religionnews.com/2026/08/13/w...
With three prisoners scheduled for execution, southern churches toll their bells
(RNS) — Faith-based anti-death penalty activists have used the bell-tolling tactic throughout the country in various waves.
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#JefferyLee is once again counting down the days before Alabama intends to murder him. How can he face execution even though the verdict of his jury rejected it? Judicial override is how.
Imagine the society we could build if our focus was restoration. 🤔
"Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir unveiled a sadistic death viewing chamber for hangings scheduled to take place on Israel’s newly-minted death row." www.jurist.org/commentary/2...
Lebanon Closed the Gallows. Israel Opened a Viewing Room.
On Tuesday, August 11, after 22 years without an execution in Lebanon, the country's parliament voted to abolish the death penalty, making it the first Arab country to formally scrap capital…
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Tennessee is gearing up to execute a woman with brain damage, who survived a lifetime of abuse beginning before she could talk. Alabama has its eyes on a man whose jury rejected the death penalty in his case. 🗞️ All this and more in DPA Dispatch... deathpenaltyaction.substack.com/p/dpa-dispat...
💔 DPA Dispatch: She was just a toddler...
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All eyes are on Alabama as they move forward with another attempt to kill #JefferyLee. You may recall that he was previously scheduled for execution in June but the US Supreme Court prohibited Alabama from killing him with nitrogen gas.
It's sometimes hard to feel that what we're doing matters... but IT DOES. Even when we feel like we're losing, it matters that we are standing up and telling the world. It matters that we give voice to the condemned when the world shuts them out and silences them. IT ALL MATTERS...
“ We have to be together in our opposition to executions and in our statement that this is not in alignment with the teachings of our faiths,” Abraham Bonowitz, of Death Penalty Action and L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty, told RNS.” religionnews.com/2026/08/13/w...
With three prisoners scheduled for execution, southern churches toll their bells
(RNS) — Faith-based anti-death penalty activists have used the bell-tolling tactic throughout the country in various waves.
religionnews.com
The arrogance of state actors in keeping the killing going is what will end it for good. They’re writing the case for abolition themselves. More in this week's DPA Dispatch newsletter ➔ deathpenaltyaction.substack.com/p/dpa-dispat...?
🌬️ DPA Dispatch: The Death Penalty's Final Gasp
This week was difficult.
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"Despite a record of botched executions, three states including Tennessee plan to kill by lethal injection on Thursday." Today is a shameful day in our country. theintercept.com/2026/08/12/t...
Tennessee Plans Another Execution Despite Its Brutal Recent Mistakes
Despite a record of botched executions, three states including Tennessee plan to kill by lethal injection on Thursday.
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"For most of us, I suspect, compassion functions as a yardstick — something we measure out to those we deem deserving of it... But what if human worth was never ours to measure? What if compassion is not a thing another person has to earn?" sarasharpe.substack.com/p/theres-har...
There's Hard, and Then There's Hard
On the political divide, the death penalty, and the difference between difficult and unthinkable.
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IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO CALL GOVERNORS STITT, LEE, AND IVEY TO "STOP THE KILLING!" There can be NO BUSINESS AS USUAL when an execution is about to happen! OK - 📞 (405) 521-2342 TN - 📞 (615) 741-2001 AL - 📞 (334) 242-7100 deathpenaltyaction.org/take-action/...
Execution Petitions - Death Penalty Action
The following is an updated list of currently scheduled executions in the United States. Select the prisoner's name to sign the petition which will be delivered on your behalf to the respective…
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"I used to support the death penalty," Death Penalty Action Executive Director Abraham Bonowitz said. "It was in trying to prove that it would work, that it’s fair, that we always get it right ... [that] I proved to myself that it doesn’t work." www.localmemphis.com/article/news...
Earlier this week, Death Penalty Action and Tennessee allies delivered YOUR petition signatures to the office of Gov. Lee. Urge Gov. Lee, once again, to stop the execution of Anthony "Darrell" Hines tomorrow morning. 📞 615-741-2001 actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Stop the Execution of Darrell Hines in Tennessee
Tennessee plans to lift Darrell Hines from his wheelchair to a gurney for execution on August 13, 2026 for the 1986 murder of Katherine Jenkins. Please join me in asking the Tennessee Governor to…
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3 men are set to face execution on tomorrow. We can be safe from people who have committed horrible crimes WITHOUT killing them. 📞 Urge Governors Stitt, Lee, and Ivey to "STOP THE KILLING!" Keep the phones ringing. There can be NO BUSINESS AS USUAL when an execution is about to happen!
