Yet another sign that the footprint of the death penalty is shrinking. I thank Gov. Shapiro of Pennsylvania.

Here’s the first part of his statement today:

Today, I'm announcing I will not issue any execution warrants during my term as Governor.

When one comes to my desk, I will sign a reprieve every time — and I’m asking the General Assembly to send me a bill abolishing the death penalty in Pennsylvania once and for all…

#DeathPenalty #CapitalPunishment #Abolition

I applaud Airgas’s decision to refuse to be a party to Alabama’s experimentation with executions by nitrogen gas suffocation.

https://t.co/9Bw4uSuqvi

#DeathPenalty #executions #CapitalPunishment

Hallelujah! Governor Kate Brown of Oregon has commuted the entire death row and ordered the execution chamber to be dismantled.
A brave, moral act. I salute her.
#DeathPenalty #executions #GovKateBrown #CapitalPunishment
https://www.oregon.gov/newsroom/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?newsid=76509

Alabama Again Cancels an Execution Over Delays Inserting IV Lines https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/17/us/alabama-execution-kenneth-smith.html #Murders,AttemptedMurdersandHomicides #DeathPenaltyInformationCenter #CapitalPunishment #Alabama