MikeDunnAuthor · @MikeDunnAuthor
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Today in Labor History September 6, 1901: Anarchist steelworker Leon Czolgosz assassinated President William McKinley, in the name of workers, in Buffalo, New York. However, many leading anarchists had repudiated him prior to the assassination, accusing him of being a spy or provocateur because of his reclusive and erratic behavior. The authorities quickly arrested Czolgosz and executed him 7 weeks later.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #assassination #potus #execution #deathpenalty

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hesgen · @hesgen
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Is Scottish national Jagtar Singh Johal expendable in the UK's pursuit of a trade deal with India?

Given Foreign Office refusal to raise Mr Johal's case with the Indian government in recent discussions, the answer would appear to be yes. There is even an accusation of MI5 and MI6 collusion in Mr Johal's abduction by Punjab police.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-667

#jagtarsinghjohal #sikhrights #India #uk #scotland #foreignoffice #jamescleverly #deathpenalty #torture #daviddavis

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Todd Bohannon · @toddbohannon
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experts have decried what is in effect a human experiment. The choice of Smith as the first candidate for the technique, less than a year after he experienced a failed execution, has also been criticized as a double violation of the eighth amendment protection against ‘cruel and unusual punishments”. theguardian.com/world/2023/sep

#deathpenalty #humanrights #abolishthedeathpenalty

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Mark Burton · @markhburton
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State of Alabama pilots new means of judicial murder. My choice of words is doubly apt. The sentencing judge overruled the jury's call (11:1) for a life sentence.

‘Astonishingly cruel’: Alabama seeks to test execution method on death row ‘guinea pig’ | Capital punishment | The Guardian
theguardian.com/world/2023/sep

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Tim_Eagon · @Tim_Eagon
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The New York Times and The Marshall Project collaborated on an amazing story about D&D players on Texas Death Row, which they released today. Here's a link to the article on The Marshall Project's website so you can avoid the NYT paywall (assuming it applies here). It can be a hard read, but it's worth it.

themarshallproject.org/2023/08

#DnD #ttrpg #carceralstate #texas #deathpenalty

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IndiaNewsWatch · @indianewswatch
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‘Blatantly erroneous’ — how 56 death sentences in 14 months defied latest Supreme Court guidelines

From not seeking mental health reports of convicts to ignoring mitigating factors, many trial courts have sidestepped Supreme Court’s guidelines while awarding the death penalty.

theprint.in/judiciary/blatantl

#deathpenalty #trialcourts #supremecourt #justice #mentalhealth #capitalpunishment #india

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Keith Murphy :verified: · @NerdyKeith
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I suppose this method of execution in theory could be painless. But I still would never support it. Firstly I'm against the . Mistakes do happen in convictions more often than people like to admit. You cannot reverse a death penalty . This form of execution has a very nazi vibe about it. A slippery slope if you ask me.

joemygod.com/2023/08/alabama-s

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Poetry News · @haikubot
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iamBullivant · @bullivant
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Needless to say the death penalty ghouls are out in force in the wake of the Lucy Letby verdict. Here's Ian Hislop on BBC QT destroying Patel about the death penalty:
youtube.com/watch?v=_DrsVhzbLz

#lucyletby #deathpenalty #IanHislop #privateeye

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Contradiction Finder · @batalanto
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I always thought the was a violation. But the Intl. Bill of Human Rights says: Part III,Art.6,2. “In countries which have not abolished the death penalty, sentence of death may be imposed only for the most serious crimes in accordance with the law…”

#HumanRights #deathpenalty

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Peter Stano · @ExtSpoxEU
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Ghana: 🇪🇺 welcomes abolition of the death penalty.🇬🇭 joins the majority in the world having eliminated the capital punishment. EU strongly opposes in all circumstances as a cruel & inhuman punishment that fails to act as deterrent to crime europa.eu/!yjxMX8

🐦🔗: n.respublicae.eu/ExtSpoxEU/sta

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European Union in the U.S. · @EUintheUS
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RT Michael Curtis
Pleased that @LouisianaGov has asked the Louisiana Board of Pardons to review clemency applications. We hope he will commute as many of those sentences as possible. The is an inhumane punishment that the EU opposes in all instances. tinyurl.com/yc3jcu3f

🐦🔗: n.respublicae.eu/MichaelCurtis

#deathpenalty

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Greg W. · @GW
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"We must consider further the imperfect nature of the criminal justice system and the actual innocence that has been proven far too often after imposition of the death penalty," said Gov. John Bel Edwards.

Anti- advocates applauded after Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on Wednesday directed the state Board of Pardons and Committee on Parole to consider the clemency petitions of the vast majority of death row inmates in the state.

commondreams.org/news/louisian

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steve dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle
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andres musta · @andresmusta
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James M Branum - Activist ☮ · @jmb
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Very good news! @amnesty @AmnestySverige
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BBC News (World): Ghana parliament votes to abolish death penalty bbc.in/3Qc4BQk
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🐦🔗: n.respublicae.eu/AnnaMariaCB/s

#deathpenalty #Ghana #humanitymatters

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steve dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle
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