/r/Abolish: Abolish the Death Penalty

r/abolish • u/gravitron • Jun 23 '20

Gallup: Record share of Americans say death penalty morally 'unacceptable'

upi.com

47 Upvotes

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r/abolish • u/willyd_5 • Sep 26 '20

news 3 North Carolina death row inmates removed from death row after finding of racial bias! Yay!

wral.com

43 Upvotes

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r/abolish • u/RagsMaloney • May 30 '19

New Hampshire abolishes death penalty after lawmakers override governor

washingtonpost.com

40 Upvotes

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r/abolish • u/verbify • Feb 04 '21

Virginia Senate passes death penalty abolition bill

apnews.com

38 Upvotes

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r/abolish • u/SROTDroid • Mar 17 '17

Announcement Congratulations, /r/abolish! You are Subreddit of the Day!

reddit.com

34 Upvotes

2 comments

r/abolish • u/koavf • Jan 21 '21

Op-Ed Biden Is the First President To Openly Oppose the Death Penalty. Now What?

slate.com

33 Upvotes

12 comments

r/abolish • u/ZadocPaet • Jul 27 '19

news Ayanna Pressley files bill that would abolish death penalty

bostonglobe.com

33 Upvotes

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r/abolish • u/dallasdarling • Jun 27 '19

news Death row inmates in Kansas are trying to use the recently constitutionally enshrined right to abortion to argue their cases, saying that the right to life and bodily autonomy applies to them too

lawandcrime.com

32 Upvotes

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r/abolish • u/Hayden-laye • May 16 '21

"Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, 185 people on death row have been exonerated — approximately one for every ten prisoners sentenced to death."

rehumanizeintl.org

31 Upvotes

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r/abolish • u/[deleted] • Jul 08 '20

opinion The death penalty is fascistic

31 Upvotes

Seriously, what is more fascistic than allowing the state to murder you?

2 comments

r/abolish • u/mulutavcocktail • Nov 28 '20

news Trumps Justice Department rushing to expand execution methods like firing squads for federal death row inmates

cnn.com

30 Upvotes

1 comment

r/abolish • u/MayonaiseRemover • Mar 13 '20

'100 Percent Innocent': Alabama Man Executed Despite Late Drama

thedailybeast.com

30 Upvotes

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r/abolish • u/throws_like_a_girl • Feb 27 '20

Colorado legislature votes to abolish death penalty

reuters.com

30 Upvotes

1 comment

r/abolish • u/fredtheotherfish • Aug 05 '19

Pete Buttigieg: "Of course we can find cases of heinous situations, people perhaps who deserve to die. I've just never met anybody who deserved to kill."

30 Upvotes

2 comments

r/abolish • u/Hayden-laye • Jun 16 '21

execution BREAKING NEWS: The State Supreme Court of the Palmetto State Of South Carolina has just halted the execution of Brad Sigmon whose execution was set for this Friday at 6 pm.

29 Upvotes

BREAKING NEWS: The State Supreme Court of the Palmetto State Of South Carolina has just halted the execution of Brad Sigmon whose execution was set for this Friday at 6 pm, this news comes just hours after the new organization "South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty" launched inside the South Carolina Statehouse in front of the office of South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, the SC Statehouse is located just across the street from the South Carolina State Supreme Court Building.

https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/south-carolina/2021/06/16/south-carolina-supreme-court-halts-execution-brad-sigmon-says-firing-squad-needs-option/7706732002/

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r/abolish • u/staires • Apr 27 '20