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Smart Justice California retweeted
On @KQED's "Forum" broadcast yesterday — @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom Considers Commuting Death Row Sentences. kqed.org/forum/2010101915661…. @mkimreporter and @CalMatters's #CaylaMihalovich interview the @MarshallProj's @MauriceChammah, Natasha Minsker from the California Anti Death Penalty Coalition', and Alexa Hansen, founder of Victim Advocate Angels. @uscedp @DPFocus @SmartJusticeCA, @ACLU_NorCal @ACLU_SoCal @ellabakercenter @amnestyusa #California #deathpenalty
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Smart Justice California retweeted
A judge sent Lil Nas X into a two-year mental health treatment program instead of prison. The data shows it works—but most California counties are barely using it. In partnership with @SmartJusticeCA. youtube.com/shorts/jEV23PSoL…
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Smart Justice California retweeted
Ricky Pearsall goes in-depth about being shot, and would like to forgive and talk to the kid who shot him during an attempted robbery. "I don't how how he grew up so, I can't judge him as a man just based off one action that he made. As violent as a crime as it was, god forbid him doing that to somebody else. I don't ever want that to happen so... just being able to forgive him at the end of the day like, I have to be able to forgive him to have that weight off my chest. At some point I do want to talk to the kid and make sure that, if I can create an impact on him in any way I think that would be really big. I'd be definitely open to doing that."
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Smart Justice California retweeted
In 2024, there were more than twice as many death row commutations (52) as executions (25).
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Smart Justice California retweeted
Gov. @RoyCooperNC’s 15 death-row commutations are the most ever by a southern governor in the modern history of the U.S. death penalty, and more than any southern state had granted over the course of the past 50 years. @NCCADP @ACLU @ACLU_NC @NAACP_LDF @eji_org @southerncenter
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BREAKING: President Biden has just commuted the death sentences of 37 people on federal death row — the most of any U.S. president in history. Business leaders applaud the historic decision here. ⬇️ #CommuteTheRow rbij.org/in-the-media/press-…
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Smart Justice California retweeted
BREAKING: @POTUS commutes 37 federal death sentences, making history and preventing executions of innocent people. A bold step for justice, dignity, and redemption. innocenceproject.org/innocen… #CommuteTheRow
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BREAKING: @POTUS commutes the federal death row, making history and preventing the risk of executing innocent people. A bold step for justice, dignity, and redemption. #CommuteTheRow
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Smart Justice California retweeted
URGENT: @POTUS must act now to commute all federal death sentences before leaving office. The federal death penalty risks innocent lives, deepens racial injustice, and perpetuates a broken system. #CommuteTheRow Sign the petition now: innocenceproject.org/petitio…
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This is huge news indeed. Congratulations @EarlonneWoods. Thank you @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom!
HUGE NEWS 🎉 @EarlonneWoods received a pardon from Gov. @GavinNewsom today, six years after his sentence was commuted by then-Gov. Jerry Brown! (Both were granted on the day before Thanksgiving.) Congratulations Earlonne!
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Smart Justice California retweeted
HUGE NEWS 🎉 @EarlonneWoods received a pardon from Gov. @GavinNewsom today, six years after his sentence was commuted by then-Gov. Jerry Brown! (Both were granted on the day before Thanksgiving.) Congratulations Earlonne!
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Smart Justice California retweeted
📣📣 Come through to Sacramento Monday 12/2! 📲 bit.ly/dec2rally
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Smart Justice California retweeted
We shouldn't play politics with public safety but those opposed to reform in CA are misleading voters by pushing a false narrative about crime and accountability. The truth is that we don't have to choose between public safety and justice. Learn more: cjcj.org/reports-publication…
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Smart Justice California retweeted
Justice or politics? Here’s why California prosecutors seek death penalty despite moratorium. sacbee.com/news/local/crime/… @sacbee_news @_ishanidesai @DPFocus @SmartJusticeCA
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