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Tennessee botched an #execution on a #FEMALEinmate sentenced to death - TWICE!

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Botched US execution prompts global calls to scrap death penalty
Robin Maher, the executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, told the New York Times: 'This event is the worst we've seen and unlike any other botched execution in the modern era.'
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October 1, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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25/09/2025: Blaine Milam has been executed by way of lethal injection in Texas, for the murder of 13-month-old Amora Bain Carson. Blaine is the state's 5th and the nation's 33rd execution this year alone.

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September 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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25/09/2025: Geoffrey West was executed by way of nitrogen gas in Alabama, for the murder of Margaret Parrish Berry during a robbery. His execution is the state's 4th and the nation's 32nd this year alone.

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September 26, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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At present, 16 death warrants are active for the year ahead, with the first execution scheduled to take place on 28 January 2026 in Texas. In total, 47 executions were carried out in 2025, with Florida being the top-executing state.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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“God commands us not to kill”: Faith leaders protest 50 years of executions in the US. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #USdeathpenalty #capitalpunishment #SueZannBosler #ArtLaffin #StarvinforJustice #AbrahamBonowitz #JourneyofHope #RevJackSullivanJr #ShaneClaiborne

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"God commands us not to kill": Faith leaders protest 50 years of executions in the US - Sight Magazine
ALEJA HERTZLER-MCCAIN and CHLOE LANDEN report how religion has also been present in support for capital punishment.
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July 4, 2026 at 3:52 AM
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Essay: After 50 years of death row, resistance has never been stronger. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #USdeathpenalty #USexecutions #capitalpunishment #GreggvGeorgia #deathpenaltyabolitionists #DeathPenaltyAction #JourneyofHope #ShaneClaiborne

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Essay: After 50 years of death row, resistance has never been stronger - Sight Magazine
SHANE CLAIBORNE says there is a powerful movement in the US working tirelessly to abolish the death penalty...
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July 3, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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US faith groups join other death penalty opponents in new campaign @sightmagazine.bsky.social #USdeathpenalty #USCampaigntoEndtheDeathPenalty #LauraPorter #SisterHelenPrejean #capitalpunishment

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US faith groups join other death penalty opponents in new campaign - Sight Magazine
More than 50 faith, civil rights and other organisations launched a joint initiative to oppose the death penalty in the United States.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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30/09/2025: Victor Jones was executed by lethal injection in Florida, becoming the 13th inmate put to death in the state this year. He was convicted of the murders of Matilda and Jacob Nestor.

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October 2, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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34 years ago today, Andrew Lee Jones was executed by the state of Louisiana despite the lack of evidence against him. Following his execution, Amicus was founded as a way to address injustice...

Read our slides to learn about Andrew's case.
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July 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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A new execution date has been set for Robert Roberson, whose conviction is based on "shaken baby syndrome". He is now scheduled to be executed on 16th October 2025 in Texas. edition.cnn.com/2025/07/16/u...

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Texas judge sets new execution date for death row inmate Robert Roberson | CNN
A Texas judge on Wednesday set a new execution date for Robert Roberson, a death row inmate who says he is innocent of murder in the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter.
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July 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM