A recent report by Reprieve highlights significant racial disparities in the administration of the death penalty in the United States, revealing that Black individuals are 220% more likely to experience a botched execution compared to their white counterparts. This finding has sparked reactions from several lawmakers, including Senator Durbin and Representative Pressley, who are advocating for the abolition of the federal death penalty, citing its failure, injustice, and inherent racism.
America gets two things wrong about the death penalty. -the time it takes to carry out the sentences when the evidence is ironclad (DNA and in this case he filmed himself) kill him next week. -they do it behind closed doors. Make it painful and make it public as a deterrent. https://t.co/Wjth1XQ4Ec
This is why we need the death penalty https://t.co/Adg2f0naDX
This damning report makes it plain: the death penalty is a racist and inhumane punishment that has no place in our society. TY @ReprieveUS for spotlighting the cruelty of lethal injections. Congress must pass our bill to end the federal death penalty. https://t.co/vxZFHntCbv
I’ve long said that the death penalty has no place in our society. This thread outlines shocking truths about the inequities of lethal injections in the US. The federal death penalty is failed, unjust, and must be abolished. https://t.co/FU5OkAfzoD
🚨BREAKING: Black people horrifyingly had a 220% higher chance of suffering a botched execution than white people in the modern era of the US death penalty. Reprieve's ground-breaking report shows that racism extends all the way into the execution chamber 🧵 https://t.co/bYUSBRA9Ko