Thank you @nytimes.com for covering the commutation of Sonny Burton's death sentence! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...
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Thank you @nytimes.com for covering the commutation of Sonny Burton's death sentence! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...
Huge thanks to Sonny's legal team and loved ones, and to everyone who signed our petition! Read the statement by his counsel here: www.charlessonnyburton.com
Thank you! The governor JUST commuted his sentence!
‼️BREAKING: Alabama Governor Kay Ivey just commuted Sonny Burton's death sentence. Sonny will NOT be executed!
Thank you to everyone who fought for Sonny's life. Your petition signatures, your calls, your emails, and your social media posts all contributed to this win.
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Phone Script Hello, my name is _____________ and I live in ______________. I'm calling to urge Governor Ivey to grant clemency to Mr. Charles “Sonny” Burton before his scheduled execution on March 12. Sonny did not kill anyone, and the State agreed to resentence the person who committed the shooting to life without parole. Executing Sonny now would be deeply unjust. I respectfully ask the Governor to review his case and commute his sentence to life without parole. There is still time to prevent an irreversible mistake. Thank you for taking my call.
👇📞Sample script for calling Gov. Ivey to support clemency for Sonny Burton, a 75-year-old father who is facing execution on Thursday for a killing he didn’t commit.
Call (334) 242-7100 now thru March 12!
THIS WEEK’S URGENT ACTION Call the Governor's Office: (334) 242-7100. Now through March 12, every call matters. We've heard from an inside source that the Governor's phone lines have been flooded with calls about Sonny. That pressure matters, and it must continue. If you live in Alabama, your voice carries even more weight.
‼️📲 This morning faith leaders and community members delivered more than 60,000 petition signatures to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey to stop the execution of Sonny Burton, scheduled for this Thursday, March 12! Our next step is to flood the governor’s phone lines @ 334-242-7100 (🗣️sample script in thread)
If you agree Sonny should not be executed for a crime he did not commit, sign this petition to urge the governor of Alabama to grant clemency: actionnetwork.org/petitions/go...
Sonny Burton is scheduled for execution on Mar. 12 in Alabama for a killing he did not commit! Even the victim's daughter, Tori Battle, is publicly opposing Sonny's scheduled execution.
READ MORE: davisvanguard.org/2026/02/char...
I just signed a @uscedp.bsky.social petition: Gov. Ivey: Please Grant Clemency to Charles "Sonny" Burton Who Faces Execution Despite Not Having Killed Anyone. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/go...
On this day in 1865, the Kentucky General Assembly refused to endorse an end to slavery in America. Kentucky did not officially ratify the Thirteenth Amendment until 1976.
In 1990, Jarvis was wrongfully convicted of manufacturing the weapon used in the 1985 murder of San Quentin guard Sergeant Howell Burchfield.
His appeal awaits action from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Oscar-Nominated Documentary The Alabama Solution exposes the inhumane conditions, systemic injustice, and brutal treatment of those behind bars in the Alabama prison system as told through their own voices and experiences.
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Our Executive Director Laura Porter shared findings from a 2025 Gallup poll that showed growing opposition to the death penalty in the U.S.
"The most telling sign is that the age group of 18 to 54, a majority does not support the death penalty."
Thoughtful analysis and reflection from @indepthwithdeon.bsky.social on the state of Oklahoma's death penalty open.substack.com/pub/indepthw...
Jan 26th, my new documentary, Mouth of the Wolf, premieres on Hulu. It's about my journey back to Italy and my face-to-face encounter with the man who sent me to prison. It's more intimate and more revealing than anything I've done before.
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Jesse Jackson 1941-2026 A photo of Jackson in his later years wearing a Rainbow/PUSH Coalition pin.
The US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, a pioneer of progressive Democratic politics, close ally of Martin Luther King Jr, and two-time candidate for the presidential nomination, has died at 84.
See his life in pictures: bit.ly/3OxOT3f
Graph showing that Black women face a 43% unemployment rate
The U.S. unemployment rate is 4.3%. Now, try wrapping your head around the idea of a 43% unemployment rate.
That’s the reality formerly incarcerated Black women face, thanks to the prison penalty:
Who really pays the real costs of maintaining contact with loved ones in prisons? US families shoulder nearly $350 billion dollars in annual costs tied to incarceration, spending an average of $4,200 annually per incarcerated relative.
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"I'm innocent. I can prove it."
Charles Flores, a wrongfully convicted football fan, is running out of time. I visited him in Texas for the one hour of the day when he's not in solitary confinement, to talk about life on death row — a decade after the real killer went free: youtu.be/0-GnKLFY_Gc?...
Thank you so much for signing and sharing ✊✊ the AL Supreme Court has authorized the governor to set an execution date so showing support for clemency for Sonny is so important!
Sonny has been on death row for 33 years. Even officials for the state of Alabama agree that him being executed for capital murder when he did not commit capital murder is unjust. I signed this @uscedp.bsky.social petition and you should too!
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I just signed a @uscedp.bsky.social petition: Gov. Ivey: Please Grant Clemency to Charles "Sonny" Burton Who Faces Execution Despite Not Having Killed Anyone. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/go...
BREAKING: 70 years after his wrongful execution, Tommy Lee Walker is declared innocent.
“The court’s declaration today provides some semblance of belated justice to Mr. Walker’s legacy, and to his son, our client Edward Smith,” said Chris Fabricant. https://bit.ly/3LVoOKA
Jarvis supports efforts to abolish capital punishment, emphasizing his own wrongful conviction. Lush Cosmetics and
@uscedp.bsky.social, launched a California-wide campaign urging Governor Newsom to turn his opposition to capital punishment into permanent action by commuting all death sentences.
California hasn't executed anyone in 20 years but has the largest death row in the country. Governor Newsom has already called the death penalty "a failure". Next step: End all death sentences in California! @governor.ca.gov
Florida alone put 19 individuals to death this past year. This is the most executions of any state and accounts for 40% of the nationwide count. @fadp.bsky.social issued a statement for each person who was executed in Florida: www.fadp.org/press-room/
"These two trends appear to be on a collision course; as support for the death penalty continues to fall, its continued use may become politically unsustainable."
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