In a movement like ours, the hard days can be heavy. But sometimes there are moments that remind us exactly why we keep fighting.💪
Our newest edition of 'DPA Dispatch' shares one of those moments →
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Today's victory was made possible by massive network of individuals and organizations that came together for Sonny Burton. We send our congratulations to Sonny's dedicated legal team, the PR team, and all who helped us get to this point.
Sonny LIVES!
🚨We need you help to save Sonny Burton!🚨
Sonny is just days from execution in Alabama — even though he never killed anyone. His life is now in Gov. Ivey’s hands.
Urge Gov. Ive to to grant clemency. She's done it before... she can do it again!
📞 334-242-7100
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
☎️Call Gov. Abbott at 512-463-2000 ⇢ "Please grant clemency to Cedrick Ricks. Texas does not need to continue on this killing trajectory."
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💥Texas plans to execute Cedrick Ricks on Wednesday. But safety does not 🙅♀️ require execution — we prove that every day in thousands of other cases. Texans shouldn’t be forced to fund the state’s killing machine. 💸
More here → actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
📣 Can you spare 1 minute to help Sonny Burton?
Sonny is just days from execution in Alabama — even though he never killed anyone. His life is now in Gov. Ivey’s hands.
Please call Gov. Ivey and urge her to grant clemency today. She's done it before... she can do it again!
📞 334-242-7100
Gov. Ivey can still stop the execution of Sonny Burton.
Sonny did not kill.
Sonny did not intend to kill.
Sonny did not order the killing.
Yet he remains condemned while the triggerman was allowed to live. Demand clemency.
→ www.charlessonnyburton.com/action#socia...
This evening our friends at Missourians to Abolish Executions and Execution Intervention Project will be hosting a webinar exploring America's most novel execution method and why this matters for Missouri.
⏰8pm CT
Register for Zoom audience → us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi....
More here → actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
#Mercy #StopExecutions #SonnyBurton
Sonny is ONE WEEK from execution in Alabama — even though he never killed anyone. He is in poor condition due to chronic autoimmune disease and is a high fall risk.
☎️ Call Governor Kay Ivey at 334-242-7100 and urge her to grant mercy so he can live out the little bit of natural life he has left.
We invite you to tune into the press conference held this morning for Sonny Burton in Alabama.
Sonny is running out of time. This is one of the last pushes to ensure there is greater visibility on the insanity of this case and to urge Gov. Ivey to intervene.
→ www.youtube.com/live/s5xrVVR...
⚡️Do not sit this one out.⚡️
Everything you need is here →
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
🚨Sonny Burton has just 8 days until the State of Alabama intends to execute him — even though he did not kill anyone. The State has admitted that his sentence is “arguably unjust.”
IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK...
🖋️Sign the petitions.
📬Write to the Governor.
☎️Call the Governor.
More resources can be found at www.charlessonnyburton.com
Too many have already been executed despite this ruling. Billy should not be added to that list.
📞 Call Governor Ron DeSantis at 850-717-9337 and urge him to stop this execution.
🕯️ Join tonight’s virtual vigil at 5PM ET or read more here
👉 actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
#StopExecutions
Tonight, the State of Florida plans to take the life of Billy Kearse. If carried out, this execution would violate the clear constitutional protections established in Atkins v. Virginia, where the U.S. Supreme Court placed a categorical ban on executing people with intellectual disabilities.
💥With the unconstitutional execution of Billy Kearse being tomorrow in Florida, it's time to flood Gov. DeSantis with ☎️ phone calls(850-717-9337)... the point is to make sure there is NO BUSINESS AS USUAL when there is an execution about to happen...
More here → actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Join Death Penalty Action and leaders from states with execution dates scheduled in the coming weeks for a review of the issues and action opportunities surrounding these upcoming executions.
📆 TODAY: Sunday, March 1st
🕒 9 PM EST
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Justice means recognizing our shared humanity — even in those who find themselves on death row. 🖤
75-year-old Sonny Burton never killed anyone.
He’s wheelchair-bound, ill, and now faces execution by nitrogen gas in Alabama.
Why him — but not the more culpable co-defendant?
"Gov. Ivey, There is one correct choice in this situation. Decide accordingly."
👉 actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Nitrogen suffocation executions have now been carried out 8 times. Each one demonstrated clearly that this method is no better than each of the methods that preceded it.
❌There is NO "good way" to kill someone.❌
End gas suffocation executions → actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...
📨Mail it with a handwritten note to the Governor →
Office of the Governor
Governor Kay Ivey
600 Dexter Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36130
We’ll be writing: “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy…”
💥Let’s flood her office with letters for mercy. Act now.💥
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
⏰ TIME SENSITIVE
A powerful op-ed published in Alabama yesterday urges Kay Ivey to grant mercy to Sonny Burton. We can still stop this — but only if we act today.
📬 Print the op-ed → drive.google.com/file/d/10Uiv...
This #BlackHistoryMonth, we remember that history is not just behind us — its legacy is still shaping our courts, our punishments, and our modern definitions of justice. #AbolishTheDeathPenalty
The death penalty didn’t emerge in a vacuum. What replaced lynch mobs was not the end of racial violence, but its transformation into a state-controlled process shielded by the language of supposed fairness. #BlackHistory
"Pause ALL executions to allow for an independent investigation."
☎️ Gov. DeSantis: 850-717-9337
🕯️If things don't go right, join our 5PM ET vigil:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Florida is well on its way to setting more records for all of the wrong reasons. Melvin Trotter faces execution THIS evening — even as serious flaws in the state’s execution process come to light.
🙅♀️Sonny Burton is 75, disabled, & NEVER killed anyone.
Instead of compassionate end-of-life care, Alabama plans to execute him.
"Gov. Ivey, Grant mercy."
🖋️https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/gov-ivey-please-grant-clemency-to-charles-sonny-burton-who-faces-execution-despite-not-having-killed-anyone/
