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@WeStand4Mercy

We are supporters of the @MercyCampaign and @ReprieveAU. It's time to end the death penalty around the world. Together we can make a difference. #IStandForMercy

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Joined March 2015
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'If you don't accept people can change, No one has an incentive to change.' - Myuran Sukumaran
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For 17 years he was the US state of Virginia's chief executioner, putting 37 men to death in the electric chair and killing 25 others with lethal injections. abc.net.au/news/2019-05-26/t…

Former executioner Jerry 'closed 62 sets of eyes'. Now he fights the death penalty

Jerry Givens executed dozens of US inmates by electric chair and lethal injection — and hid his work from his own family. Now he's dedicating his life to ending capital punishment in America.

abc.net.au
#SaudiArabia to execute 3 prominent moderate scholars after #Ramadan, the most prominent of the trio, Sheikh Salman al-Odah, is an internationally renowned scholar known for comparatively progressive views on Sharia & homosexuality. shar.es/a02eZe via @MiddleEastEye
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We will never forget Andrew Chan & Myuran Sukumaran. Executed by the Indonesian Government - Wednesday 29th April 2015. #RIP #IStandForMercy
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'If you don't accept people can change, No one has an incentive to change.' - Myuran Sukumaran
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Watch my newest interview with @nowthisnews to learn how the inherently unfair implementation of the death penalty is reflective of a greater need to completely redesign our country's criminal justice system. bit.ly/2VqQMhG
174K views · 93 reactions | Artist and activist John Legend says the...

174K views · 93 reactions | Artist and activist John Legend says the...

Artist and activist John Legend says the U.S. needs to abolish the 'immoral' death penalty once and for all

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SCOTUS’ decision to not take the Rhines’ case is a devastating reminder that bias infects every aspect of the death penalty. The death penalty is arbitrary, biased and broken beyond repair. nytimes.com/2018/06/19/opini…
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Letters support claim Assange would not face death penalty. bit.ly/2PdUsRN #Assange #DeathPenalty
72% of the people executed in 2018 had severe mental illness, intellectual disability, brain injury, and/or chronic childhood trauma and abuse. So proud that @GavinNewsom is saying no to #deathpenalty: bit.ly/2X2jRQS
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Every day, all over the world, men, women and even children face the death penalty. Visit bit.ly/2PbmDAO to learn more. #DeathPenalty @amnestyOz
A moment that changed me – seeing a man executed | Clive Stafford Smith gu.com/p/4a5bx/stw
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Whatever form it takes – hanging, lethal injection, beheading, stoning or electrocution – the death penalty is a violent punishment that has no place in today’s criminal justice system. bit.ly/2PbmDAO | #DeathPenalty
We stand with @CAGovernor @GavinNewsom against CA’s broken, costly and racially-biased #deathpenalty
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Democrats Rethink the Death Penalty, and Its Politics. nyti.ms/2ORXDhI #DeathPenalty

Democrats Rethink the Death Penalty, and Its Politics (Published 2019)

Following California’s moratorium on executions, Democrats running for president embraced abolition, signaling a generational shift for the party.

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Two weeks ago, the 165th innocent person was released from death row in the U.S. Thank you @CAGovernor @GavinNewsom for ensuring we never execute an innocent person in CA. #deathpenalty
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Australia condemns death penalty for gays, unmarried couples in Brunei. smh.com.au/world/asia/death-…

Australia condemns death penalty for gays, unmarried couples in Brunei

Australia has joined international criticism of harsh new laws introduced by Brunei that could see people stoned to death for gay or extra-marital sex.

smh.com.au
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29.4.15 We remember those executed senselessly on this day, especially Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, who became such wonderful men.
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Indonesia transfers US citizen to 'execution island'. theguardian.com/world/2017/m…

Indonesia transfers US citizen to 'execution island'

Transfer of Frank Amado, who faces death penalty for drug trafficking, prompts fears of new round of executions

theguardian.com
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The art of Myuran Sukumaran. abc.net.au/radionational/pro… via @RadioNational
The art of Myuran Sukumaran - ABC listen

The art of Myuran Sukumaran - ABC listen

Artist Ben Quilty, discusses the art and reformation of Myuran Sukumaran, who was executed in Indonesia in 2015.

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Another Day in Paradise review – a raw, emotional insight into Bali Nine artist's life on death row. theguardian.com/culture/2017…
Another Day in Paradise review – a raw, emotional insight into Bali Nine artist's life on death row

Another Day in Paradise review – a raw, emotional insight into Bali Nine artist's life on death row

The first major exhibition of Myuran Sukumaran’s art is showing at Sydney festival and reflects his struggle to come to terms with his own death

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