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Brian Stull

@brianwstull

I defend those the government seeks to execute. Deputy Director, American Civil Liberties Union, Capital Punishment Project. Views my own. He/him.

 Durham, NC
aclu.org/capital-punishment
Joined December 2012
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My Journey From Death Row to Becoming an Advocate for Justice aclu.org/news/capital-punish…
My Journey From Death Row to Becoming an Advocate for Justice | ACLU

My Journey From Death Row to Becoming an Advocate for Justice | ACLU

After a wrongful conviction, I’ve dedicated my life to making Florida a more just, fair, and equal state.

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Thank you @HermanLindsey4!
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"What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim." Frederick Douglass, "The Meaning of July 4th for the Negro" pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h292…
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ALT Frederick Douglass portrait

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Atty Jill C. Jefferson was arrested for filming a traffic stop in MS—days after a DOJ investigation visit. Jill’s worked with my students to investigate the Willie Jones lynching. Please call Lexington Police Dept. at 662-834-3965 & 3508, ask Chief Henderson to drop the charges.
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STOP the Execution of Duane Owen | ⁦@CMNEndtheDP⁩ catholicsmobilizing.org/acti…
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Powerful and haunting admissions: As governors, we oversaw executions. We’ve lived to regret it. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

Opinion | We oversaw executions as governor. We regret it.

If we had known then what we know now, we would have commuted a vast majority of death sentences to life in prison.

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The Supreme Court should do what's right and vacate Richard Glossip's conviction. It is what justice demands. cnn.com/2023/05/05/politics/…
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via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2023/05/05/us/su…

Supreme Court Stays Execution of Death Row Inmate Richard Glossip (Published 2023)

The court acted after Oklahoma’s attorney general joined Mr. Glossip in urging it to halt the execution, which had been scheduled for May 18.

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Would you like to host a speaking event with a Death Row Exoneree as your guest speaker? Go to Witnesstoinnocence.org and see the exonerees and their stories. If you can't host an event at least make a donation to help these exonerees with their mission. Some not compensated!
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In 100 days, Governor DeSantis has signed three death warrants and set the executions for three individuals. Two of them have already been executed by the state. One will be executed tonight if a stay is not issued. 100 days.
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“The federal government’s 287(g) agreement with the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office has created a climate of fear and anxiety in Alamance County..." Muneeba Talukder, Staff Attorney for the ACLU-NC . Read More: rebrand.ly/aclu287gcomplaint.
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“We know that non-unanimity leads to wrongful convictions with more than 93 percent of our wrongful convictions were non-unanimous verdicts,” DeLiberato said. “It also silences black and brown voices on the jury.” @MauraZurick @Newsweek newsweek.com/ron-deathsantis…

Ron "DeathSantis" slammed for Florida's new death penalty bill

The Florida Governor faces backlash over his support for repealing the state's unanimous jury vote requirement for the death penalty.

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Faith community leaders call on @NC_Governor Roy Cooper to commute death sentences of all North Carolina prisoners awaiting execution. cbs17.com/news/north-carolin… @WNCN @MichaelWNCN @ncchurches @NCCADP @NCNewsline #deathpenalty

Faith community leaders call on Gov. Cooper to commute NC death sentences of all prisoners awaiting...

The state has not carried out an execution since 2006 amid legal challenges to the process and drugs involved.

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Juries are an integral part of our justice system — but in death penalty cases, juries are rigged to be more conviction-prone, friendlier to the prosecution, and to exclude Black community members. aclu.org/news/capital-punish…

We're Challenging the Racist Practice That Excludes Black Jurors from Death Penalty Cases | ACLU

Death qualification goes hand in hand with mass incarceration and the racial bias embedded in our criminal legal system.

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I am a death row exoneree trying to be a certified criminal migration specialist but I need my rights. I been release 14yrs. DeSantis won't help the victim Florida created with getting my rights back, can someone hook me up with Biden Admin to see if he would give me a pardon.
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"Following the execution of Donald Dillbeck, Mr. Gaskin is ensconced in a class of one. Mr. Gaskin is the only person with an active death warrant, and an imminent execution based on a non-unanimous death recommendation." bit.ly/LGaskin
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Another sign of the death penalty’s decline:
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@nytimes13 Mar 2023
Breaking News: Sayfullo Saipov, who killed eight people with a truck on a New York bike path in 2017, will get life in prison after a jury deadlocked on the death penalty. nyti.ms/3Fm4r2R
Bike-Path Attacker Will Get Life in Prison, Escaping Death Penalty (Published 2023)

Bike-Path Attacker Will Get Life in Prison, Escaping Death Penalty (Published 2023)

Sayfullo Saipov killed eight people in Manhattan, running them down with a 6,000-pound rented truck. Prosecutors had wanted him executed, but jurors deadlocked.

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The defendant was a Black man. The victim was a Black woman. The final jury was 8 White women, 1 Latina woman, and 3 White men. 0 Black jurors. To see more about the case, read my latest @MarshallProj story: themarshallproject.org/2023/…
This Group Quietly Documents the Past Traumas of People Who Kill

This Group Quietly Documents the Past Traumas of People Who Kill

A rare look inside mitigation specialists’ investigations to help people on death row stay alive.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Kathleen Cleaver. Malcolm X. Ella Baker. Fred Hampton. Rosa Parks. And so many more. The civil rights movement and its leaders fundamentally changed our nation.
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Texas death row prisoner who cut out his eyes seeks clemency. Andre Thomas started hearing voices at age 9 and first attempted suicide at age 10. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/… @ABC @AP @juanlozano70 @TexDefender @TCADPdotORG @NAMITexas @MentalHealthAm @TreatmentAdvCtr @ABAdueprocess
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