The death penalty has no place in our society. On Thursday, December 10th, Brandon Bernard was executed after being sentenced as a teenager — he was 40 years old at the time of his execution.
Brandon was the second execution under the Trump administration since Election Day, and just one day later another Black man, Alfred Bourgeois, became the third.
There are three more executions scheduled to happen before Joe Biden and Kamala Harris assume office. We cannot allow this draconian practice to continue — we must abolish the death penalty once and for all.
The death penalty is not justice and it never will be. The death penalty is a devastating tool of oppression and it has no place in our society.
Since its inception, the death penalty has been marked by racial bias, wrongful convictions, and disproportionate impacts on the most vulnerable. It is cruel and ineffective at protecting public safety.
Together we can stop the death penalty.
In solidarity,
Ro