L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty
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Cantor Michael Zoosman (Former Prison Chaplain, Co-Founder - L’chaim!) https://t.co/2tRGM5KXGc
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined October 2020
On #internationalholocaustremembranceday
https://t.co/4jm9smr6nj - The 3800 Members of “L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty”
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I am an ordained Jewish cantor, a former Jewish prison chaplain, a third-generation Holocaust survivor, and co-founder of L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty. I write these words on the eve of...
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When it put Lance Shockley to death, Missouri became the eleventh U.S. state to execute a prisoner in 2025. Here is a state-by-state breakdown of the 37 executions and the status of the other 27 death warrants set execution dates for 2025. @8thAmendmentPro @DeathPenaltyAct
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Missouri man executed for the fatal shooting of a state trooper in 2005. https://t.co/yv78LGUruw
@AP @juanlozano70 @APOConnor @MADPMO @WTIUSA @innocence #LanceShockley #deathpenalty
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A Missouri man is set to be executed for killing a state trooper over 20 years ago. Prosecutors say Lance Shockley waited for hours near the trooper's home before shooting him.
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In Texas, new details about its execution drug underscore a closely guarded secret: the state has paid more than $775,000 for its pentobarbital. https://t.co/qLAkCYPMA8
@NBCNews @erikjhortiz @_abigailbrooks @TexDefender @TCADPdotORG @ReprieveUS #deathpenalty
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A state law shields its source of pentobarbital, the sedative used in lethal injections. But documents reviewed by NBC News offer a glimpse into its most recent supply.
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Their Dads Were on Death Row in Missouri. Here’s How They Faced Goodbyes, Executions and Grief. https://t.co/FgWLMfu7ks
@MarshallProj @katie_reports @MADPMO #deathpenalty
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One woman copes with her father’s impending execution in Missouri, while two others share their experiences of losing a parent to capital punishment.
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Ohio weighs nitrogen gas execution amid lethal injection impasse. https://t.co/M2PWxor5F5
@21WFMJNews @YoungstownNBC @OhStopExecution #deathpenalty
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Ohio is considering adding nitrogen hypoxia as a method for carrying out the death penalty, a move supported by state Attorney General Dave Yost.
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Bexley native leads Ohio rabbis in opposing gas execution bill. https://t.co/nK3C2Uqt7b
@ColumbusJNews @Jews4Abolition @theJCPA #deathpenalty
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Over 35 rabbis and Jewish community leaders from around Ohio sent a letter to the members of the Ohio House of Representatives Judiciary Committee objecting to adding the use of
Ohio weighs nitrogen gas execution amid lethal injection impasse. https://t.co/M2PWxor5F5
@21WFMJNews @YoungstownNBC @OhStopExecution #deathpenalty
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“We need everyone to get involved in the fight, and we need everyone to have a vested interest in continuing to resist.” ICEBlock Can’t Block ICE. No App Can. How Local Organizing, Community Defense and Security Culture Protect Us When Technology Can't https://t.co/3lAGK4wb4a
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“Despite the app’s goal of protecting people from ICE, its viral success, and the state repression against it, ICEBlock has serious issues: Most
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On this day in 1927, a Czech Jewish girl was born. On the 20 Nov 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt with her mother and then on the 6 Oct 1944 to Auschwitz where they perished. Her name was Lucie Charlota Schwarzová
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🗣️ICYMI: The 7th nitrogen-gassing-execution torture in Alabama is scheduled on October 23—in 10 days. Over the weekend, in Alabama’s best newspaper, @MGMAdvertiser—and, in The Gadsden Times and The Tuscaloosa News—I published “Alabama savagely gas-tortured a sixth man to death.”
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🗣️ICYMI: The 7th nitrogen-gassing-execution torture in Alabama is scheduled on October 23—in 10 days. Over the weekend, in Alabama’s best newspaper, @MGMAdvertiser—and, in The Gadsden Times and The Tuscaloosa News—I published “Alabama savagely gas-tortured a sixth man to death.”
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Florida | Man convicted of killing 2 women set to be executed https://t.co/sXJzA1oc7i
#florida #deathpenalty
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EXECUTION DAY It is not too late to make this call and save a life! #SaveSamuelSmithers
#StopExecutionsFlorida
Florida plans to execute 72-year-old #SamuelSmithers on Oct 14. Killing an elderly man serves no justice. This is cruel and unusual punishment. Please call @GovRonDeSantis 👇 and demand mercy. #StopExecutionsFlorida
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Missouri Gov. Denies Clemency as Lance Shockley Faces Execution as Supreme Court Declines to Hear https://t.co/t0Nt6MYVq8
#missouri #deathpenalty #lanceshockley
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Over the dissent of Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson, the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review an issue of serious juror misconduct in the case of Georgia death row prisoner Stacey Humphries. https://t.co/gpuefs2AJs
@GFADP #deathpenalty
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Japan | Death penalty for man who killed four in gun and knife attack https://t.co/cAEPow8MbA
#japan #copkiller #knifeattack #deathpenalty
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Israel frees nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, including hundreds of terror convicts https://t.co/VzKySeym5q
#Israel #hamas #gaza #Terrorism #hostages #October7Massacre #Palestine
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#Missouri EXECUTION ALERT- EXECUTION DAY- Governor denies clemency for #LanceShockley ( See my Twitter) Protest execution of Lance. Contact Governor Mike Kehoe. https://t.co/xG89m1VJkS Talking points : https://t.co/aR6ZNZx3ZR Execution : October 14, 2025 @GovMikeKehoe
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#Florida EXECUTION ALERT- EXECUTION DAY- Stay the Execution of #SamuelSmithers (See my Twitter) Contact Governor DeSantis. 850-717-9337 https://t.co/CSlEvgL07r Talking points: https://t.co/aajtd7Fece Send a letter: https://t.co/DViGK7T0QL Execution : October 14, 2025
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.@GovMikeKehoe sadly & unconscionably denied #LanceShockley #Clemency despite DENIED modern DNA testing of crime scene evidence +evidence entirely circumstantial inadequate "constitutionally ineffective" legal representation jury foreperson misconduct https://t.co/02PjQPtxGB
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Four men face execution this week in Florida, Missouri, Mississippi, and Arizona. Join us in calling on Governors DeSantis, Kehoe, Reeves, and Hobbs to stand for Life this week. ☎️Find contact info and petitions here: 👉
deathpenaltyaction.org
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