Surge in U.S. Executions Exhibits Huge White-Victim Preference. DP3 Analysis Finds White-Victim Preference Masks Significant Bias Against Black Defendants. @8thAmendmentPro @NAACP_LDF @southerncenter @splcenter @eji_org @ACLU #deathpenalty

Here's the data on that—from 2016 through 2024, courts stayed 30.7% of death warrants. 34.6% of warrants were carried out. This year, courts have stayed 11.1% of death warrants. 69.4% of warrants have been carried out. The drop in stays = 7 additional executions so far this year.

“That emboldened states,” @RDunhamDP said. “That has meant in this current surge of executions [that] the lower federal courts aren’t stopping them and the U.S. Supreme Court is not intervening . That increases the number of executions.”.

The Trump Supreme Court “went out of its way to lift stays of execution that were granted by lower federal court judges” during the 2020-2021 federal execution spree, @RDunhamDP said. .

Scheduled July 15 execution of Michael Bell in Florida to mark 10-year high in US executions. @USATODAY @AmandaLeeUSAT #deathpenalty.

Joe Biden's explanation of why he did not commute the death sentences of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Dylann Roof, and Robert Bowers: “it was just a bridge too far.” @nytimes #deathpenalty

Excerpts From The Times’s Interview With Joe Biden on Clemency Decisions. @nytimes @charlie_savage @8thAmendmentPro #deathpenalty.

Biden responds to trumped up charges on commutations: Biden Says He Made the Clemency Decisions That Were Recorded With Autopen. @nytimes @charlie_savage @tylerpager #deathpenalty.

Texas AG Ken Paxton asks for new execution date as court set to consider Robert Roberson toddler death case on Wednesday. @CBSNews @TexDefender @TCADPdotORG @WTIUSA @innocence @cifsjustice @TheSyndromeFilm #deathpenalty.

Hearing set for Robert Roberson’s execution date in shaken baby case. @dallasnews @PhilJankowski @TexDefender @TCADPdotORG @WTIUSA @innocence @cifsjustice #Texas #deathpenalty.

Texas death row prisoner William Mason dies after more than 30 years behind bars. @HoustonChron @keribla @TexDefender @TCADPdotORG.

But maybe not. @carolrosenberg reminded me of this article from last Fall on what might happen if the Guantánamo plea deal unravels: Death Penalty May Be Off Table for 9/11 Suspect No Matter How Case Unfolds. @nytimes @GitmoWatch.

Justin Mohn sentenced to 2 consecutive life sentences in Bench trial in Bucks County, found guilty of beheading father. @CBSPhiladelphia @_joebrandt @padp_org @Atlantic_Ctr #Pennsylvania.

A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld the denial of habeas corpus relief for Arizona death-row prisoner Tracy Hampton. @DPA_Arizona @ArizonaJP @dbaich @jenmoreno #deathpenalty

A split panel of the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia Circuit has put the death penalty back on the table in the Guantanamo 9/11 trial, upholding then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's revocation of the GTMO plea deals. @GitmoWatch

World death penalty news — A Syrian Death Factory Gives Up Its Secrets. Under the Assad regime, Saydnaya prison became a mass-killing machine; ‘a symbol of shame for the whole world.’ @WSJ @jmalsin @UNHumanRights @amnesty @hrw @WCADP @AssoECPM.

‘A firewall’: Delaware lawmakers approve first leg of amendment removing death penalty from state constitution. @whyy @SarahKatMueller @ACLUDelaware @padp_org @Atlantic_Ctr.

Utah judge schedules execution by firing squad for a man with dementia. @AP @H_Schoenbaum @acluutah @NAMICommunicate @taccommunicate @MentalHealthAm #RalphMenzies #deathpenalty.

Laziness or incompetence? These "news" outlets failed to report that the vast majority of US states require unanimous jury votes and would not have sentenced Ryan Cole to death. @GulfCoastNews @WKOW @winknews.

Another non-unanimous death sentence in Florida — Ryan Cole sentenced to death in Charlotte County. @FLDeathPenalty @MelKalEsq @FADPorg #deathpenalty.

Away for two days for my wife's birthday. Won't be tweeting while I'm off.