Robert Dunham
@RDunhamDP
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Special counsel @PhillipsBlackPr; Director, DP Policy Project; adjunct prof. @TempleLaw. B.A. @Penn; J.D. @GeorgetownLaw. Formerly @DPInfoCtr Exec. Dir.
Philadelphia, PA
Joined November 2014
The poll of likely Pennsylvania voters by @SusquehannaPR found that twice as many Pennsylvanians (58%) prefer some form of a life sentence over the death penalty (29%) as the most appropriate punishment for people convicted of murder. @padp_org @Atlantic_Ctr #deathpenalty
New Poll: Pennsylvanians Overwhelmingly Prefer Life Over the Death Penalty as Punishment for Murder. https://t.co/jAJwCqAxEe
@padp_org @Atlantic_Ctr
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.@GovernorShapiro’s Execution Reprieve Marks a Shift in Pennsylvania’s Death Penalty. https://t.co/pwvoyCISEB
@DavisVanguard @padp_org @Atlantic_Ctr @uscedp
davisvanguard.org
Gov. Josh Shapiro issued his first death penalty reprieve, continuing Pennsylvania's moratorium on executions and reflecting a shift towards abolishing capital punishment, while urging the Legislat...
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According to @NAACP_LDF's latest Death Row USA, nearly 60% of Florida's death row (that's 8% of the nation's death row) would not have been sentenced to death if they had been tried almost anywhere else in the U.S. https://t.co/hnPInmh4oh
@hellokatepayne @FLDeathPenalty @FADPorg
Florida Supreme Court upholds death sentences by nonunanimous juries. https://t.co/vJSBFdW0OP
@AP @hellokatepayne @FLDeathPenalty @FADPorg #deathpenalty
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Florida Supreme Court upholds death sentences by nonunanimous juries. https://t.co/vJSBFdW0OP
@AP @hellokatepayne @FLDeathPenalty @FADPorg #deathpenalty
apnews.com
Florida’s Supreme Court has upheld a state law allowing nonunanimous juries to sentence people to death.
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Extrajudicial Executions — The U.S. Has Killed More than 100 People in Boat Strikes. We’re Tracking Them All. https://t.co/cXnIiWWkAh
@theintercept @nickturse @amnestyusa @ReprieveUS @UNHumanRights @UN_SPExperts #HumanRights
theintercept.com
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and the number of civilians killed.
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Yesterday, I had the privilege of appearing on Wake Up With WURD with @solomonjones1 to discuss Pennsylvania's death penalty. The interview has now been uploaded to Soundcloud and you can listen to it here. https://t.co/1Lb8Lmourv
@onwurd @padp_org @Atlantic_Ctr @uscedp
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“The Trump administration's drug boat campaign has assassinated about one person each day since early September. These are murders, and our basic humanity demands that we not get complacent about them.” — @radleybalko
Extrajudicial Executions — 104 murders in 107 days. https://t.co/uN1Jn6KFf9
@radleybalko @UNHumanRights @UN_Spokesperson @IACHumanRights #HumanRights
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Extrajudicial Executions — 104 murders in 107 days. https://t.co/uN1Jn6KFf9
@radleybalko @UNHumanRights @UN_Spokesperson @IACHumanRights #HumanRights
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“The death penalty is supposed to be reserved for the worst of the worst. Instead, tonight we executed an intellectually disabled man ... who expressed decades of remorse and regret for his irrevocable harm.” @FADPorg @FLDeathPenalty #Florida #deathpenalty
.@FADPorg has issued this statement concerning last night's execution of Frank Walls in Florida. https://t.co/tfvTSpIVdt
@FLDeathPenalty @uscedp #deathpenalty
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.@FADPorg has issued this statement concerning last night's execution of Frank Walls in Florida. https://t.co/tfvTSpIVdt
@FLDeathPenalty @uscedp #deathpenalty
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Justices refuse to reimpose death for man convicted as juvenile for murder of LSU freshman. https://t.co/2gNsrA1uN2
@theadvocatebr @Matt_BruceDBNJ @JusticesPromise @LaRepeal @uscedp #Louisiana #deathpenalty
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Louisiana Supreme Court declines to restore death penalty for prisoner convicted of murder who was just shy of 18. https://t.co/TUR0zUvg0e
@IlluminatorLA @GregLaRose @JusticesPromise @LaRepeal #DaleCraig
lailluminator.com
The ruling doesn’t necessarily derail Attorney General Liz Murrill's plans to challenge a U.S. Supreme Court precedent that declared executing minors was unconstitutional.
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“This is the kind of misconduct that leads to increasing public distrust for capital punishment, and I think that it will continue the national trend that we’re seeing away from support for the death penalty,” @RDunhamDP said. @padp_org @Atlantic_Ctr @uscedp @fjp_org @CCATDP
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Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh is facing a lawsuit by the @Atlantic_Ctr alleging that he pressured the county coroner into declaring a child’s death a homicide because “I need to win an election” by pursuing the death penalty against the child’s father. @padp_org
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.@JoshShapiroPA “is taking the kind of leadership that we expect people with a strong moral compass and a strong understanding of public policy” to be assuming, @RDunhamDP said at a news briefing this week. @padp_org @Atlantic_Ctr @uscedp #Pennsylvania #deathpenalty
Advocates push to end death penalty as @GovernorShapiro issues first reprieve, continuing moratorium. https://t.co/1TH8pUihIK
@PennLive @zwhoopes @padp_org @Atlantic_Ctr @DPInfoCtr @uscedp #Pennsylvania
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Advocates push to end death penalty as @GovernorShapiro issues first reprieve, continuing moratorium. https://t.co/1TH8pUihIK
@PennLive @zwhoopes @padp_org @Atlantic_Ctr @DPInfoCtr @uscedp #Pennsylvania
pennlive.com
While Pennsylvania has a lengthy list of inmates nominally on death row, the state hasn't actually executed anyone since 1999.
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Frank Walls has been executed in Florida. https://t.co/0fSlKoufIo
@pnj @FLDeathPenalty @FADPorg #deathpenalty
pnj.com
Frank Walls will be executed at 6 p.m. after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his appeal for a stay of execution.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Frank Walls' cert petitions and applications to stay tonight's scheduled execution. https://t.co/1NkAreUr5R
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@FLDeathPenalty @FADPorg @TheArcUS @APA @APApsychiatric @uscedp #Florida #deathpenalty
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Louisiana Supreme Court rejects effort to reinstate death sentence for 17-year-old offender convicted of killing LSU freshman. https://t.co/bZxEFIGFfH
@WBRZ @JusticesPromise @LaRepeal @APA @APApsychiatric @uscedp #deathpenalty
wbrz.com
NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the state's attempt to reimpose the death penalty for a man who was 17 when he was accused of killing an LSU freshman in 1992.
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From Former Florida State Prison warden Ron McAndrew: Florida’s execution pace tests the limits of the law — and its workforce. https://t.co/AZeT8qngQQ
@TB_Times @FLDeathPenalty @FADPorg @uscedp @CCATDP #deathpenalty
tampabay.com
When something goes wrong, prison staff absorb the consequences.
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In an unsigned opinion on direct appeal, the Florida Supreme Court has upheld the non-unanimous death sentence imposed on Michael Hunt despite the fact that two of his jurors had voted for life. https://t.co/TXm5rlMWlM
@FLDeathPenalty @FADPorg @uscedp @CCATDP @ACLU #deathpenalty
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