Building consensus to end the death penalty through education, collaboration, and activism.
Indianapolis, IN
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Indiana Abolition Coalition retweeted
The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person. The common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment: effective systems of detention have been developed that protect citizens while at the same time do not completely deprive those who are guilty of the possibility of redemption. #NoDeathPenalty
Indiana Abolition Coalition retweeted
Why four Supreme Court justices changed their minds on capital punishment | Opinion. pennlive.com/opinion/2026/07… @PennLive @dayan_marshall @padp_org @Atlantic_Ctr @uscedp #deathpenalty
Indiana Abolition Coalition retweeted
Tennessee Medical professionals call for pause on executions. yahoo.com/news/politics/arti… @YahooNews @TNLookout @Tndeathpenalty @uscedp @CCATDP @AmerMedicalAssn @tnmed #TonyCarrothers #deathpenalty
Indiana Abolition Coalition retweeted
🗞️👏"Gov. DeWine was right to encourage the legislature to abolish Ohio's death penalty statute, and he can do more right now by using his executive clemency power to commute all Ohio death sentences too life without the possibility of parole."
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Indiana Abolition Coalition retweeted
Why journalists say they should be present when states carry out the ultimate punishment. san.com/cc/why-journalists-s… @StraightArrow__ @DevinPavlou3 @rcfp @keribla @INAbolition @uscedp @CCATDP #Indiana #deathpenalty
Indiana Abolition Coalition retweeted
“Tennessee has effectively made the case against the death penalty,” said Laura Porter, the executive director of the U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty. @uscedp @Tndeathpenalty @amnestyusa @ReprieveUS #TonyCarruthers
Tennessee Calls Off Execution After Staff Can’t Find Prisoner’s Vein. nytimes.com/2026/05/21/us/te… @nytimes @ESCochrane @NickAtNews @Tndeathpenalty @ACLU @uscedp #TonyCarruthers #deathpenalty
Indiana Abolition Coalition retweeted
Yesterday, Tennessee spent 90 minutes trying to find a vein to execute Tony Carruthers. His attorney watched him wince and groan in pain before the lethal injection was finally called off. Governor Bill Lee has granted Tony a one-year reprieve. tennesseelookout.com/2026/05…
Indiana Abolition Coalition retweeted
Yesterday, Death Penalty Action and our partners at LiveFree Indiana, the Indiana Abolition Coalition, @WorthRises, and several faith leaders hand delivered your petition signatures to executives at Elevatus— the architecture firm hired to help IDOC rebuild their execution unit to accommodate firing squad executions.
For a corporation whose outward presentation gives the impression of a company who is deeply passionate about serving others, their actions clearly reveal another side to them.
No company should profit from the deaths of others.
worthrises.org/firingsquad
Indiana Abolition Coalition retweeted
Death penalty opponents protest at @ElevatusArch, the Indiana architecture firm that designed Idaho firing squad chamber. 21alivenews.com/2026/05/19/d… @ABC21WPTA @AIANational @DeathPenaltyAct @WorthRises @Reprieve @acluidaho @INAbolition @uscedp @WCADP #deathpenalty
Indiana Abolition Coalition retweeted
SCOTUSblog published a new piece exploring the legal and constitutional debate over nitrogen hypoxia as an execution method and its broader implications for Supreme Court death penalty rulings. Read more below. scotusblog.com/2026/05/will-…
Indiana Abolition Coalition retweeted
Important development in the fight against wrongful convictions.
Thank you, @SenRodneyPol, @RepMitchGore, @Sen_GregTaylor, Rep. Matt Pierce, and Sen. Mike Bohacek for your engagement.
Special thanks to Sen. Pol as lead author.
@innocence @NDLawEJC
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Indiana Abolition Coalition retweeted
"The dignity of a person is not lost even after very serious crimes are committed."
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Indiana Abolition Coalition retweeted
"Idaho became the first state to authorize the firing squad as its primary method and is nearing completion on a new $1 million execution facility." Legislation passed March 2025 - goes into effect July 2026. @DPInfoCtr
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Indiana Abolition Coalition retweeted
Notre Dame Law School hosted its second annual Death Penalty Abolition Week from Monday, March 23 to Friday, March 27, 2026. Organized by @NDLawEJC, with @NDHumRts and the Institute for Social Concerns serving as co-sponsors, the week was made possible through a generous donation from Syl Schieber ’72 M.A., ’74 Ph.D., and Vicki Schieber.
Through a series of powerful conversations and firsthand accounts, Death Penalty Abolition Week sought to raise awareness of the tragic miscarriages of justice caused by wrongful convictions, affirm the sanctity of human life, and advocate for the abolition of the death penalty in the United States.
Featured speakers included the Honorable Bob Morris, Indiana Representative; Erin Barnhart ‘05 J.D., a federal public defender, with Elwood Jones, an Ohio death row exoneree; Anthony Ray Hinton, a death row exoneree and author of "The Sun Does Shine"; and Sarah Craft, interim director of the Indiana Abolition Coalition, with Donna Schneweis, director of the Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty.
Read more: law.nd.edu/news-events/news/…
Indiana Abolition Coalition retweeted
New report details Ohio wrongful convictions, calls death penalty ‘profoundly unreliable.’ nbc4i.com/news/local-news/ce… @nbc4i @avaboldizar @OhStopExecution @ohiojpc @WTIUSA @innocence @uscedp @CCATDP
Petition urging Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor Abbott to stop the execution of James Broadnax, who didn't kill anyone: If you believe this execution should not move forward, add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
Indiana Abolition Coalition retweeted
Everytown for Gun Safety has listed the ten states with the highest rate of gun deaths in 2025. Nine of them are death penalty states. So much for the death penalty as an instrument of public safety. @Everytown @uscedp @CCATDP @RightOnCrime @DeathPenaltyAct @WCADP @AssoECPM
Everytown for Gun Safety has released its review of gun violence in the U.S. in 2025. You can read it here. everytownresearch.org/wp-con… @Everytown
Podcast examining the #deathpenalty abolition movement in Indiana as well as developments in AZ and UT. Evansville's Kim Dillman is interviewed about her advocacy against the death penalty after witnessing her mother's murder at age 9. newsfromthestates.com/episod…
Indiana Abolition Coalition retweeted
As @GovMikeDeWine prepares to address the future of Ohio's death penalty, this moment invites a broader conversation, not only about whether executions should proceed, but about his power to grant clemency when the judicial process has reached its limits.
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