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jesseleelazyblog · 1 month

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UNETHICAL EXECUTION IN GEORGIA: MARCH 20TH

Willie James Pie is set to be executed in Georgia on March 20th despite that fact that he is intellectually disabled, making this execution unconstitutional.

Links to Take Action:

links specifically for Georgia residents:

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bellamonde · 1 year

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Please just take a few seconds out of your holiday celebrations to spread the word. Mehdi Keshvari needs our help.

#mehdi keshvari #stop the executions #stop executions #iran #opiran #iran protests #save the protestors #abolish the death penalty #human rights abuses #free iran #woman life freedom #mahsa amini

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lilinou67 · 9 months

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Happy 30 🎂

#jahar tsarnaev #Dzhokhar tsarnaev #abolish the death penalty

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languagenerd24601 · 24 days

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#black lives matter #abolish the death penalty #save toforest johnson #alabama #innocence project

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mrsblackruby · 1 year

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It’s all the performative bullshit that kills me about society y’all get off from tormenting people who you scapegoat. The people you’ve decided are irredeemable. So many People take joy in stripping other people of dignity. So many people caught up in the endless cycle of revenge because of how tempting it is. Meaning there’s still not enough people who care enough about reducing harm on a wider scale. About protecting those we have left to face their hardships alone.

#my politics #vent #prison isn’t justice #abolish prisons #abolish the death penalty #abuse culture #transformative justice #black lives matter #mental health support #truamacore #denying human rights only perpetuates the problem don’t fool yourself into thinking it solves anything #I wish I had all the answers 2 life

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news4dzhozhar · 10 months

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when get we see new pictures of Jahar?

Highly unlikely to ever. Unless he has to make a court appearance it's not likely there will ever be a public sighting of him again. His visitors are limited and cannot take pics or videos. No media has access either so unless a prison guard sneaks a shot and it gets out (which I'm sure would come with legal consequences) it's safe to say it won't happen. Most probably wouldn't recognize him now anyway.

#jahar tsarnaev #dzhokhar tsarnaev #abolish the death penalty #abolish capital punishment #end the death penalty #end capital punishment #florence adx #adx #florence supermax #super max prison

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nando161mando · 6 days

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Slave labor

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luminary-sunflower · 5 months

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Someone literally got mad. "If you post shit like "love everybody" "respect all humans" I'm going to assume you're including ACTUALLY BAD PEOPLE IN IT " yes I am. "Even (this group)?" Yeah. Just out of pure Christian love /srs at this point. If you think of a worst hypothetical person to not include in that sentiment I'm sending them extra lovely vibes as we speak. Stay mad.

#sunnyside musings #radical pacifism #abolish the death penalty #prison rehab #prison abolition

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bellamonde · 1 year

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HELP IRAN & TAKE ACTION

Take action and be the voice of the heroes of Iran. Please visit the link here and send the pre-populated emails. It is separated based on your country of resident. The emails will be sent to politicians and journalists urging them to demand the Islamic Republic to end the executions and to expel the ambassadors of the Islamic Republic and recall their own ambassadors from Iran. Thank you as always for your support!

https://linktr.ee/the_voice_of_iran

#mahsa amini #iran protests #take action for iran #stop the executions #opiran #free iran #save iranians #protect the protests #jina amini #mohammad mehdi karami #abolish the death penalty

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basilraeofsunshine · 2 years

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No one is talking about this, but I think it’s because no one knows about it

Tw: black man unalived by texas police

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Genesis Hicks was a young black man who lived in north texas. While unarmed and running away from the cops, they tased him and let him fall and caused him to die by not caring for his body after being tased. When you cause someone to fall down, you have to be careful that they do not fall and harm their body in the fall. Not taking care of him so that he wouldn’t hit his head is a horrible idea and lead to him being in a coma for 2 weeks and then dying.

I don’t know much about Genesis Hicks’s life before his death, but I do know he was young and scared. He was running away for using a fake ID to purchase a car. There was no reason for the police to think he was violent and they knew he was unarmed before causing him to die.

The Frisco police should apologize, charge those involved with his death, and work with local groups to find better ways of running their department for future cases. This should never happen again.

I know those of you seeing this probably care a lot for black people and for those in our country who are being hurt by the police. If you feel inclined, please share Genesis’s story and urge others to care about his life and the inhumane death he suffered.

If you want to express sympathy or buy flowers in Genesis’s memory this is the place for that:

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languagenerd24601 · 24 days

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Please sign this petition to get a new trial for Toforest Johnson, who has been wrongfully convicted.

#black lives matter #abolish the death penalty #save toforest johnson #alabama

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mrsblackruby · 2 years

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To commit acts of cruelty to a person because they’ve committed acts of cruelty just seems redundant and hypocritical to me.

#and I forgot to add it’s also just cruel #my politics #abolish police #abolish prisons #abolish the death penalty #black lives matter #black liberation #leftism #leftist #anti capitalism #anarchism

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news4dzhozhar · 9 months

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A podcast in Kazakhstan is under controversy for inviting a friend of the Boston Marathon bomber

On August 4, one of the most popular YouTube podcasts in Kazakhstan, Zamandas, released an episode with Dias Kadyrbayev, who is notorious for being one of the close friends of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, responsible for the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing in Boston, USA. On the podcast, Kadyrbayev shared how he first met Dzhokhar, what happened to him before and after the attack, as well as the court process and serving his prison sentence.

Ten years ago, on April 15, 2013, a 19-year-old Dzhokhar and his 26-year-old brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev detonated two bombs at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring 281 people. During the manhunt, the Tsarnev brothers shot dead one police officer; another one died a year later from the injuries sustained while trying to arrest them. Dzhokhar ran over his brother and two police officers, killing Tamerlan before escaping. He was arrested on April 19, after a shootout with the police.

Later in court, he explained the attacks as retribution for the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and claimed that they were not members of any terrorist organization. Dzhokhar received the death penalty in court.

Along with another student from Kazakhstan, Azamat Tazhayakov, Kadyrbayev was convicted of obstructing US justice during the investigation of the terrorist attack. In practice, he was found guilty of destroying evidence that could aid the investigation.

Several days after the attack, when the police released a video footage of suspects without revealing their identities, Kadyrbayev texted Dzhokhar asking if it was him or not in the news, which he neither confirmed nor denied. He told Kadyrbayev to go to his dorm room and take whatever he wanted and stopped replying to messages.

Kadyrbayev, Tazhayakov, and another friend went to his room, searched it, and took Dzhokhar’s personal belongings: laptop, flash drive, headphones, a white hat he wore on the day of the attack, ashtray, backpack, fireworks and bottle of Vaseline, which in theory could be used to make explosives. Kadyrbayev later threw all these items into a trash container.

Tazhayakov and Kadyrbaeyev were sentenced to three and a half and six years of prison time respectively. Kadyrbaev served four years of his sentence in the US and the remaining two in Kazakhstan after being extradited in 2018.

His appearance caused controversy on social media. The critics viewed the episode as an attempt to whitewash a criminal by providing him with a platform and not asking tough questions. On the podcast, Kadyrbayev presented his actions as dumb mistakes he committed at a young age without thinking of their possible consequences. In court, he had pleaded guilty. His retelling of the events excluded the key detail of taking the Vaseline bottle and fireworks from Dzhokhar’s room, which the hosts also did not ask him about. This crucial detail changes the whole narrative.

I was surprised with many positive comments [about the podcast] that I decided to break down this whole story into facts (from the court case files) and Dias's version (he omitted very important details).

Contrary to the critics, another group of listeners welcomed his appearance, highlighting his inner strength to go through hardships of prison life and how his experiences can serve as lessons to youth.

Zamandas did not try to whitewash Dias and make him a hero. He served his prison sentence. The case is closed now. The goal of the podcast was that young people and students and other people from Kazakshstan do not repeat the mistakes of Dias and Azamat.

The episode seems to have taken place with the attitude “He may be a bastard, but he’s our bastard” without regard for its consequences. In the last decade, Central Asia has come under the negative limelight numerous times whenever its natives committed or attempted terrorist attacks in the US and European countries. These events have contributed to securitizing the region, presenting it as an exporter of terrorism and violence. Kadyrbayev’s appearance on Zamandas does not do any good for Central Asia’s image abroad.

#dias kadyrbayev #jahar tsarnaev #dzhokhar tsarnaev #tamerlan tsarnaev #abolish the death penalty #abolish capital punishment #ibragim todashev #end capital punishment #end the death penalty #true crime #podcast #kazakhstan

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