BobThree of the surviving jurors contacted the governor, asking for clemency, as did Battle’s daughter.
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The states need to examine the felony murder doctrine closely and make sure it’s fairly applied.
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lumpenproletariatWoman has sentence quashed by Tanzania court after over a decade on death row
The Japan TimesThe Osaka High Court ruled Tuesday that a defendant's withdrawal of his appeal against the death sentence in the Kyoto Animation arson-murder case is valid. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/18/japan/kyoani-death-sentence-appeal-withdrawn/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kyoani #japanesecourts #osaka #anime #deathpenalty #kyoto
KillBaitArizona Man Requests Death Penalty After Confessing to Pastor's Murder
📰 Original title: Arizona man who admitted to crucifying pastor asks for death penalty so 'we can move on with our lives'
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👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️
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The Mirror: News, Sport, Celebrity & EntertainmentMan who killed pastor and pinned him to wall 'like crucifixion' makes death penalty plea
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MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History March 15, 1917: The U.S. Supreme Court approved the 8-hour workday under the threat of a rail strike. Philadelphia carpenters struck for the 10-hour day in 1791 and by the 1830s, it had become a general demand of workers. In 1835, Philadelphia workers organized the first general strike in North America, led by Irish coal heavers, in the struggle for a 10-hour day. However, by 1836, labor movement publications were calling for an 8-hour day. In 1864, the 8-hour day became a central demand of the Chicago labor movement. In 1867, a citywide strike for the 8-hour day shut down the city's economy for a week before falling apart. During the 1870s, eight hours became a central demand of the U.S. labor movement, with a network of 8-Hour Leagues forming across the nation.
In 1872, 100,000 workers in New York City struck and won the eight-hour day. On May 1, 1886 Albert Parsons, head of the Chicago Knights of Labor, led 80,000 people down Michigan Avenue in the first modern May Day Parade, with workers chanting, "Eight-hour day with no cut in pay." Within days, 350,000 workers went on strike nationwide for the 8-hour day. On 3 May 1886, anarchist August Spies, editor of the Arbeiter-Zeitung (Workers Newspaper), spoke to 6,000 workers. Afterwards, they marched to the McCormick plant in Chicago to harass scab workers. The police arrived and opened fire, killing four and wounding many more. On May 4, workers protested this police violence at a meeting in Haymarket Square. An unknown assailant hurled a bomb at the police. The authorities rounded up hundreds of labor activists and anarchists. They convicted 8 in a kangaroo court and executed four of them, including Parsons and Spies.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average American currently works 8.8 hours every day. This, of course, does not include commute time which, for many Americans, can add another two or more hours a day to the time they give away for free to their bosses. Nor does it include work we take home. The scam of being a “salaried” employee is commonly exploited by bosses, who argue that we are paid based on the responsibilities completed, regardless of how long it takes to complete them.
Read my full article on Lucy Parsons, which goes deeper into the Haymarket affair and the struggle for the 8-hour day: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/03/24/lucy-parsons/
#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #EightHourDay #SCOTUS #generalstrike #haymarket #police #policebrutality #mayday #deathpenalty #IWW #union
Harms Committed"[T]hird time in the modern history of Alabama's death penalty that a person facing execution received clemency."
"[A]ctivists held vigils every Monday for weeks in front of the governor’s mansion."
"I would have 100 percent died without it."
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Author: Liliana Segura @lilianasegura
Publication: The Intercept @TheIntercept
March 14, 2026
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#Alabama #USA #Incarceration #DeathPenalty
https://theintercept.com/2026/03/14/alabama-sonny-burton-execution-commutation/
"It was so hard to wrap my head around it."
"My father didn't kill anyone or ask for anyone to be killed. And he got a death sentence."
"Meanwhile my mother's killer, Larry Green, stabbed two people, and he got life."
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Author: Carolyn Amanda Shavers
Publication: The Marshall Project @marshallproj
March 13, 2026
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#Alabama #USA #Incarceration #DeathPenalty
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/03/13/charles-sonny-burton-death-sentence-commuted
Zapladybug ✌🏼“The death penalty is a fraught subject because most people on death row are guilty of murder and deserve tough punishment. But a life sentence without parole is a tough punishment. And the death penalty is both unavoidably flawed and unworthy of a decent society. As long it exists, it will disproportionately spare criminals with more resources and be used against people who are poor, mentally disabled or otherwise vulnerable.” #deathpenalty #law #justice
