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Danielle Foré Apr 16, 2023

Florida is getting real scary real fast. They will now allow death penalty sentences with an 8-4 jury vote instead of unanimous, they’ve passed a bill to make sex crimes against children punishable by death, and they’re working to make being trans near children a sex crime. For all the “it could never happen here” folks, we’re inching closer to state sanctioned mass murder all the time.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/florida-to-allow-death-penalty-with-8-4-jury-vote-instead-of-unanimously/ar-AA19S7Fh

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/florida-house-backs-death-penalty-in-child-rapes/

https://translegislation.com/bills/2023/FL

Florida to allow death penalty with 8-4 jury vote instead of unanimously

(Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is expected to sign a bill on Friday allowing juries to recommend the death penalty in capital cases on an 8-4 vote, a move spurred by the less-than-unanimous vote that led to the Parkland school shooter being sentenced to life in prison. The state's Republican-led House of Representatives approved the measure with an 80-30 vote on Thursday, following the

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Brett Tamahori Apr 16, 2023

@danirabbit Genocide of trans people was always their endpoint and they are starting the killing methods now in various states.

If you ever wondered what you would do if you lived in Germany during the start of their genocides, well what are you doing now?

Vote against this, find trans support groups and give them the money to keep people alive, at the very least show that you stand with trans people when the Republicans aren't trying to hide their goals anymore.

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A. Tang

@tamahori @danirabbit
This group came up in my feed recently and seems like a good org to support, if anyone is looking for something specific…
https://transgenderlawcenter.org

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Danielle Foré Apr 16, 2023

@AchillesTang @tamahori I used their resources to update all my identity documents! Super helpful stuff