When I first heard the story of Melissa Lucio, scheduled for execution just weeks away now, on April 27, I was shocked but not surprised. I had heard stories like this for decades.
When I lived in Maine, one of my neighbors was a direct descendant of one of the last men put to death in the state, a case that led to the abolition of the death penalty there.
Years later, in 2011, I travelled to Georgia during the weeks leading up to the execution of Troy Davis, who was wrongfully convicted and also executed. I learned that our system of justice is tangled up in political power dynamics and not the ideal in which I was educated to believe.
I urge you: Please - learn Melissa's story carefully.
An open letter to Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch: I'm listening to the testimony of Capitol and other D.C. police officers as they share the trauma of Jan. 6, as I grieve for them and for our country. It is so painful but so...
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