The symbolism is striking – since King preached nonviolence until the day he was assassinated. Higgs, a Black man, is slated to die this Friday, January 15, which happens to be Martin Luther King’s birthday. As of today, neither has responded.”Įqually remarkable, another group, “Save Dustin Higgs,” collected about 275,300 petitions in only four weeks. The half-million names are even more remarkable since they were collected in less than a month – starting the day after the tenth execution was carried out on December 11.īonowitz says, “We delivered the petitions to the Department of Justice and the President. (photo: Scott Langley)Īccording to Abe Bonowitz, the group’s director, the reason so many signed the petition is that they were repulsed by the administration’s goal to kill as many as possible before January 20. Protesters at the MLK memorial in Washington DC last Saturday hoping to stop the DOJ's three executions set for this week. The only good news is that although 61 percent of White Americans still support the death penalty, the number of those opposing it is mushrooming: Over 500,000 Americans signed a Death Penalty Action (an anti-death penalty group) petition to stop the three executions scheduled for this week. In fact, since all 13 prisoners had been on death row for over two decades, it is crucial to question the timing. They also want to give a parting gift to the Republican base and champion their law and order credentials. want a done deal before Biden (known to oppose the death penalty) takes the helm. The administration’s timing is unabashedly political, since Trump et al. The other ten were executed from July through early December. This week, the last three of 13 death row prisoners will be executed. Resident Trump and his Department of Justice (DOJ) will take their final bows in a blaze of bloodletting.
725,000 Petition President, DOJ to Stop the Killingsīy Barbara Koeppel, Reader Supported News
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