318 | How to Fight and Abolish the Death Penalty Outside of the Courtroom w/Abraham Bonowitz

Today, Hunter sat down with longtime death penalty abolitionist activist Abraham Bonowitz. On previous episodes about death penalty abolition, the show has primarily focused on the successes and failures of the fight in the court room. Today however, Abe joins the show to discuss the types of media campaigns and coalition building that is necessary to fight and ultimately abolish the death penalty outside of the four corners of the court house. Guest Abraham Bonowitz, Executive Director, Death Penalty Action   Resources: Death Penalty Action contact https://deathpenaltyaction.org/ https://www.facebook.com/deathpenaltyaction https://x.com/DeathPenaltyAct https://www.instagram.com/deathpenaltyaction/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMW5q-nvTO9XSm38BwgwJgw   Melissa Lucio https://freemelissalucio.org/ https://www.amazon.com/State-Texas-Vs-Melissa-Special/dp/B08L3Q69NR https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/movies/the-state-of-texas-vs.-melissa/1e71f675-ac8e-303c-a9fa-5dae467c02df https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/trial-judge-declares-melissa-lucio-to-be-actually-innocent-recommends-texas-cca-overturn-conviction-and-death-sentence https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/15/melissa-lucio-death-penalty-judge-overturn/   Commutations   https://www.npr.org/2024/12/25/nx-s1-5237504/biden-gets-support-for-commuting-federal-death-row-sentences-for-37-of-40-prisoners https://www.newsweek.com/death-row-joe-biden-commute-dylann-roof-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-robert-bowers-2005007 https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/in-wake-of-president-bidens-federal-commutations-north-carolina-governor-cooper-grants-clemency-to-15-death-sentenced-prisoners-the-largest-grant-of-capital-clemency-in-state-history https://www.npr.org/2024/12/23/g-s1-38794/biden-death-row-commutations https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/two-prisoners-cant-legally-object-bidens-death-row-commutations-doj-ar-rcna186280 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/us/politics/biden-commutes-37-death-sentences.html   Contact Hunter Parnell:                                 [email protected]  Instagram @PublicDefenselessPodcast Twitter                                                                 @PDefenselessPod www.publicdefenseless.com  Subscribe to the Patron www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast  Donate on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ Donate on Stripe https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN Trying to find a specific part of an episode? Use this link to search transcripts of every episode of the show! https://app.reduct.video/o/eca54fbf9f/p/d543070e6a/share/c34e85194394723d4131/home