Jon Crane

“Tennessee has effectively made the case against the death penalty,” said Laura Porter, the executive director of the U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty. Read more in @nytimes ... nytimes.com/2026/05/21/us/… @uscedp

🧵 92% of the death sentences sought by Tarrant County prosecutors since 2012 have been against racial and ethnic minorities, even though 40% of Tarrant County’s population is white, according to a new report. thebarbedwire.com/2026/05/21/tar…

Tarrant County has accounted for nearly one-quarter of death penalty trials in Texas since 2020, even though it has only seven percent of the state’s population. thebarbedwire.com/2026/05/21/tar…

Since 2020, Tarrant County has accounted for 23% of death penalty trials in Texas, despite only containing 7% of the state’s population. This trend has only worsened. Since 2024, Tarrant County has accounted for 42% of death penalty trials in Texas. #EndTheDeathPenalty

New report says Tarrant Co. Texas pursues the death penalty almost exclusively against people of color. star-telegram.com/news/politics-…

Faith leaders in Ohio call on state legislators to repeal state's death penalty apnews.com/video/faith-le… @uscedp @OhStopExecution

500 + Ohio spiritual leaders say, “The death penalty monopolizes human and financial resources that would be better spent if applied to the co-victims whose glaring list of needs often goes unmet.” lovelanddaily.com/post/500-ohio-… @uscedp

“The only reason I’m alive today is because they didn’t have the drugs,” Elwood Jones said. WATCH to learn more... spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/ne…

“I can’t overstate how big this is," said Laura Porter, Executive Director of the @uscedp about the communtation of Sonny Burton's death sentence in Alabama. apr.org/news/2026-03-1…

Laura Porter, the executive director of U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty said in a statement that it was “uplifting to see that more and more governors across the ideological spectrum are recognizing problems with death penalty cases.” nytimes.com/2026/03/10/us/…

“The robotic insistence of the Attorney General on an execution in this case is mindless cruelty." Read more in @Newsweek... newsweek.com/alabama-man-de…

People of faith are working hard to end the death penalty in America with many Catholics involved... indcatholicnews.com/news/54367

Former WTNH anchor @JonCraneTV has taken a new position as media director for the U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty. thelaurelct.com/crane-takes-ne…

Change is possible anywhere... radiooklahomanews.com/post/oklahoma-…

The surge in executions and efforts to expand the death penalty are out of touch with the views of Americans... baptistnews.com/article/coalit…

Tennessee faith leaders gather at Downtown Presbyterian Church to protest the upcoming execution in Tennessee on Thursday, and are emphasizing recent statements from TN’s Catholic and Episcopal bishops opposing the state’s death penalty.

“More and more conservatives across the country are questioning the death penalty and advocating for change,” said the leader of @CCATDP religionnews.com/2025/12/04/fai…

Politicians pushing the death penalty are "out of touch" says the new @uscedp Read more here... alreporter.com/2025/12/04/ant…

"This is an extraordinarily import campaign," said Barry Scheck, co-Founder of the Innocence Project. Read more in BLKNewsNow... blknewsnow.com/webinar-advoca…