In February, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro announced that he would continue the moratorium on executions started by his predecessor, Tom Wolf. Shapiro also went a step further than Wolf, calling on the legislature to repeal the death penalty in its entirety.


Marc Bookman is the executive director of the Atlantic Center for Capital Representation, a former attorney in the homicide unit of the Defender Association of Philadelphia, and the author of A Descending Spiral: Exposing the Death Penalty in 12 Essays. In this conversation, Marc explains just how dysfunctional capital punishment is in Pennsylvania and why, despite two decades since the last execution, the death penalty is very real in the commonwealth.


Resources:
Atlantic Center for Capital Representation: https://www.atlanticcenter.org/


A Descending Spiral: Exposing the Death Penalty in 12 Essays: https://thenewpress.com/books/descending-spiral

"Lighting money on fire": The vast dysfunction of the death penalty

This June, the Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people for the first time in the organization’s 40-year history. And unfortunately, students are not immune to the dangerous anti-queer assaults, legislatively or physically. 

Because of the seriousness of these attacks, we've published a Know Your Rights guide on LGBTQ+ students' rights on gender, dress codes, self-expression and more. 

On this episode you'll hear from Carlos Childs, Regional Community Organizer  at the ACLU of Maryland on our updated LGBTQ+ Know Your Rights materials so students are fully aware of their right to be themselves in school.

A full transcript of this episode is available at: aclu-md.org/en/publications/lgbtq-students-have-right-be-themselves-maryland-public-schools#Transcript

Learn more and download your guide here: aclu-md.org/en/know-your-rights/lgbtq-students-rights

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Know Your Rights: LGBTQ+ Students Have The Right To Be Themselves In School

Iowa is the last state in the country to permanently and for life strip anyone with a felony conviction of their right to vote. ACLU of Iowa Director of Policy and Advocacy Daniel Zeno explains why this policy is damaging and destructive. He also outlines how to right this wrong.

Ending Felony Disenfranchisement in Iowa

Thinking Freely is a political podcast, from the ACLU of Maryland, informing people about what's happening politically in Maryland from the courts to the streets, and everywhere in between. You'll hear from ACLU staff, our clients, and community leaders about the issues facing our civil liberties and how you can get involved.

Produced by Nehemiah Bester
Learn more at: aclu-md.org

Know Your Rights: LGBTQ+ Students Have The Right To Be Themselves In School

ACLU of Maryland

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