Elizabeth Bruenig

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

if i vote for you will or will you not agree to debate me — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @miriamkrinsky: The 8th Amendment protects “the most friendless and vulnerable people. And it should be vindicated, not only for their s… — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@MauriceChammah thank you so much! — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @RDunhamDPIC: Can America Kill Its Prisoners Kindly? https://t.co/vQ78TZVp42 @TheAtlantic @ebruenig @DPInfoCtr #deathpenalty — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @MauriceChammah: "A win for the prisoners... wouldn’t mean an end to Oklahoman executions, just a ban on midazolam; killings might becom… — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

alright dang — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@donmoyn wait...like...if the idea is to use this two step approach...then why is the florida bill only targeting the earliest grades? aren't those the CRT years, the self-esteem destruction years? you guys are fucking this up big time — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @Prison_Health: Can America Kill Its Prisoners Kindly? A set of lawsuits is pushing the country to find better ways to kill those on de… — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @dbaich: Can America Kill Its Prisoners Kindly? - ⁦@TheAtlantic⁩ ⁦⁦@ebruenig⁩ #deathpenalty https://t.co/wFd6AjZePi — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @Sagacious_O: "A win for the prisoners in Glossip wouldn’t mean an end to Oklahoman executions, just a ban on midazolam; killings might… — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

she shot you straight on that one — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

Actually, a 2015 poll found that 58% of Bostonians oppose death for Tsarnaev: https://t.co/vKazXzNLpX So do the parents of Tsarnaev's youngest victim: https://t.co/XPqFRs9V3G But victims and local populations only matter when they *want* death, not when they don't, lol. lmao. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@brunmad there are a lot of aggravating factors that have to be in play to score capital punishment, and there is mitigation to take into account when figuring out whether all of them are sufficient to execute — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @Atlantic_Ctr: "A win for the prisoners in Glossip wouldn’t mean an end to Oklahoman executions, just a ban on midazolam; killings might… — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

If Tamerlan had lived, he'd get the death penalty, being clearly more culpable here. (I don't even think anyone disputes that he was more culpable.) But he didn't, so Dzhokhar is on the hook for all the culpability. It's not logical — just emotional. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

Yeah, those are the two fed cases the Biden admin remains interested in despite their public-facing position that they're not into the death penalty. But what I'd say about Tsarnaev is: That kid's gonna die because they killed his brother that night. Otherwise, he'd get life. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

For context, Justice Breyer said this case raises the question of how capital punishment can be constitutional. https://t.co/8ly2dhmwgy — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

Incarcerated for the underlying homicide in 1990. He shot a cop. He was sentenced to death in 1991. So thirty years later, the state is perhaps getting around to doing its thing. But with the punishment so far removed from the crime, what's the point? Is that constitutional? — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

You should come with me and see them kill these guys. If they knew what they were doing, you'd think it would all be fairly routine and uniform. It isn't. Also, if you think it's fair and rational, can you help me understand why TX is about to execute someone who is 77 years old — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

Whatever you think of capital punishment in America, the reality on the ground is that the penalty is run like a small town livestock show, not a professionally organized component of a developed country's criminal justice system. It's capricious, unfair, and unpredictable. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

...was found to be so dyslexic that he routinely made mistakes with prescriptions and dosages, as he readily admitted. When Missouri barred him from participating in executions for that reason, the Feds hired him. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

In California, a 2006 investigation found that prison officials working in the death chamber worked under extremely low lighting to preserve their anonymity — so dim, at times, it was impossible for them to see what they were doing. In Missouri, an executing physician... — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

Even once prison officials have the chemicals they're looking for, things don't necessarily go according to plan. In 2015, Oklahoma executed Charles Warner using the wrong poison altogether — a chemical typically used to de-ice airplane wings, wrongly ordered by the dept. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

For all the American people know, some guy is compounding these chemicals in his garage and selling cases of them to death penalty states in cash-only transactions. Further, because these drugs are so rare now, these mystery vendors can name their price — in millions. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

The drugs the USA uses for lethal injections are not regulated by the FDA because, the DOJ ruled, there's no way to use the drugs 'safely.' Some states have bought these unregulated drugs from anonymous vendors with suitcases full of cash in parking lots. https://t.co/HPRuQ3YO3Q — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

Lethal injection was supposed to be a scientific, humane way of killing prisoners — just like the electric chair before it. Now that we know LI isn't what was promised, how will states kill their prisoners going forward? Spoilers: It'll probably get worse. https://t.co/HPRuQ3YO3Q — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

quit trying to pitch me stuff about the ritzy arlington (virginia.) i am from the downmarket arlington that is named after that arlington (texas.) https://t.co/lVeikVo8Al — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

lol me as soon as my kids go to sleep after hollering and creating problems all day — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@ekeog "no its just satans best friend so its different" — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

i think at the point where you're accusing the pope of worshipping satan you can go ahead and change ur branding to The Radically Lutheran Thing — PolitiTweet.org