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“We are bodies of broken bones. I guess I‘d always known but never fully considered that being broken is what makes us human. We all have our reasons. Sometimes we‘re fractured by the choices we make; sometimes we‘re shattered by things we would never have chosen. But our brokenness is also the source of our common humanity, the basis for our shared search for comfort, meaning, and healing.”

This one. This one made me really reexamine a lot of things I thought I knew, and started me on authors like Angela Y Davis and Patrisse Khan-Cullors.

#SundayFunday I hope you all are staying safe and healthy and happy today, and don‘t forget to tag me in your posts.

Capital punishment means them without the capital get the punishment.

In debates around the death penalty, I had started arguing that we would never think it was humane to pay someone to rape people convicted of rape or assault and abuse someone guilty of assault or abuse. Yet we were comfortable killing people who kill, in part because we think we can do it in a manner that doesn‘t implicate our own humanity, the way that raping or abusing someone would. I couldn‘t stop thinking that we don‘t spend much time⬇️

It's #pubday❗️

An ax murderer, two of the most brilliant scientific minds of the century, billions of dollars in profit, precedent-setting legal battles, and the secrets of life and death — all of these come together in the true story of the first electric chair.

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I had seen the movie and was a little familiar with the authors story. It was good to read this and get more of the story and more details. The Equal Justice Initiative does amazing and much needed work. Thankful for the work they are doing.

Not my favorite by her so included some pictures from Cinque Terre Italy!