Entries tagged with “Demetrius Minor”

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Sep 05, 2025

Article of Interest: Head of Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty Calls Execution Increase a ​“False Indicator”

In an op-ed for *The Black Chronicle*, Demetrius Minor (pic­tured), exec­u­tive direc­tor of Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, argues that an uptick in exe­cu­tions in 2025​“represent\[s\] the past more than the present as a rem­nant of our nation’s for­mer affin­i­ty for cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment.” Mr. Minor’s opin­ion finds sup­port in DPI’s recent mid year review, which notes that new death sen­tences in July were low­er than they were at the same time in 2024. The better…

Mar 05, 2025

Public Officials and Advocates Respond to SCOTUS’ Decision to Overturn Richard Glossip’s Conviction

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s deci­sion to vacate Richard Glossip’s 2004 death sen­tence, pub­lic offi­cials and advo­cates have expressed strong reac­tions. Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond acknowl­edged the sig­nif­i­cance of the rul­ing, stat­ing,​“Our jus­tice sys­tem is great­ly dimin­ished when an indi­vid­ual is con­vict­ed with­out a fair tri­al, but today we can cel­e­brate that a great injus­tice has been swept away.” While main­tain­ing his belief that Mr.

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Jun 20, 2023

Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty Celebrates Juneteenth and Highlights the Continued Fight for Equality and Justice

Juneteenth is a cel­e­bra­tion and remem­brance of the end of slav­ery in the United States fol­low­ing the Union’s vic­to­ry in the Civil War. In June 2021, President Joseph Biden signed leg­is­la­tion estab­lish­ing Juneteenth as a fed­er­al hol­i­day, for­mal­ly com­mem­o­rat­ing the end of slav­ery. According to President Biden,​“Juneteenth marks both the long, hard night of slav­ery and sub­ju­ga­tion, and the promise of a greater morn­ing to come.” Among the many groups…