Corporate resistance works: manufacturers have refused to sell drugs for lethal injection, suppliers have prohibited the use of their gas executions, and architects have refused to build death chambers. It's your turn to take action to stop this atrocity. worthrises.org/firingsquad

Recently, we sent Elevatus and Okland a formal letter demanding that the firms withdraw from all execution-related design work in Idaho and commit not to participate in such projects in the future. They have not responded.

Now we need your help.

For Elevatus, its participation directly violates the Code of Ethics of the American Institute of Architects, to which the firm belongs, which clearly states:
“Members shall not knowingly design spaces intended for execution.”

TRIGGER WARNING: Here's how Elevatus architects and Okland contractors — everyday Americans — talk about building a firing squad execution chamber.

"They would like a floor drain... It's OK if they have to mop/squeegee [bodily] liquids into the drain."

These executions cannot happen without private-sector involvement. Architects and contractors must design, build, or retrofit the chambers where human beings will be strapped down and shot to death. In Idaho, Elevatus Architecture and Okland Construction have taken the job.

Firing squad executions inflict extreme physical destruction, cause immense psychological trauma, and violate evolving standards of decency. International human rights experts warn the method violates human rights law and constitutes cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment.

Idaho lawmakers have passed a law making firing squad — a method widely condemned as barbaric and inhumane — the primary execution method in the state. t.co/IYFwgwy2LI

For more than a decade, states have struggled to obtain lethal-injection drugs. Public outrage over botched, torturous executions has only grown. Many states have backed away from the death penalty. But others are doubling down — and searching for new ways to kill.

Learn more about how private healthcare corporations avoid consequences: worthrises.org/blogpost/202...

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