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AJ Abraham J. Bonowitz On The Prison Show

“What our government is about to do in executing him is make him a martyr and therefore give him what he wants, which is to inspire others to similar action, which is why we should not be carrying out that execution. Just let him die in prison and nobody will remember his name.”

The Prison Show · Social Issues · October 2026

“What our government is about to do in executing him is make him a martyr and therefore give him what he wants, which is to inspire others to similar action, which is why we should not be carrying out that execution. Just let him die in prison and nobody will remember his name.” — Abraham J. Bonowitz, The Prison Show

Context

Bonowitz is discussing an upcoming Texas execution of a man convicted of a mass shooting he describes as religious extremism carried out to become a martyr. He stresses that nobody is asking for the man to be freed.

Transcript

The Prison Show Around 28:43 into the episode
Speaker 1

I am all right. It is Friday night, and glad to be with you all. Can you hear me okay?

Dani Allen

Absolutely.

Speaker 1

…that? I don't think so. So that's part of the situation that we have. And now we're going to start to look at what happens in December. So December 1st, got another execution scheduled in Florida. And then, of course, December 3rd, the Fort Worth shooter, the guy that shot up, killed 13 people and wounded 32 in an act of religious extremism and terrorism with the intent of becoming a martyr. And what our government is about to do in executing him is make him a martyr and therefore give him what he wants, which is to inspire others to similar action, which is why we should not be carrying out that execution. Just let him die in prison and nobody will remember his name. And that's as it should be for such a person who's done such a despicable act. We're not taking away from his humanity, but he, you know, nobody is suggesting that this person be freed. What we're asking is that we don't make him a martyr. So I've been in Killeen, which is the place where Farthard is, looking out for the places where we'll be carrying out execute, or protesting the execution.…

Dani Allen

Thank you, Abe. Have a great weekend.

Speaker 1

You too.

Dani Allen

Bye-bye. This is KPFT Houston. And big thank you to Carrie. Big thank you to Carrie. All right, you know what Linda has? I have a hundred dollar bill, guys, from Danny and I. And we want to find somebody to match it. How about that?

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