Friends,

We are sad to announce that the State of Alabama took the life of Carey Grayson  tonight. We hope that Carey is now at peace.

Our thoughts are with Carey’s family, his spiritual advisor, his attorneys, his friends, and his brothers on death row at Holman.

We thank Death Penalty Action, Amnesty International, AL State Conference of the NAACP, Alabama Arise, the ACLU, Alabama New South Coalition, San Egidio in Rome, Witness to Innocence, the Evangelical Network of EJUSA, L’Chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty, Faith In Action Alabama, Catholic Mobilizing Network and many others for how they stood with us. We also thank the Alabama organizations who sent out information. As always, we especially thank our sister organization JAM in Birmingham.

And finally here are Carey’s words:” I GIVE THANKS FOR MY LIFE AND HOWEVER LITTLE I HAVE LEFT OF IT! I GIVE THANKS FOR MY ATTORNEYS WHO WORKED SO HARD TO GIVE ME THAT LIFE FOR HOWEVER LONG THEY MANAGE. I GIVE THANKS FOR MY BROTHERS AND FRIENDS WHO KEPT ME SANE WHILE I WALKED THE EDGE OF THAT LIFE.

I GIVE THANKS FOR ALL OF YOU AND THOSE LIKE YOU WHO HOPE FOR THE DAY WHEN WE WAKE WITHOUT FEAR FOR OUR LIVES!”

R.I.P. Carey! We love you and we will not forget!

Esther and the Board of Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty
 
 

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