Weekly Report from the Board Meeting at Holman Prison 4.3.24

Governor Ivey set 5.30.24 as the execution date by lethal injection for Jamie Mills. Talking Points are at https://www.phadp.org/category/execution-alerts/ and most importantly, please sign the petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-execution-of-jamie-mills-in-alabama/ Plans are already being made for a rally and petition delivery at noon on 5.28.24 at the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery. So please mark your calendar and sign the petition!

“ Attorneys for Mills had asked the Alabama Supreme Court to deny the execution date request while they pursue a pending claim of prosecutorial misconduct in the case. Mills’ attorneys wrote in a March petition to a Marion County judge that prosecutors concealed that they had a plea deal with Mills’ wife that spared her from a possible death sentence. She was the key prosecution witness against Mills at his trial. The attorney general’s office disputed that there was a pretrial agreement.”
“Attorneys for Alan Eugene Miller, who survived a 2022 lethal injection attempt, filed the lawsuit Friday in federal court in which they challenged the execution method and asked a judge to prevent a potential execution from going forward.” The issues are violation of cruel and unusual punishment and wanting to silence him which is a violation of Miller’s free speech rights. The Attorney General has asked for an execution date.
A very important article from the Innocence Project; “Toforest Johnson Has Spent More Than 25 Years on Alabama’s Death Row. Now The Prosecutor Who Put Him There Is Calling for a New Trial.”

We very much appreciated the article in Newsweek by Rev. Jeff Hood “President Biden Should Follow Through on Ending the Death Penalty.”
The Bylaws established for our organization by our founding fathers mandate that we hold elections every 2 years for the positions on our Board. We held our election yesterday.
Our Executive Director and members of our Advisory Board attended the Alabama Arise Legislative Day in Montgomery yesterday.
We thank all who are working so hard and diligently to stop all killing in Alabama! And as always in closing, we thank all our generous donors who either gave by going to our website and using the “donate” button or who gave directly. Thank you also to all who took the time to read our notes, commented, liked and shared them on Facebook. Stay safe and be kind to each other!
Esther