Weekly Report from the Board Meeting at Holman Prison 7.12.23
You can find the Execution Talking Points at: https://www.phadp.org/execution-alert-james-barber/. We thank the individuals, including Cantor Mike Zoosman from L’chaim, Jews Against the Death Penalty for their daily weekday calls to the Governor’s office protesting the upcoming execution. Might you join them? PHONE 1-334-242-7100 and please sign the Death Penalty Action petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-execution-of-james-barber-in-alabama/
The good news is that a federal judge denied Alabama’s motion to dismiss Kenneth Eugene Smith’s lawsuit which states that his 8th Amendment right regarding prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment would be violated if the state retried to execute him by lethal injection.
Last Sunday the Auburn U.U.F. explored the challenge and power of forgiveness based on the experience of the granddaughter of Jimi Barber’s murder victim who forgave him. Much love and dedication went into this event and we thank all, especially Advisory Board Member Judy Collins. You can watch it here: https://auuf.org/watch
We are proud that our organization is one of many that is listed in the material being circulated when the Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act is reintroduced in Congress this Thursday. Great job Death Penalty Action!
We thank all who are working so hard and diligently to stop all killing in Alabama!
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. And if you would like to order our book Ghosts Over the Boiler you can do so at Amazon.com.
Esther