Weekly Report from the Board Meeting at Holman Prison 7.30.25
Governor Ivey has set 8.21.25 as the execution date for David Lee Roberts, a severely mentally ill man. Talking Points and contact for Governor Ivey can be found at https://www.phadp.org/execution-alert-6/. And please sign the petition at bit.ly/davidrobertsal . Also very important please go to his Clemency site and spread the word. His clemency site has been updated with some ways we can all support efforts around him! Please take a look and pass it on to others! https://www.clemencyfordavidlee.com/ There is a new prayer pledge that you all can take part in as a way to support the campaign to stop his execution.
From Amnesty International: Urgent Action: JURY VOTED FOR LIFE, EXECUTION SCHEDULED (USA 71.25)
“A state judge has ordered a temporary stay for David Lee Roberts who is set to die next month for his mental state to be evaluated.”
Governor Ivey set 9.25.25 as the execution date for Geoffrey Todd West. Talking Points and contact for Governor Ivey can be found at https://www.phadp.org/execution-alert-7/ . Please sign the petition https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-execution-of-geoffrey-west-in-alabama
We have an outbreak of Covid at Holman Prison on death row as well as in population and the man in the cell next to David Roberts is infected.
We appreciate Catholic Mobilizing Network and its post of Archbishop Joseph Naumann who stated: “Our refusal to resort to the death Penalty is not because we fail to appreciate the horror of the crime committed, but because we refuse to imitate violent criminals.”
We took a trip down memory lane with Charlotte Clark-Frieson and the first issue of A People’s Voice newspaper where our late, great Chairman Darrell Grayson and Esther were honored to be featured in an exclusive interview 20 years ago. Darrell by phone from death row. https://www.clarkhistoricsite.org/updates/history-that-refuses-to-die-remembering-the-peoples-voice?
We ordered “Don’t Kill a Pastor, Writings from the Campaign to save Greg Hunt” by the Rev. Jeff Hood based on their email correspondence.
Legislation, now prefiled as House Bill 11, would mandate that any Alabamian charged with committing murder or capital murder when they were at least 16 years old be “charged, arrested, and tried as an adult.” We would like to suggest that a prerequisite for filing any bill would be keeping up to date on psychology.
We were delighted to receive a supportive email regarding the latest edition of our newsletter On Wings of Hope from the Archivist of Chambers County Library, one of the places where our newsletter is archived.
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
