Weekly Report from the Board Meeting at Holman Prison 8.5.26
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey set a 30-hour time frame for the execution of Jeremy Williams. The execution must occur between anytime Aug. 13 and 6 a.m. Aug. 14. Jeremy Williams is a volunteer because he wants to save the murder victims’ families further grief and as a way of atoning for what he did. The men stop by Jeremy’s cell when possible to offer their support.
Governor Ivey has set 9.17.26 as the execution date for Jeffery Lee. Talking Points are at https://www.phadp.org/execution-alert-11/ and also on our Facebook page. Please sign the petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-execution-of-jeffery-lee-in-alabama/
Help 26 men get justice by clicking on this link https://wethejury-al.com/ and following instructions and let’s get rid of jury override and finally make it retroactive! We thank our friends at Alabama Arise for their ACTION ALERT on this issue! Robyn Hyden, executive director of Alabama Arise, says the coalition “We the jury” was founded to ask Governor Kay Ivey to grant clemency to the 25 men who are on death row due to judicial override of a jury, which the Alabama Legislature ruled to be unconstitutional in 2017.
“We The Jury—a new coalition of jurors, judges, attorneys, elected officials, community advocates and activists—is urging Governor Kay Ivey to grant clemency to death row inmates who were sentenced by judicial override, a now-illegal sentencing scheme that allowed judges to override a jury’s life sentence recommendation in favor of the death penalty.” Our supporter in Huntsville continues to contact churches and is doing incredible work! We are grateful!
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/what-to-know-sentencing-practices-and-the-death-penalty all about jury override in this state! “Why it matters: State laws permitting judges to override jury decisions and the imposition of death sentences based on non-unanimous jury verdicts have contributed to Alabama and Florida’s high death sentencing rates — with nearly 20% of Alabama’s death-sentenced population on death row because of judicial override.” And: https://eji.org/news/despite-jury-verdicts-for-life-people-in-alabama-still-face-execution/
The most important thing you can do right now for Jeffery Lee and the others is:
Call Governor Ivey. Tell her the jury said life.
Governor Ivey’s office: (334) 242-7100
A federal district judge denied Jeffery Lee’ss request to stop the state from executing him by lethal injection after he successfully halted his nitrogen gas execution.
In a 16-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Emily Marks rejected Jeffrey Lee’s argument that a 2018 settlement with the state prevented it from using lethal injection on him, writing that her June injunction against the state’s use of nitrogen gas executions was “narrowly tailored” to address its use and that the ruling would not “further delay” his execution.
“Alabama Governor Sets New Execution Date for Jeffery Lee Using Lethal Injection “… Death Penalty Information Center and “ABC 33/40 Investigates: Inside Alabama’s Death Penalty Process” Watch “Inside Alabama’s Death Penalty Process” Monday, August 10 through Thursday, August 13, only on ABC 33/40 News at 10 p.m.
We have shared “Our statement on the date set to execute Jeffery Lee. Through our solidarity in action, we will save Jeffery Lee!” on social media.
We were honored to submit full page ads for the booklets for the annual meetings of both Alabama New South Coalition and the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP. Also, our Vice Chairman, Marcus Williams responded to the invitation of Humans Remain, the death row organization in Mississippi, to write something on their first anniversary. We have been in touch with them from the beginning!
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
