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SUMMARY:Stop the Execution of Brad Sigmon in South Carolina
DESCRIPTION:Brad Sigmon\, 63\, is scheduled for execution in South Carolina on March 7\, 2025 for the murders of David Larke and Gladys Larke.\n \nThe following comes from our allies at South Carolinians for Alteratives to the Death Penalty. \nBrad Sigmon’s case highlights the troubling flaws in the justice system’s treatment of people who’ve experienced childhood trauma and undiagnosed\, inherited mental illness. His case also shows that nobody is beyond redemption if we are given the chance to become different people. Please take consistent action in the coming weeks for #ClemencyForBradSigmon \nBrad is a caring and hardworking Christian man. Despite a childhood marred by his father’s alcoholism and physical abuse and his mother’s instability and neglect\, Brad began working factory shifts as a teenager so that he could buy food for his brothers and sisters. Brad also worked to keep their spirits up\, shielding them from the horrors of their childhood with jokes and acts of tenderness. When his younger brother was injured and could not walk without pain\, Brad\, then 13\, would carry him everywhere on his back. \nIn his thirties\, Brad\, still reeling from his childhood traumas\, succumbed to a severe\, inherited mental illness that\, at the time\, went undiagnosed and untreated. The nature of the crime and his behavior at trial was the product of this disorder\, which caused manic episodes that left him unable to recognize or control his irrationality. \nBrad is deeply remorseful. In prison\, he has dedicated himself to his faith as he seeks repentance and forgiveness. As one minister observes\, Brad could be “an informal chaplain on Death Row because of the ways he pastors and mentors his fellow inmates.” \nBrad has not been involved in a single violent incident in his more than twenty years on death row. Because of his maturity and respect for security officers\, they recognize him as a good influence on his fellow prisoners and have trusted him with many responsibilities\, including passing out food trays\, cleaning\, running the laundry\, and “assist[ing] the community with whatever they need.” \nBrad remains a source of strength\, spiritual discernment\, and support to all who know him. He has maintained a close bond with his siblings\, who have depended on his deep faith and steadiness while navigating the death of their father and the disabling illnesses of their mother. \nBrad is himself in deteriorating health. Now 67\, he has suffered at least one stroke and\, due to a near-total blockage of his carotid arteries\, is at great risk for another. \nBrad would be the oldest person ever executed by South Carolina. Executing the man who Brad is today because of the tormented and ill man he was more than twenty years ago\, would accomplish nothing. It would only deprive the many people who have come to appreciate and even rely upon Brad—his family\, prisoners\, guards\, and ministers—of his example and aid. \nWe\, the undersigned\, ask that you do everything within your power to stop this execution\, including issuing a stay\, and seeking a path to clemency in the case. \nThank you for your time and attention to this serious matter. \n\nUnder South Carolina law\, Brad Sigmon has to make a choice to die by lethal injection\, electrocution or by firing squad. \nSouth Carolina is making itself an outlier in its use of the death penalty. The majority of other states are on a downward trend of executions\, and increasingly\, states are abolishing the practice altogether\, including the southern state of Virginia. \nPlease sign the petition asking Governor Henry McMaster to do everything within his power to stop this execution\, including issuing a stay\, and seeking a path to clemency in the case. \nPetitions will be delivered on your behalf in advance of the execution. \nLearn more & take action with us here.
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