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SUMMARY:Stop the Execution of Wendell Grissom in Oklahoma
DESCRIPTION:Oklahoma has scheduled Wendell Grissom’s execution for March 20\, 2025 for the 2005 murder of Amber Matthews. He was denied clemency by the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board on February 5\, 2025. \n\nCall Governor Stitt at 405-521-2342 with the following message: \n‘Hi. My name is [your name]. I am calling to ask that Gov. Stitt stops the execution of Wendell Grissom on March 20\, 2025. We can be safe from people who have committed great harm and hold them accountable without killing them. It is what we do in most cases.” \n\nOn November 2\, 2002\, Wendell drove across state lines into Oklahoma where he picked up a homeless hitchhiker\, Jessie Johns. The two became well acquainted and discussed plans to make money through robberies or burglaries. The next day\, they drove through a rural Oklahoman county\, looking for a house to burglarize. Eventually\, they settled on the house of Matt and Dreu Kopf. After parking in their driveway\, Wendell told Jessie to wait in the car until the shooting had ceased\, then come and help him burglarize the property. Wendell found Dreu Kopf\, her friend Amber Matthews\, and two minor children inside the house. After shooting his way in\, he seriously injured Dreu\, and shot Amber. Dreu managed to escape using Wendell’s vehicle\, which Jessie had momentarily left to investigate the scene. After her escape\, Wendell and Jessie fled in a vehicle stolen from the Kopf’s garage and were arrested shortly after. Amber died on her way to the Oklahoma City Hospital. \nWendell’s defense team argues that there were several mitigating factors\, including neurological deficits\, which contributed to the crime and which they were not able to use during the trial – most significantly\, brain damage and alcohol and drug dependency. Three jurors\, who had initially sentenced him to death\, wrote letters saying that they wished this information had been available to them before they had made that fateful decision. Juror Deborah Givens wrote that she no longer feels confident in her decision to sentence Wendell to death. \n\nWendell’s defense team argues that there were several mitigating factors\, including neurological deficits\, which contributed to the crime and which they were not able to use during the trial – most significantly\, brain damage and alcohol and drug dependency. Three jurors\, who had initially sentenced him to death\, wrote letters saying that they wished this information had been available to them before they had made that fateful decision. Juror Deborah Givens wrote that she no longer feels confident in her decision to sentence Wendell to death. \nOn Wednesday\, February 5\, 2025\, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board denied him clemency. \nOklahoma’s aggressive execution schedule marks it as an outlier in its use of the death penalty while the majority of other states are on a downward trend of executions. In the last few years\, Oklahoma has been one of only a handful of states that have carried out death sentences – and it continues to do so targeting the poor\, the mentally ill and people of color. \nThis particular execution is just one in a series of 25 executions scheduled by Oklahoma in the coming months\, despite serious concerns around the state’s lethal injection protocols and drugs. \nPlease sign the petition asking Governor Stitt and the Pardon and Parole Board to do everything within their power to ensure this execution does not go forward\, and to seek a path to clemency in the case.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/stop-the-execution-of-wendell-grissom-in-oklahoma/
CATEGORIES:Execution Alert
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SUMMARY:Stop the Execution of Edward James in Florida
DESCRIPTION:Florida has scheduled Edward James‘s execution for March 20\, 2025 for the 1993 murders of Betty Dick and Toni Neuner. \nCall Governor DeSantis at 850-717-9243 with the following message: \n‘Hi. My name is [your name]. I am calling to ask that Gov. DeSantis stops the execution of Edward James on March 20\, 2025. We can be safe from people who have committed great harm and hold them accountable without killing them. It is what we do in most cases. Eddie has also expressed sincere remorse for his devastating actions. Surely that has to count for something.” \n\nShared from Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty: \nEddie’s death sentence is the product of Florida’s broken and arbitrary death penalty scheme. His jury verdict for the death penalty was not unanimous\, and in only one other state in the nation\, Alabama\, would his 11-1 jury vote render him even eligible for the harshest punishment. \nEddie has spent the last nearly three decades in prison and since the date of his arrest has expressed deep regret and remorse for his devastating actions. Executing Eddie for the worst thing he has ever done does not make the people of the State of Florida any safer. Without a doubt\, he is not the same person who committed his crimes so many years ago. \nEvery execution dehumanizes us all. The people of the State of Florida deserve better. \n\nFlorida’s return to executions in 2023\, after more than three years of not pursuing them\, marks the state as an outlier in its use of the death penalty. The majority of other states are on a downward trend of executions. Please sign the petition asking Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida State Board of Executive Clemency to do everything within their power to stop this execution\, including issuing a stay\, and seeking a path to clemency in the case. \nSign the petition
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/stop-the-execution-of-edward-james-in-florida/
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