Last Thursday an article in the Chattanooga Free Times Press focused on someone who has received little attention in the days following Governor Bredesen’s decision to commute E.J. Harbison’s sentence. That person is Edith Russell. Edith Russell was the victim of the botched robbery that helped send E.J. Harbison to death row. In the article, written by Joan Garrett, Barbara McCorkle describes Edith Russell as a “perfectionist” who liked to “dress-up, collect antique jewelry, and do other people’s hair.”  McCorkle, Edith’s cousin, recalls becoming obsessed with understanding the murder after researching her family genealogy

While learning about her cousin’s murder, McCorkle found out that no one from Russell’s family had requested to receive updates of Harbison’s appeals and that Russell’s burial plot did not have a tombstone. After learning this news, McCorkle admitted to feeling like her cousin “had just been forgotten.” McCorkle has since placed a tombstone on her cousin’s grave and even gone so far as to send Harbison a letter, asking about what happened the night Edith Russell was murdered. Although McCorkle has yet to hear back from Harbison, she understands that Harbison “had not wanted to end Russell’s life” and that “he has spent 26 years on death row, dying every day a very slow death, waiting for the day. … a very high price.”

Like the fond memories of so many other victims, those of Edith Russell would not have come to light without the dedication and caring displayed by those closest to her. Edith’s love of people and fixing their hair would have been drowned out by the graphic details of her murder and news from the courtroom. Far too often in capital trials and the necessary appeals that follow, we lose sight of a group deeply impacted by our death penalty system, victims and their families. In a system with life without parole as the maximum punishment, convicted criminals would be off the street and people could begin the process of healing without having the wounds continually ripped open by headlines featuring the person responsible for their loved one’s death. Victims and their families deserve better. Edith deserves better.

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