A good story, starring our own peerless Executive Director Randy Tatel, appeared on news Channel 4 last night. This story, more than most others really began to address the sound bite crazed back construction of abolitionists vs. victim’s advocates. Any public policy is complicated, and when you deal with murder, those complications can seem endless. Yet too often, we’re depicted as being “for the inmate” while “the other side” is “for the victim.” Of course this isn’t the case. One of the main reasons that we oppose the death penalty is that we feel that it is a public policy which fails victims as well as offenders.

As Suzanne Collins’ parents stated in an article in the Tennessean recently, family members of murder victims will never have “closure.” Their pain will never suddenly end, not with an execution or anything else. Renny Cushing, whose father was murdered, has explained it this way, “healing is a process,” he says. “It’s not an event.” What we need to do, then, is to set up a system that allows for families to begin healing at the earliest possible date. And that means taking death off the table. Because a death sentence brings with it a series of constitutionally mandated appeals, each one providing an opportunity to re-traumatize families. And these appeals are necessary, because it’s only during the appellate process that we have found that we’ve sentenced 124 innocent people to death in America. Without those appeals, all those innocents would have been executed. So let’s acknowledge that, while some families (and it is absolutely not all of them) want to take a life for a life, in the long run, this may not be the policy that helps them toward healing in the most efficient manner. We’re concerned about victims’ families. We’re concerned about offenders’ families. We’re concerned about the costs to us as a people, financial, emotional, and ethical. We’re concerned about innocents sentenced to death and about the unfair application of the system. It’s because of all of these concerns that we oppose the use of capital punishment.

You can view the news story here:
http://www.wsmv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4892133

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We at TCASK are in favor of an open and honest dialogue on the death penalty. We are in favor of allowing all voices to be heard. We believe that if we take a reasonable look at the death penalty, the risk to innocents, economic and racial disparities, the cost, and the lack of a deterrent effect, the only conclusion possible is the that death penalty is bad public policy.

Therefore, TCASK will publish any comments to this blog that are not personally insulting, offensive to any of the diverse groups that make up our society, or utilizing inappropriate language. We absolutely do not agree with many of the comments that will appear on this blog, but we believe that an open discussion is in the best interest of our state.

We ask that anyone responding to these comments, which may shock or appall, do so in a respectful and reasonable manner, even if the same consideration is not extended to you. So by all means, let’s read and discuss, but I appeal to everyone to do so in a polite and reasoned manner.

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Believe it or not, the clemency board just voted, by a narrow 4-3 margin, to recommend to the Governor that he issue a temporary reprieve and release the physical evidence in the Sedley Alley case for DNA testing!

Now before we go to YIPPEE crazy happy, we need to remember that this is a non-binding recommendation, Bredesen can still do whatever he decides, but this decision is certainly unexpected. The political cover that a denial from the board was likely to provide is now stripped away and points in the other direction. Additionally, it helps call more public attention to the fact that the state has DNA evidence that could be tested and that it clearly should. More and more people are asking, “Why not make absolutely sure?”

Now we don’t expect that the Governor will make any move until tomorrow (he’ll probably want to allow all the avenues in the court to run to their completion), so, until we hear about a definitive stay, all vigil plans are still on. I repeat :ALL VIGIL PLANS ARE STILL ON! But we are hopeful that the Governor will step up and do the right thing, make absolutely sure before we take a life.

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If you called the Governor’s office around 10:00 last night, that’s the message you might have heard, and for good reason. From across Tennessee, hundreds of citizens were calling Governor Bredesen with the same message, “When there is DNA evidence available, we should test it, so please, do the reasonable thing and grant a temporary reprieve for Sedley Alley and release the evidence to the Innocence Project for testing.”

You can see the story that News Channel 2 did on our efforts here:
http://www.wkrn.com/node/23103#top
Sadly, there was a more complete story as the lead on the 10:00 news last night, but, so far, I haven’t been able to locate it.

In either case, a quick shout out to Amy Staples, James Staub, Kathryn, Luke, and Ann Lea, Gina Guirguis, Michelle Baier-Lambert, Beth Hiland, Carolyn Hughes, Richard Goode, and Steve Dunning, who all joined TCASK for phone banking last night and called hundreds of TCASK supporters to ask them to call the Governor.

And it’s not too late. If you couldn’t get through last night, or didn’t get a chance to call Governor Bredesen, give him a call this morning at (615) 741-2001 or 532-4562 or email him at phil.bredesen@state.tn.us. And don’t worry if the phone is busy or the mailbox is full. He’s just listening to 1000 people ask for a temporary reprieve for Sedley Alley!

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So they’re pushing ahead. Despite the fact that evidence was withheld from the defense at trial (evidence that puts Sedley Alley under police surveillance at the time of the murder), the state of Tennessee seems hell bent on executing Sedley Alley in the early hours of the morning this Wednesday, May 17th.

What might be even more shocking is that there is physical evidence that could be tested for DNA to determine with certainty if Sedley Alley actually committed the crime, except that the state refuses to release it for testing!

The Governor has scheduled a hearing of the clemency board tomorrow, after the Innocence Project took on the case, to look only at whether or not a temporary reprieve should be granted to allow for DNA testing (at no cost to the state). In all likelihood, the clemency board will provide political cover for the Governor to deny a reprieve, but we know better.

So tonight, we’ll be phonebanking, with the help of some wonderful volunteers. Calling as many people as we can in Tennessee and asking them to call the Governor and tell him that justice demands that he grant a reprieve, release the evidence, and allow the Innocence Project to do the DNA testing, to ensure the reliability of the results. The Governor needs to hear from you so pick up the phone and let him know. You can call him at (615) 741-2001 or email him at phil.bredesen@state.tn.us

Tell him, “When the state decides to kill one of its citizens, we, the people, deserve to be absolutely sure, at the very least, that the right person is being executed. Therefore, it is essential that you issue a temporary reprieve of Sedley Alley, to allow the Innocence Project to test the physical evidence in his case for DNA, so we can conclusively know if the right person is in custody.”

And we’ll be doing the same from all over Tennessee.

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when you appeal to the 6th circuit court of appeals you can bet one thing’s for sure – if it’s a death penalty appeal the court’s republican nominees will vote against a death row inmate…in fact, many consider the 6th circuit court of appeals (tennessee, ohio, kentucky, michigan) to be one of the most politicized of the appellate courts in the country…

and when the state of tennessee appealed judge aleta trauger’s injunction stopping sedley alley’s execution pending a ruling in hill v. mcdonough court watchers waited specifically to see which 3 judges names would be pulled to hear the challenge from attorney general paul summers’ office…

unfortunately for alley (and his son and daughter) he pulled two bad rabbits out of the hat – hard-core, ideological republican appointees – 62 year old alice batchelder and 61 year old danny boggs – neither of which ever met a death row inmate whose constitutional rights mattered to them…

consider that they were two of the eight justices who voted to deny paul gregory house the right to bring new evidence of his actual innocence before the courts…

so earlier this evening the 3 judge panel, including batchelder and boggs, voted to overturn judge trauger’s injunction…

at the moment the execution of sedley alley is back on … this is why tcask continued to prepare vigils across the state even while many celebrated the, now short-lived, stay of execution…

i gotta tell ya, a public policy that’s a crapshoot and results in life or death is morbidly an affront to little d democratic values …

we mourn the unfathomable loss suffered by suzanne collin’s parents but do we believe that methodically destroying the hearts of sedley alley’s children is the way to help them in their endeavor to heal???

i hope to hell not …

peace out <3

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Check out this post on Nashville is Talking contrasting our blog with a pro-death penalty blogger. I think the contrast is pretty striking. Enjoy.
http://www.nashvilleistalking.com/archives/2006/05/same_story_two_sides.html

WARNING: You will probably get very angry after reading this blog.

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Yesterday, Judge Aleta Trauger of the Federal District Court issued a preliminary injunction to stay the execution of Sedley Alley until the United States Supreme Court rules on whether or not current lethal injection procedures meet constitutional safeguards against cruel and unusual punishment (Can you imagine that some people might think that strapping a helpless person to a gurney and poisoning them might be cruel?). Needless to say, we in the TCASK office were fairly excited.

But, the state, never one to let our moment last too long has appealed Judge Trauger’s decision to the 6th Circuit. There, a three judge panel will be asked to rule on whether or not the coming Supreme Court decision is a significant enough issue to justify staying this execution. Since the Supreme Court has not ruled yet, and other circuits are divided along this issue, there is no binding precedent of the Circuit; it has never previously addressed this issue. But they could easily decide to lift the stay, in which case we will be looking at more appeals to an en banc hearing (of the full circuit instead of a three judge panel) and then the Supreme Court, so this case could come right down to the wire.

Meanwhile, Governor Bredesen has called for a clemency board hearing narrowly focused on whether or not the state should stay the execution to allow for DNA testing that could prove Sedley Alley’s innocence. Of course, the clemency board is likely to respond with a resounding no, to give the Governor political cover if the stay is lifted and he’s asked to stay the execution. But we need to tell the Governor that it is not alright for the state to put a man to death without even looking at all the evidence! What we need is to relsease the evidence to allow for testing, under the supervision on the Innocence Project (which will ensure the integrity of the testing), to answer once and for all, the question of Sedley Alley’s guilt or innocence!

At the same time, we at TCASK are preparing to bear witness around the state on Tuesday night if the state persists in its attempts to kill Sedley Alley. We will be holding vigils and prayer services in Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, Pulaski, and, of course, here in Nashville at Riverbend prison. So everyone keep praying and hoping that this execution is stopped, but even more imortantly, tell the Governor, tell your friends, tell your local newspapers, that we need to release the evidence for DNA testing BEFORE an execution takes place!

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judge aleta trauger has, in a well reasoned and very firmly stated memorandum, issued an injunction stopping the sedley alley execution pending a ruling in hill v. mcdonough before the u.s. supreme court …

the state can (and will) appeal the ruling but there appears to be a very good chance that this order will force the state of tennessee to stand down on this attempt to kill sedley alley…

tcask will continue to organize and plan next week’s vigils until such time as the state unequivocally stops its efforts to carry out the execution of sedley alley on may 17th…

peace out – <3

Fairly, there are numerous aspects you would like to think about medications. All discount medicaments save money, but few online drugstores offer better deals than other online drugstores. There isn’t anything you can’t order online anymore. Remedies like Deltasone ordinarily is used to treat diseases such as eye problems. Glucocorticoids naturally occurring steroids, which are easily absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. There are varied drugs for every conditions. Cialis is a remedy prescribed to treat many illnesses. What do you already know about long term side effects of cialis? What consumers talk about how long does it take for cialis to take effect? A general sexual appeal among men is the erectile disfunction. Sexual problems mostly signal deeper problems: low libido or erectile dysfunction can be the symptom a strong soundness problem such as core trouble. Albeit the erectile malfunction itself isn’t necessarily dangerous, erectile disfunction is sometimes one of the early warning symptoms of other underlying soundness conditions that can be extremely dangerous. Unfortunately nearly all over-the-counter medicines have sometimes dangerous aftereffects, from muscle aches to death. If you buy any erectile malfunction medicaments like Cialis, check with a physician that they are sure to take with your other drugs. Do not take unwanted medications. Take Cialis to your local chemist’s shop which will dispose of them for you.

the cause of death listed on an official death certificate after an execution is homicide … which is the killing of one human being by another…

and with the planned execution of sedley alley early next wednesday morning part of our task as an organization that opposes the use of capital punishment in all instances – some of us for moral reasons and others of us for philosophical, pragmatic, and/or practical reasons – is to plan the vigil … an act or period of watching or surveillance …

so next tuesday evening across the state, and especially here in nashville at the site of this state’s executions, opponents of a horrific, violent, and ineffective policy response to murder shall gather together to demonstrate that there are good citizens who both mourn the loss of murder victims and the grief imposed upon their families and who refuse to accept that the best we can come up with as a response, neigh, a reply to murder, is to bow ungraciously to the dark and coarse side of humanity’s potential … to kill again …

in nashville we will gather at riverbend maximum security prison beginning at 8 pm; will hold an interfaith service between 9 and 10 pm; and will commune until either a stay that holds or the death of sedley alley at the hands of the state of tennessee and us, her citizens…

we ask all of you in the area to join us in opposing this perpetuation and legitimization of violence by state policy …

other vigils are planned for chattanooga, knoxville, memphis, pulaski, jackson, and other communities around the state … please call the tcask office at 615-463-0070 or 615-473-2950 to get more information about an event in your area…

peace out – <3

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