On May 27^th, the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle printed an article entitled, “Don’t Delay Justice.” The article advocated that Tennessee’s death penalty process denied justice to victim’s families because of the amount of time death penalty appeals are litigated. The article proposes to speed up the appeals process and by doing so, limit the trauma for victim’s families.

It is absolutely true that victim’s families are put through extreme agony by long appeals, often having to relive their loss over and over. And the financial cost to litigate the appeals process is extremely high, many times more than a non-capital case. But at what risk are we taking by reducing the time frame of appeals? And who would be most at risk?

Since 1976 there have been 138 people released from death rows across the country when evidence of their wrongful convictions emerged, including two people from Tennessee’s death row – Michael McCormick in 2007 and Paul House in 2009. The death penalty system simply cannot guarantee that we will never execute an innocent person. Speeding up the appeals process would only increase the odds that an innocent person might be put to death. None of us would call that justice.

Please see the link to read the entire Clarksville Leaf Chronicle article:

“don’t delay justice”

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In Sunday’s Tennessean, Clay Carey reports on the possiblity of Tennessee executing four people in the next year. If this were to happen, it would mark the first time that the state has executed that many inmates in a single year in more than fifty years.

Read here.

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Though much attention is currently focused on the case of Gaile Owens, whose execution date in set for September 28, 2010, the state of Tennessee is seeking to set execution dates for at least two other inmates in 2010. 

The Tennessee Attorney General has requested an execution date be set for Stephen West, convicted and sentenced to death for the murders of Wanda Romines and her daughter, Shelia, in Union County in 1986. West was also found guilty of two counts of aggravated kidnapping and one count each of aggravated rape and larceny. West’s defense team argued that he was present when the murders occurred but that a 17 year old co-worker–a classmate of Shelia’s–actually committed the crimes. West came within hours of execution in 2001 when he refused to file federal appeals but later changed his mind and signed the papers requesting a stay.   

The Attorney General has also requested an execution date be set for Billy Irick, convicted of the 1985 rape and murder of a 7-year-old Knoxville girl he had been baby-sitting. Irick’s attorneys have asked the Tennessee Supreme Court not to set an execution date because of Irick’s long-standing mental illness, an illness whose symptoms were evident prior to the murder, rendering him incompetent to be executed. Irick has been granted an extension to respond to the state’s request that he be executed. 

TADP will provide more information on these cases on our website in the next weeks.  Please check under the “Cases” heading to learn more.

The state of Tennessee did not resume executions until the year 2000 after 40  years with not a single execution. Now, as the death penalty is losing favor nationally with two states having abolished it in 2007 and 2009 and others making strides towards abolition, Tennessee is moving toward more executions.

With our state budget stretched to the limit and with all the well-known  problems concerning fairness and accuracy in the application and administration of the death penalty, isn’t it time that we as a state shift our priorities from seeking executions for those who are already incarcerated and who will remain incarcerated to spending our resources and energy on effective  measures that actually prevent violent crime like mental health care, drug treatment, education, and additional resources for law enforcement?

How can we justify slashing funding for preventative programs, particularly for at-risk children and youth, and then spend untold millions to execute those same children and youth–now adults–once they commit a violent crime?  It is time to focus not on being on “tough” on crime but on being “smart” on crime.  All of us need to act to tell our lawmakers that executing these individuals no matter how heinous their actions, does not make us any one safer nor does it serve us as a state.

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Retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens spoke at a judicial conference on Wednesday about his changed view on the constitutionality of death penalty. Stevens said that modern pressures on the judicial system have increased the chance that a defendant could be wrongly sentenced to death.

Two years ago concerning the lethal injection case from Kentucky, Baze v. Rees, Stevens stated, “the death penalty represents the pointless and needless extinction of life with only marginal contributions” to society. 

In his comments on Wednesday, Stevens highlighted the use of DNA testing that has demonstrated that there is a greater risk of sentencing an innocent person to death than anyone was previously aware.

In Tennessee, two men, Paul Gregory House and Michael McCormick, spent at least 20 years each fighting the wrongful convictions that sent them to death row. Both men had DNA evidence in their cases that finally led to their release.  

Read the full article here. 

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Now that an execution date has been set for Gaile, various news outlets are reporting on this important case. One article in the Nashville Scene provides an indepth report on her case, and another article from the Scene gives us insight into the life of Gaile over the past 25 years. Two days ago, the front page of the Tennessean focused on Gaile, and even USA Today is writing on this case.

Gaile will be the first woman in Tennessee to be executed since 1820. Governor Bredesen could still commute her sentence. To read recent articles, see links below.

Nashville Scene, Jury Never Heard Whole Story

Nashville Scene, Life Behind Bars

Tennessean, Juror Fight Owens’ Execution

USA Today, Tennessee Woman on Death Row Seeks Reprieve

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Troy Davis will finally be able to present evidence of his innocence in a court hearing scheduled for June 30 in Georgia. Davis was convicted and sentenced to death in 1991 for the 1989 murder of off-duty police officer Mark Allan MacPhail in Savannah, Georgia.  MacPhail, 27, was shot twice when he rushed to help a homeless man being beaten in a parking lot.

In August 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court sent the Davis case to federal court with instructions for the court to consider testimony to determine if the  evidence not heard at the original trial  would “clearly establish (Davis’) innocence.”

Since his conviction, seven of the nine prosecution witnesses have recanted their testimony, and there are also nine new witnesses for Davis who never testified in the original trial.  

Davis’ team contends Sylvester “Red” Coles, who was present at the scene of the MacPhail shooting, learned police were looking for him and accused Davis to shift blame.

 To learn more about this case and how to get involved visit:  www.justicefortroy.org

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President Obama has proclaimed that April 18 through April 24, 2010, is National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. During this week, the President has called upon all Americans to participate in events and activities that raise awareness of victims’ rights.

We at TADP want to join with the President to give thanks for all those who work to support victims’ of crime as well as those whose efforts are focused on crime prevention. We encourage all our readers to look into opportutnies within your communities to volunteer in support of all those who have suffered from crime and violence.

TADP continues to believe that our state resources are far better spent on crime prevention programs and support for victims’ and their families than on a wasteful death penalty system that put families through years of agonizing waiting for a sentence to be carried out.

We hope that TADP can continue to listen to and learn from surviving family members of murder in order to find ways to work together to make the system more restorative and healing for those who have suffered much.

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Today the Tennessee Supreme Court set an execution of 10:00 p.m., September 28,  for Gaile Owens, an inmate on Tennessee’s death row. Gaile was convicted and sentenced to death for the solicitation of the murder of her husband, Ronald Owens, in 1985.  The jury that sentenced Gaile to death never heard testimony about the years of domestic abuse she suffered nor of her willingness to plead guilty for a sentence of life in prison.

Now that an execution date has been set, Gaile Owens’ awaits a decision from Governor Bredesen concerning whether or not he will commute her sentence to life in prison.

To sign a petition, requesting that Governor Bredsen commute her death sentence to life, go to www.friendsofgaile.com.

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Dr. Amy Sayward and Reverend Stacy Rector will be featured on “MTSU on the Record” with host Gina Logue at 8 a.m. this Sunday, April 18, on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org) discussing the release of a new book entitled, Tennessee’s New Abolitionists.

Dr. Sayward, chair of the history department at MTSU and Dr. Margaret Vandiver Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Memphis, co-edited this book tracing the history of the anti-death penalty movement in Tennessee as well as providing personal stories from those directly impacted by this policy.

During the interview, Reverend Rector, director of Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, provides information about the current movement to repeal the death penalty in Tennessee and gives her thoughts about the future of the policy.  A reflection written by Rector also appears in the book.

TADP will keep you posted about the release date of the book and where it will be available for purchase.

Read more here.

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Reverend Matt Randles, Pastor of Headwaters Covenant Church in Helena, Montana, has a great piece in the The Washington Post’s “On Faith” Section. This thoughtful reflection is instructive for all Christians who are wrestling with the issue of the death penalty.

Read it here.

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