Rachel Jennings

[Sister Helen Prejean @helenprejean]

Tennesseans deserve so much better than this reckless effort to execute disabled death row prisoners in violation of the Constitution.

[Sister Helen Prejean @helenprejean]

Pervis Payne has an IQ of 72 and there is additional evidence that he is intellectually disabled. The Tennessee Supreme Court has previously said that the state has no interest in executing intellectually disabled people, but denied Pervis an opportunity to prove his disability.

[Sister Helen Prejean @helenprejean]

Byron Black has brain damage, schizophrenia, and an IQ of 67. He is not legally competent for execution. Byron can barely walk, needs two hip replacements, and gets pushed around the prison in a rolling office chair. He is not a danger to society.

[Sister Helen Prejean @helenprejean]

What in the world is going on in Tennessee? The state’s high court just set execution dates for Byron Black and Pervis Payne. Neither of these men are mentally competent. The Constitution forbids executing people in their circumstances. @GovBillLee needs to hit the brakes now.

[Sister Helen Prejean @helenprejean]

TN plans to execute Lee Hall tonight. Lee is blind — a result of the state’s refusal to treat the glaucoma he developed in prison. A state worker will have to guide Lee into the electric chair due to his disability. Another example of our system’s devolving standards of decency.

[Sister Helen Prejean @helenprejean]

.@GovAbbott appointed every member of the Board of Pardons and Paroles. The Board voted unanimously to recommend a 120-day reprieve for #RodneyReed. Governor: You entrusted these Board members with this power when you appointed them. Please listen to them now. Grant the reprieve!

[Sister Helen Prejean @helenprejean]

MAJOR #RodneyReed NEWS: The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles just unanimously voted to recommend a 120-day reprieve. @GovAbbott should follow their recommendation and grant the reprieve immediately.

[Sister Helen Prejean @helenprejean]

I'm very disturbed by Georgia's plan to execute Ray Cromartie. Ray has always maintained his innocence. A co-defendant says that someone else confessed to the crime. The murder weapon was never tested for DNA. The victim's daughter supports halting the execution. More tomorrow.

[Rachel Jennings @Curiouser77]

@helenprejean I believe you.

[Sister Helen Prejean @helenprejean]

Rodrick Reed, Rodney’s brother, says this is a “nightmare that you can't wake up from.” He says his brother is “standing on the truth and has faith.” But at the same time, he says: “He's scared. Scared as hell. Because this execution date is real.”
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[Sister Helen Prejean @helenprejean]

South Dakota is planning to execute Charles Rhines tomorrow. Charles, a gay man, was sentenced to death by homophobic jurors. They sent him to death row because he is gay. This is unconstitutional and just plain wrong. I’m calling on @govkristinoem to put a stop to this now.

[Sister Helen Prejean @helenprejean]

Good news! Bobby Moore has finally been removed from death row in Texas. Bobby is intellectually disabled and his lawyers had to take his case to the U.S. Supreme Court multiple times before Texas officials agreed to comply with the law. Bobby is now serving a life sentence.

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

"Woman says Roncalli fired her for supporting 2 employees fired over same-sex marriages" I.e., this 15-year employee at the high school says she was fired not for being a married LGBT person, but for supporting them. https://t.co/2NfdP4znZK via @indystar

[Rodney Reed @FreeRodneyReed]

The Reed’s stand in solidarity with many other families fighting to free their loved ones from a dysfunctional system of justice.

[Innocence Project @innocence]

“It is deeply unfair that an innocent man would be forced to choose between entering a plea to secure his immediate freedom and waiting years more in prison to prove his innocence through litigation.” —@InnocenceProjNO attorney Charrel Arnold
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[Sister Helen Prejean @helenprejean]

Georgia just announced plans to execute Ray Cromartie on October 30th. None of the physical evidence in Ray’s case was tested for DNA before his trial and the state is now refusing to test the evidence before his execution. Why aren’t Georgia officials interested in the truth?

[Paula Pates @Paula46691862]

@GovRonDeSantis. As a citizen of Florida I ask that this case be reviewed.

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

The Plowshares activists are on trial for anti-nuclear protest. Theologians say the Gospel is on their side. https://t.co/Fb3x6pDzQd

[Sister Helen Prejean @helenprejean]

I am concerned about James Dailey’s case in FL. There is no physical evidence, only testimony from a co-defendant who received a reduced sentence and who has changed his story numerous times over the years. @GovRonDeSantis should review this case and stop the Nov. 7 execution.

[Innocence Project @innocence]

"A man should not die as long as a believable question of innocence hangs over him."
—Richard Parker, #RodneyReed, @AustinChronicle

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