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Amazing news!  We were in the middle of of a zoom press conference about the Gas Suffocation aspect of the planned execution of Sonny Burton in Alabama on Thursday when a reporter put into the chat:

“Did you see that Governor Ivey just commuted Burton’s sentence?”

And with that, the news was broken. Governor Ivey heard YOUR messages, received YOUR petitions, read the articles YOU sent, heard YOU ringing her phone off the hook, heard us tolling our bell outside her house…. and she acted.  Amen!  THANK YOU!

Once again, this proves, sometimes, our united efforts work!

Congratulations to Sonny and his legal team, his family, and to all who had a hand in creating this moment!

Governor Ivey has declared that “All Life is Precious,” which is why we made sure to bring along our 4×10 foot banner to the 24-hour vigil we helped coordinate in front of her house a few weeks ago. The banner could not be missed from any street-facing window of the Governor’s mansion. We know with certainty that the Governor was there…. NOW we know that she heard our message!

The other good news is that now we don’t have to drive all the way to Alabama.  In fact, we had planned to go to Texas fiirst to toll the bell outside the prison in Huntsville at the execution of Cedrick Ricks on Wednesday, which is still on. Without our planned return through Alabama, making such a long drive makes less sense.

As you know, everything we do to support local activists working to halt executions is another expense. It’s not just the costs of being on the road that we must cover, but also the overhead…

• The four full time staff and our media consultant who do the behind-the-scenes work.
• The costs of the tools and services we use to communicate our message to the world.
• The price of existing as an organization that shows up to oppose every execution.
• (snip-donation request. You can get there from the page of any of these links.)

Thank you. Yours in the Struggle,

–abe

PS: New execution dates are being set regularly. Click here to oppose every upcoming execution.