Campaign update for week of July 23

Save the dates! Details to follow.
August 30 is Reggie’s 41st birthday
September 15 is Reggie’s pre-hearing rally

Black and Green Forum
Join the discussion on Vigilante Groups & the Criminal Justice System on Wednesday, August 1 at 7 pm. Vera Thomas (mother of Reggie Clemons) and Meredith Reese (Amnesty) will be part of the panel. The event will be at Legacy Books, 5249 Delmar.

Changes in Lethal Injection Drugs
The debate about what drugs will be used in executions and who administers then is heating up. The supplies of sodium thiopental have dried up so states like Georgia and Texas have moved forward on using a single drug: pentobarbital. Last week Texas executed Yokamon Hearn with the one drug. Yesterday Warren Hill’s execution in GA was stayed because of the abrupt change in the state’s execution protocol. Hill is also mentally retarded which raises another issue of constitutionality. Missouri has decided to use the controversial drug propofol in its executions. That decision now faces a court challenge. With all of the drug use, the moral and ethical issue of doctors being involved is also coming to the fore.