Independence Day
It’s the day that many wrongfully convicted men and women in the U.S. claim when they are released after serving 10, 20, or 30 years of prison. Sadly, there are many who await their Independence Day as the wheels of justice creak ever so slowly. Let’s remember them and their struggles for the truth that leads to their ultimate freedom.
Court Challenge to Lidocaine
Last week, Reggie and 20 other Missouri Death Row inmates were named as plaintiffs in a petition to the Cole County Court regarding the latest change in the state’s lethal injection protocol. Because of a shortage in the lethal injection drug sodium thiopental, the state seems to have arbitrarily made a decision to use propofol as its replacement. We reported in our last campaign update that propofol needed to be administered and monitored by a licensed doctor. However, Attorney John Simon informed us that the move to make propofol a prescription drug after pop star Michael Jackson’s death was unsuccessful. However, Lidocaine is a federally regulated substance which will be used in conjunction with the injection of propofol. As a prescription drug, the petition states that Lidocaine does have to be prescribed by a medical practitioner who is “licensed by law to administer such drugs. We’ll see how the courts rule on this.
Missouri Executions
Michael Tisius had been scheduled for execution on August 3 but his execution has been stayed. There are no execution dates set right now but we will continue to keep our eyes on Attorney General Koster’s office and the Missouri Supreme Court.
“Enough Already!”
Jamala Rogers, Coordinator
JUSTICE for Reggie Campaign
P. O. Box 5277
St. Louis, MO 63115
(314) 367-5959
www.justiceforreggie.com
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