About the Case

Reggie Clemons is an African-American man sentenced to death in Missouri after an unfair trial biased in favor of execution.

Reggie was sentenced to death for the 1991 murders of Robin and Julie Kerry, who drowned after plunging from the Chain of Rocks Bridge into the Mississippi River. At the time of his arrest, Reggie was a 19 year-old with no criminal history. He was among a group of four young men (ranging from ages 15 to 23 years) who encountered the Kerry sisters and their cousin, Thomas Cummins (all white), on the bridge. Cummins first confessed to the crime and was immediately charged. The spotlight soon shifted to the three African-Americans and the nightmare began. After exhausting all legal remedies, Reggie received an execution date for June 17, 2009. The Missouri Supreme Court appointed a special master to hear evidence in the case, and the hearing was held from September 17 - 20, 2012.

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Campaign update for week of May 20

Imminent Decision by Special Master
Judge Michael Manners announced at the March oral arguments that he’d make his recommendations to the Missouri Supreme Court on or by June 1, 2013. That’s next week so the Campaign is poised to hold a press conference as well as get the news out to supporters as quickly as possible. We will email you but we also ask that you help us get the word out via social media: Post and re-post on Facebook, tweet and re-tweet on Twitter and please do text your contacts.

Webby Awards Nominee
Kudos to Ed Pilkington from The Guardian-UK. Ed was recently nominated for a Webby Award for his series on Reggie’s case, Death Penalty on Trial. Although he didn’t get the award, his extensive coverage of Reggie’s case has given it international attention.

Death Penalty News
Our sources tell us that none of the death penalty bills were passed in the Missouri legislative session. The good news is that Maryland became the 18th state to abolish the death penalty.