Call TN Gov. Lee to Stop the Execution of #NickSutton!

Today, we actually spoke with Gov. Lee himself. We handed him the letter from the prisoners, the petitions from Death Penalty Action, as well as a copy of Pastor KB’s prayer. We then prayed with Governor Lee.

Dear Friend,

First, yesterday the bill to abolish the death penalty in Colorado passed the House Judiciary Committee​ with a vote of 6–3. Already passed in the Senate, a floor vote in the House is expected to send the bill to the Governor’s desk in the coming weeks!

That was expected. What was NOT expected happened in Tennessee yesterday morning. Petition signatures on the Death Penalty Action petition for Nick Sutton were hand delivered to Governor Lee by Dan Mann (on R in photo) and Rev. Kevin Riggs (black shirt). Here’s Kevin’s report:

​“Today, Dan Mann​ and myself went to the State Capital asking to see Governor Lee so that we could hand deliver a letter signed by 33 guys on death row requesting Gov. Lee to come pray with them. We also wanted to share the petition signatures and to talk with Governor Lee about why he should show mercy to Nick Sutton and cancel the execution scheduled for Thursday.

“We have tried this before and have been completely ignored. Today, however, we actually got to speak with Gov. Lee himself, hand him the letter from the prisoners, the petitions from Death Penalty Action, as well as a copy of Pastor KB’s prayer. We then prayed with Governor Lee.

We don’t know what Governor Lee will do, but it’s going to come down to today — the day before Nick Sutton’s scheduled electrocution. Here’s how YOU can HELP MAKE THE DIFFERENCE:

Marchers walked nine miles from the death row prison to the state capitol. Each marcher wore a little sign with the name of one of the men who signed the letter. At the end we each attached the name to the banner and said a little prayer.

1. ​Send Governor Lee an e-mail at bill.lee@tn.gov AND call him at 615–741–2001 — Ask him to go pray with the prisoners on death row. Ask him to stop all executions.
2. Order postcards​ for you and your community to send to Gov. Lee.
3. Make a donation​ to help cover Death Penalty Action’s costs of supporting this effort.
4. Spread the word! Share this sample social media post:

​​Stop the upcoming execution of #NickSutton in #Tennessee! Sign the petition, get #March4Mercy postcards for your community to send, donate and more: http://deathpenaltyaction.org/march4mercy #EndTheDeathPenalty #StopExecutions

Thank you! Yours in the Struggle,

— Abe

Co-Director, Death Penalty Action.

PS: Please make the most of every opportunity to work for justice this week and every week! Chip in to support this work, here​​.