Please everyone.... this man needs help. Mississippi plans to execute a mentally ill man

The Mississippi Supreme Court has set a Feb. 8 execution date for Edwin Hart Turner.




Please everyone.... this man needs help. Mississippi plans to execute a mentally ill man. PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE WIDELY






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Feb. 8 execution date set for Mississippi inmate - Regional Wire - SunHerald.com

Feb. 8 execution date set for Mississippi inmate - Regional Wire - SunHerald.com

Mississippi Death Row Valentines Day Card List

We all like to to no we are cared for and thought of. This Valentines Day let's bring some love to Mississippi Death Row. Please consider sending a Valentine's Day card to these men.


Inmate Name Inmate Number


Batiste,Bobby L 0000153435


Bell,Frederick 0000081039


Bennett,Devin 00000L4820


Billiot,James 0000008114


Branch,Lawrence 00000L1208


Brawner,J Michael 00000R3430


Brown,Joseph Patri 0000045415


Brown,Sherwood Dwa 0000026754


Brown,Xavier A 0000044781


Byrom,Michelle 00000K4686


Carrothers,Caleb 00000K0375


Carr,Anthony 0000075337


Chamberlain,Lisa Jo 0000122376


Chase,Ricky 0000074170


Conner,Ronnie Lee 0000042219


Crawford,Charles Ray 0000082068


Davis,Jeffery K. 0000079350


Davis,Kenneth 0000064881


Doss,Anthony 0000081638


Flowers,Curtis Giova 00000R2436


Galloway,Leslie 0000130792


Gillett,Roger Lee 0000133700


Goff,Joseph Bishop 0000111487


Goodin,Howard Dean 0000041165


Grayson,Blayde N. 0000037922


Havard,Jeffrey Keith 00000L3955


Hodges,Quintez 00000R6937


Hollie,Erik Wayne 0000157022


Howard,Eddie Lee Jr. 0000030856


Howell,Marlon 00000R7984


Jackson,Henry Curtis 0000025585


Jordan,Kelvin 0000066570


Jordan,Richard G. 0000030990


Keller,Jason Lee 00000M0564


King,Mack Arthur 0000037111


Knox,Steven Michael 00000R9991


Le,Thong 00000L2460


Loden,Thomas 00000K8126


Manning,Willie Jerom 0000071931


Mitchell,William J. 0000031271


Moffett,Eric 00000M1659


Pitchford,Terry 00000117778


Powers,Stephen E. 00000K5020


Puckett,Larry Mathew 0000065781


Ronk,Timothy 0000141817


Russell,Willie 0000042239


Scott,Kevin 00000R6570


Simmons,Gary Carl Jr. 00000R1943


Simon,Robert Jr. 0000046380


Smith Clyde Wendel 0000044932


Spicer,Fred Sanford 00000L5613


Thorson,Roger 0000008836


Turner,Edwin Hart 0000067290


Underwood,Justin 0000055372


Walker,Alan Dale 0000077293


Walker,Derrick Demo 00000L6016


Wilson,William Matthew 0000129500


Inmate name and number Unit 29 J Bldg. Parchman, Mississippi 38738

MAKE THAT CALL

TWO THINGS THAT ARE KEY AT THE MOMENT FOR LEON:
1) TO MAKE MONEY FOR HIS LEGAL FUND. PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR PEOPLE TO BUY HIS BOOK OR TO DONATE. IT ALL HELPS. (ALSO GIVE US IDEAS FOR FUNDRAISING EVENTS. WE ARE HERE TO BRAINSTORM TOO).
2) THE SECOND (EVEN THOUGH BOTH GO HAND IN HAND) IS TO GET AN ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT HIM ASAP. LEON HAS DONE MOST OF HIS WORK PRO SE AND THAT IS NOT A GOOD WAY TO PROCEED WITH AT THE MOMENT. WE MUST FIND A PRO BONO ATTY.

Here, a list of attorneys I received from Leon. Please choose 1 or 2 lawyers and let the group know. After yall have chosen I'll check on the rest and continue to research.

1) Monica Foster
1455 N Pennsylvania St
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
(317) 916 8210

2) Steven D Allen
501 Indiana Ave.
Indianapolis Indiana 46202
(317) 630 0137

3) Rhonda Long Sharp
1455 N Pennsylvania St
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 916-8210

4) Joseph M Cleacy (not found)

5) Robert W Hammerle
Hammerle Law Office
1455 N. Pennsylvania Street,
Indianapolis, IN 46202
View Map & Directions
T: 317-630-0137 F: 317-822-8468

6)Sara Nagy
P.O. Box 875
Carmel, IN 46082
317- 574-9113
nagy.law.office@gmail.com

7) David Hennessy
424 East Wabash Street,
Indianapolis, IN 46204
View Map & Directions
T: 317-636-6160 F: 317-686-7793

8) Jack Crawford
crawdevlaw@indy.rr.com
1050 N College Ave
Indianapolis City (Balance), IN 46202
(317) 262-1052

9) Carl L. Epstein Attorney At Law
156 East Market Street, Suite 900
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Office: 317-631-1576
Cell: 317-496-9286
E-mail: clecase@aol.com

10) Eugene C Hollander
156 E Market St, 3rd Floor
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 317-262-8161
ehollander@eugenehollander.com

11)Andrew C Maternowski
3728 N Delaware Street
Indianapolis, IN 46205-3434
michael Deutsh
peoplelaw@aol.com
(317) 923-4441

12) Kathleen Zellner
Law Office of Kathleen T. Zellner
Esplanade IV1901 Butterfield Rd
Suite 650
Downers Grove, IL 60515
630.955.1212
kathleen.zellner@gmail.com

TRUTH NEVER DIES........UHURU SASA LEON!!!!!!

Amerikkka this is what u made me

"Amerikkka this is what you made me" was written by Leon Benson on 2001. Leon is an innocent man serving life in Indiana. For more info go to: http://www.freewebs.com/freeleonbenson/

Here is the link for the petition for Edwin Hart Turner. Mississippi wants to execute a mentally ill man!!

Edwin Hart Turner is an inmate on Mississippi death row suffering from a serious mental illness. According to accredited medical staff he is suffering from Borderline personality disorder and a depressive disorder, which is likely to be a bipolar disorder.


At the time of the crime, Mr Turner suffered from a serious substance addiction. He was also treated with high dozes of the anti depressive drug Prozac, the drug dozes had just been increased before the two tragic robberies took place.


Looking into legal records there are assemblies of cases in which the side effects of anti depressive drugs alone, often in a scenario of changing the dozes, has caused rampage, violent acts, brutal murders and school shootings. It is also well known that the effects of prozac, as well as Mr. Turner's diagnosis, become worsen by substance abuse, such as drugs and alcohol.


This important factor was not given a key role during trial, which make it highly questionable if Mr. Turner's legal counsel was offering his client efficient and legaly secure defense. It is obvious that Mr. Turner's attorney was lacking of fundamental knowledge about his client's mental illness and well known side effects of anti depressive drugs.


Mr. Turner also has a painful history of suicide attempts and involuntary commitments to psychiatric care on mental institutions. During his childhood Mr Turner experienced his parents' sever alcoholism and lived in an environments that is to be likened to mental torture. In his family there is a history of serious mental illness, such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.


The fact that this man, right now, is awaiting execution is a disgrace to all civil society. The state of Mississippi should give this man the psychiatric care he is entitled too, and not give him the death penalty.


On January 10, 2012, Attorney General Jim Hood asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to set an execution date for Mr. Hart Turner. Monday the same week (January 9, 2012) the U.S. Supreme Court refused to try Mr. Turners appeal, in which he claimed that his attorney offered inefficient legal counseling. Mr Hart Turner is likely to get an execution date any day now.


Sign the petition to help us save his life!




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List of people executed in Mississippi

Since 1976, 15 people convicted of capital murder have been executed by the state of Mississippi.


Executed person Date of execution Method Victims Under Governor


1 Jimmy Lee Gray 2 September 1983 gas chamber Deressa Jean Scales William Winter


2 Edward Earl Johnson 20 May 1987 gas chamber J. T. Trest William Allain


3 Connie Ray Evans 8 July 1987 gas chamber Arun Pahwa William Allain


4 Leo Edwards, Jr. 21 June 1989 gas chamber Linzy Don Dixon Ray Mabus


5 Tracy Alan Hansen 17 July 2002 lethal injection David Bruce Ladner Ronnie Musgrove


6 Jessie Derrell Williams 11 December 2002 lethal injection Karon Ann Pierce Ronnie Musgrove


7 John B. Nixon, Sr. 14 December 2005 lethal injection Virginia Tucker Haley Barbour


8 Bobby Glen Wilcher 18 October 2006 lethal injection Katie Bell Moore and Velma Odell Noblin Haley Barbour


9 Earl Wesley Berry 21 May 2008 lethal injection Mary Bounds Haley Barbour


10 Dale Leo Bishop 23 July 2008 lethal injection Marcus James Gentry Haley Barbour


11 Paul Everette Woodward 19 May 2010 lethal injection Rhonda Crane Haley Barbour


12 Gerald James Holland 20 May 2010 lethal injection Krystal King Haley Barbour


13 Joseph Daniel Burns 21 July 2010 lethal injection Floyd Melvin McBride Haley Barbour


14 Benny Joe Stevens 10 May 2011 lethal injection Glenda Lee Reid, Wesley Reid, Dylan Reid and Heath Pounds Haley Barbour


15 Rodney Gray 17 May 2011 lethal injection Grace Blackwell Haley Barbour

PLEASE HELP "FREE AN INNOCENT MAN " HELP BRING JEFFREY HOME

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/help-free-jeffrey-havard.html
PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE POST FAX EMAIL RT
ATTENTION EVERYONE: We are asking for HELP.... JEFFREY HAVARD ( DEATH ROW ) PARCHMAN MS #L3955 HAS ASKED FOR CLEMENCY........... PLEASE CALL or EMAIL ...... GOVERNOR HALEY BARBOUR @ 1-877-405-0733.......or.......1-601-359-3150........FAX # 1-601-359-3741........e-MAIL @governor@governor.state.ms.us. .................. ALSO you can contact ....... MARSHA BARBOUR ( WIFE ) @ bbryant@governor.state.ms.us. ............... In his case there was no evidence to convict him of CAPITAL MURDER , NO DNA.. HIS CASE HAS GLOBAL ATTENTION FROM PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN HIS INNOCENCE,AND KNOW THAT HE IS INNOCENT OF THIS......... HE HAS ALSO GOT GLOBAL ATTENTION FROM MEDIA AND JOURNALIST ALL AROUND THE WORLD..........PLEASE HELP "FREE AN INNOCENT MAN ".......... HELP BRING JEFFREY HOME .......

US high court won't hear Miss. inmate's appeal

 
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Mississippi Death Row.....

Mississippi Death Row..... Lawrence Branch v. State of Mississippi; Carroll Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: 2001-0003CR1; Ruling Date: 05/23/2002; Ruling Judge: C. Morgan,III; Disposition: Motion to Resentence to Life Without Parole is granted in part insofar as this matter is remanded to the Circuit Court for the First Judicial District of Carroll County,case No. 2001-0003CR1,for resentencing within thirty (30) days of the entry of this order. Agreed: All Justices. Order entered.

Save Matt Puckett - Stop an Innocent Man From Being Executed

Larry Matthew Puckett was convicted of Capital Murder in August of 1996 and his been on Death Row at Parchman, MS since then. Matt and his family and friends have maintained his innocence from the beginning and have worked all this time to prove that he did not commit this horrible crime.


Matt was only 18 years old and until he was charged with this crime, he had never been in any kind of legal trouble. He was the first Eagle Scout ever at his high school and was honored for that distinction at an awards ceremony just days before he graduated from high school. He was a good loyal son and friend to all who knew him. When Matt was in his senior year of high school, his Dad suffered a heart attack and was unable to work for a time. Matt stepped up and not only went to school but worked and contributed his entire paycheck to help out until his Dad was able to return to work. Matt was scheduled to leave for the Navy the week after this crime was committed. He had everything going for him and no reason or motive to commit a murder.


Matt's attorney's have been working on his case diligently, but
unfortunately, we have reached a brick wall in every direction and time is running out for us to prove that Matt is innocent. Please sign this petition to help us save Matt's life by asking the Governor of the State of Mississippi to commute Matt's sentence from Death to Life without the possibility of parole. We would much rather see Matt freed entirely, but right now our only chance is for the Governor to grant this request. We need more time!! Matt's last appeal is currently in front of the US Supreme Court but the justices are expected to rule by January 16, 2012. If we are turned down, the Mississippi Attorney General will set an execution date for 30 days out. That give us no longer than February 17.


If you believe in Matt because you know him or because you know someone who knows and believes in him, please help us by signing this petition and encouraging others to sign.


You can also sign because you believe that the Death Penalty is wrong and that it should be abolished in the State of Mississippi and in the United States of America.


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Justin H. Underwood Wrongfully Convicted

Justin is currently incarcerated at Mississippi Department of Corrections - Ms. Unit 29 J Building


I was falsely convicted in May 1995 of the murder and kidnapping of Virginia Ann Harris. I was poorly represented by Attorney Edward Blackmon Jr.. during my trial, and there was no defense presented even though I had witnesses that would testify.


I am currently represented by Attorney James W. Craig and Mark D. Jicka. I'm in the South District Federal Court where I filed a petition for Habeas Corpus. I'm also trying to return to state court for Post-Convicition as well based on evidence we were not privy to during my original trial.


Some of the issues that are raised on my behalf are
(a) ineffective assistance of counsel,
(b) Violation of Miranda Rights,
(c) a violation of rights to have a independent psych evaluation to ascertain competency before trial
(d) Proprietorial misconduct in not turning over all exculpatory evidence,
(e) there may be some issues with the gathering of evidence that did fall under the direct protocol.


There are a lot of holes in my case and some of the blame may fall on my shoulders because I was naive to the law or my rights. I can honestly say that I was duped but I want to prove my innocence and there are plenty of facts left unturned that need to be sought.


What I am looking for assistance with is Research and cited cases dealing with - 1) there was a order by the trial judge that stated I could have a mental evaluation independent from the county, and my Attorney re-addressed the issue; 2) the lead investigator of my case never received the so- called murder weapon and it was turned over to the FBI Crime Lab by a third party without the knowledge of proper protocol of the lead detective or Madison Co. Sheriffs Department, and 3) there was evidence of a polygraph test in my motion of discovery dealing with the witness ( a witness) for the defense, but no mention at all of the states witness taking a polygraph test.


I would appreciate any and all assistance that can be offered.


Justin Underwood #55372
MSP, Unit 29 J Bldg.
Parchman, Ms. 38738

HELP WITH REQUEST FOR APPLICATION FOR CLEMENCY FOR MICHAEL LINDSEY

GOVERNOR HALEY BARBOUR
PHONE #: 601-359-3150 OR 1-877-405-0733
E-MAIL: governor@governor.state.ms.us




TIME IS CRUCIAL FOR THESE PHONE CALLS TO BE MADE ON 1/4/12 BUT NO LATER THAN 1/5/12 BECAUSE HALEY BARBOUR WILL BE LEAVING OFFICE & WE WOULD LIKE FOR HIM TO BE THE ONE TO MAKE THE DECISION IN A CASE INVOLVING A LAW THAT HE SIGNED INTO LAW.


I requested a clemency application for Michael Lindsey on October 18, 2011. As of this date I have been denied this application by Governor Haley Barbour's office. After repeated calls to Gov. Barbour's office for over 2 months to check the status of my request on December 27, 2011, I was told by his office that it is Governor Barbour's his police that an inmate has to have been out of prison for at least 7 years before they can receive an application for clemency. This is not the law in Ms. In Ms. ALL INMATES have the right to request clemency.


Michael's case involves a law that Governor Haley Barbour signed into law & took effect and shall be in force from and after July 1, 2006 called Mississippi 'Stand Your Ground' Castle Doctrine which protects the victim of a felony crime form criminal & civil prosecution. The FELONY AGGRAVATED ASSAULT COMMITTED ON MICHAEL AT 2:00 A.M. AT HIS FRONT DOOR which resulted in the death of this felony attacker happened on July 27, 2008 which makes Michael protected by this law which was completely & intentionally ignored by police & the Ms. justice system.


For the Gov. of Ms. to be required by Ms. law to review a request for clemency this request has to accompanied by the application issued by the governor's office. I have been denied this application which would require by law that Governor Haley Barbour review Michael's case.


I am asking everyone to please call Governor Haley Barbour's office & demand this application for clemency be issued & that Gov. Barbour review the case of this victim of a felony crime who was wrongfully charged, prosecuted then forced to make a plea under duress by the state of Ms. when he was protected by Ms. law from all of the above mentioned.


You can view crime scene photos of Michael Lindsey laying on the ground bloody & unresponsive (as stated in police reports) taken by police when they arrived on the scene on Michael's web page by The Mississippi Justice Project. Also on his web page by the MJP you can read the MEMO BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO NOLLE PROSSE by Michael's attorney submitted to the court which was denied. I did not uses these crime scene photo's as the profile picture for this event because of their graphic nature. Some people find these photos offensive but as offensive as they are to some they are Michael Lindsey's reality.


Link to Michael Lindsey's web site created by The Mississippi Justice Project:


http://www.mississippi-justice.com/MichaelLindsey.html


You can also view blogs at Muddy Mississippi Justice about Michael's unfair sentence hearing, interviews with some of Michael's friends & supporters & his attorney view on Michael's sentencing & a message sent to Michael from the step-daughter of Michael's attacker telling Michael the he is her savior. There are 5 blogs on this site about Michael 1 in June & 4 in July.


Link to Muddy Mississippi Justice blog spot:


http://muddymississippijustice.blogspot.com/2011/06/mike-lynzy-sentenced-having-long-hair.html


Link to Mississippi SB 2426 -‘Stand Your Ground’ Castle Doctrine signed into law by Governor Haley Barbour.


http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2006/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2426PS.htm


Thanks to everyone for your help & support in helping me see justice served for the real VICTIM of this tragic incident Michael Lindsey.

Justice For William Mitchell

William Mitchell is expecting a execution to be set any time. Once the state gets a date set it is carried out within 30 days. William Mitchell is one of the men named in the Knox Lawsuit, who deceive inadequate counsel.


KNOX V. MISSISSIPPI Justia.com Opinion Summary: In 2010, sixteen death-sentenced inmates, including Steve Knox (the inmates), filed a complaint in the Chancery Court. The essence of their complaint was that due to defects in both the statutory structure and the performance of the Mississippi Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel (MOCPCC), they were deprived of their right to obtain meaningful state post-conviction and federal habeas corpus review of their convictions and death sentences. The inmates requested injunctive relief against the State due to alleged violations of their rights to competent, appointed, post-conviction counsel. The State moved to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. After a hearing, the chancery court found that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the complaint because the inmates' "attack on the death sentences and post-conviction judicial reviews of [their] convictions" was cognizable under the Uniform Post-Conviction Collateral Relief Act (UPCCRA). The chancery court dismissed the complaint. Upon review, the Supreme Court affirmed, finding the chancery court lacked jurisdiction over the inmates claims because the claims were embraced by the UPCCRA.


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