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Cover Article on Steve Henley in the Nashville Scene

By Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

In last week's Nashville Scene, the cover story focused on the case of Steve Henley, a Tennessee death row inmate executed in February 2009. As most of you who regularly read this blog already know, I visited Steve for the past 10 years, and over those years, he became like a brother to me. When I first began visiting him, I was a young minister working in a local church and was not serving TCASK in my current position. As his execution approached, I struggled in dealing with Steve's execution as both his spiritual advisor and as the Executive Director of TCASK. Playing both roles was very difficult, and I continue to deal with my own personal grief and the grief of his family in the aftermath of the execution.When I saw the article in the Scene, the title unnerved me, "Manburner...continue to full post

Full post as published by tcask:: on the road (to abolition) on March 11, 2009 (boomark / email).