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Saying Goodbye

By Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

I have not had the time nor the energy to attempt to write anything here before today. The past week has been one of the most painful and most holy of my life, and it will take me a very long time to deal with all that has happened. Looking back, I guess that I lived in denial for a very long time about Steve's possible execution. When you have known someone for 10 years, it just seems too incredible that one day, the state will strap him down to a gurney and kill him.In the days leading up to the execution, I continued to believe that someone would intervene...the courts, the Governor, someone would look at all the serious problems with this case and stop this execution. But, no one did. And so I was faced with helping my friend to prepare for his death and helping his suffering family to endure it...continue to full post

Full post as published by tcask:: on the road (to abolition) on February 09, 2009 (boomark / email).