Gaile Owens

I learned about the story of Gaile Owens today from an old college friend on Facebook. Please take a moment to go read her story and sign the petition to commute her death sentence. Gaile is a battered woman serving on death row in Tennessee - convicted of hiring a man to kill her highly abusive husband. The State has requested an execution date for her after she's exhausted all apparent appeals. Visit the site and read her story - you will be moved.

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Paul House Moved to Mother's Home

Hat tip to Emily at Amnesty International for a well-written blog about Paul House's return to his mother's care. As those of you who have read this blog over the years know, I have written about Paul's case and the travesty of his continued confinement many times. Paul is now at his mother's home and is - temporarily at least - out of prison and off death row. The DA is planning to retry Paul but he is out on bail for the time being. I'm so pleased that Paul can be at home in his mother's care. He has credible claims of innocence and has been on death row for over 23 years. The last several of those years, Paul has endured death row while suffering from Multiple Sclerosis. I applaud the donor that assisted Paul's mother in posting his bail.

Please see the Amnesty blog here.