the cause of death listed on an official death certificate after an execution is homicide ... which is the killing of one human being by another...

and with the planned execution of sedley alley early next wednesday morning part of our task as an organization that opposes the use of capital punishment in all instances - some of us for moral reasons and others of us for philosophical, pragmatic, and/or practical reasons - is to plan the vigil ... an act or period of watching or surveillance ...

so next tuesday evening across the state, and especially here in nashville at the site of this state's executions, opponents of a horrific, violent, and ineffective policy response to murder shall gather together to demonstrate that there are good citizens who both mourn the loss of murder victims and the grief imposed upon their families and who refuse to accept that the best we can come up with as a response, neigh, a reply to murder, is to bow ungraciously to the dark and coarse side of humanity's potential ... to kill again ...

in nashville we will gather at riverbend maximum security prison beginning at 8 pm; will hold an interfaith service between 9 and 10 pm; and will commune until either a stay that holds or the death of sedley alley at the hands of the state of tennessee and us, her citizens...

we ask all of you in the area to join us in opposing this perpetuation and legitimization of violence by state policy ...

other vigils are planned for chattanooga, knoxville, memphis, pulaski, jackson, and other communities around the state ... please call the tcask office at 615-463-0070 or 615-473-2950 to get more information about an event in your area...

peace out - <3