What do you do on the day after the state has murdered someone? We wake up to the same sunrise in the same bed. But something is different. Someone is missing in our world and they've been taken in all of our names. It's been difficult to get back to the day-to-day routine of work back here in the office, and I would imagine that it might be even harder for those of us whose daily work isn't directly involved with the death penalty.

In the wake of this execution, one of the things that we would like to do is remember this event, even as we try, as a state to heal. For this reason, we would ask that all those who've been affected by this execution, whether they witnessed it, vigiled with us at Riverbend or somewhere else in Tennessee, or simply watched their tvs in horror as the state perpetrated this crime, send us their reflections on the event. Ultimately, we'd like to be able to construct an archive of these reflection in honor of Sedley Alley and his family, and as something for people to look back on in the coming weeks and months. And then as a reminder, in the years after we've abolished the death penalty here in Tennessee, of one of the never mentioned but true costs of the death penalty.

So please, share any thoughts or reflections regarding this execution that you may have. We'll try to post them to the blog as time and space allow and create an archive on our website with pictures and people's thoughts.

Email your reflections to alex@tcask.org

May we all begin to heal and find peace.