Kelley Henry, a federal public defender in Nashville, represents two of the men who had their federal death sentences commuted by the president this morning. She sent me this statement: - ThreadSky

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iamstevenhale.bsky.social • 137 days ago

Kelley Henry, a federal public defender in Nashville, represents two of the men who had their federal death sentences commuted by the president this morning. She sent me this statement:

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joshuawinsor.bsky.social•137 days ago

Is she an FPD or a CJA attorney?

iamstevenhale.bsky.social•137 days ago

Henry was one of the attorneys who represented Lisa Montgomery, who was the only woman on federal death row until she was executed in 2020. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lisa-montgomery-federal-death-row_n_5ff73114c5b61a92a8c0861a

iamstevenhale.bsky.social•137 days ago

She's also represented many of the men on Tennessee's death row. I profiled her and her work --- and that of her deputy, Amy Harwell --- for the Scene in 2019. https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverstory/for-some-death-row-inmates-kelley-henry-is-the-last-line-of-defense/article_7d67cec2-ede0-58a7-891f-cd176bdaf476.html

secretiveinsect.bsky.social•137 days ago

He wrote something nice! I was afraid to read it thinking that it would be something horrible.

dagenheim.bsky.social•137 days ago

Values all human life? So when he was shoveling weapons into Israel and turning a blind eye to genocide and war crimes, where were his values then?

fredwoehrle.bsky.social•137 days ago

When an inmate has already murdered other inmates (like some commuted by Biden), what alternative is there to the death penalty, to prevent killings? It's the only deterrent for such inmates (the death penalty does seem to be a deterrent in some cases): https://libertyunyielding.com/2024/12/23/biden-commutes-sentences-of-37-murderers-including-child-killers-and-mass-murderers/

emergentwake.bsky.social•137 days ago

Well, you might start by not locking people in up in conditions so awful that the only thing worse is death.

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