Warren Hill lives

 I got this from Amnesty International:

Dear Tracy,

Warren Hill is still alive.

Just a week ago, it looked like the state of Georgia was going to execute Warren Hill, an intellectually disabled man with an IQ of 70. We asked you to send a message to the Attorney General and the Governor and you responded to the call.

Hill was granted a stay on the grounds that the secrecy surrounding Georgia’s lethal injection drugs violated his constitutional rights. The petition pending before the US Supreme Court on the claim that Warren Hill has "mental retardation," and that his execution would therefore violate the US Constitution is due to be considered on September 30.

All executions violate human rights, and Georgia's attempts to execute Warren Hill show why it is so important for us to abolish this cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.

I'll be blogging about developments in the case on Amnesty International USA's Human Rights Now blog: http://blog.amnestyusa.org/author/brian-evans/

Thank you for taking action to stop the execution of Warren Hill.

In solidarity,

Brian Evans