Saturday, August 31, 2019

Episcopalians long invested in former death row inmate 'grateful for the life spared'

From Tennessee-

Episcopalians play a special role in Tennessee inmate Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman's life behind bars

They are his visitors to death row, his courtroom supporters and his bishop. 

On Friday, the Episcopalians were among the slate of people who welcomed Criminal Court Judge Monte Watkins' decision to remove Abdur'Rahman from Tennessee's death row. 

"I’m very thankful to God for this good news about Abu," Tennessee Episcopal Bishop John Bauerschmidt said in an email. "The Episcopal Church has long spoken against the death penalty through resolutions of our General Convention." 

Instead of being put to death on April 16, Abdur'Rahman, 68, will spend the rest of his life in prison for the 1986 Nashville stabbings that killed Patrick Daniels and wounded Norma Jean Norman. At the time, Abdur'Rahman went by the name James L. Jones Jr.

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