by Starlette Thomas | Sep 30, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
Blood boiling, we are all cooked. Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams was put to death and I’m angry that there was nothing we could do about it. I texted MARCELLUS to 97016. “Thx for joining Marcellus’ team!” a message from the Innocence Project read. I made posts and...
by Jemar Tisby | Apr 25, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
Editor’s Note: The following first appeared in Dr. Jemar Tisby’s Footnotes Substack. Tisby is a Good Faith Media Contributing Correspondent. Imagine being sentenced to die by the state. You wait years for the appeals and the legal process to work itself out, and it...
by Starlette Thomas | Feb 29, 2024 | Feature-, News
On February 28, an interfaith gathering of religious leaders met on the steps of the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge. They gathered to pray, present a petition signed by more than 200 Louisiana faith leaders who oppose House Bill 6 and in recognition of...
by Starlette Thomas | Jan 24, 2024 | Feature-, News
On January 22, Alabama faith leaders and community members gathered at the state capitol building to deliver a letter to Governor Kay Ivey asking her to pause the execution of Kenneth Smith using nitrogen hypoxia. The letter, signed by more than 100 faith leaders...
by Michael Chancellor | Jan 16, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
Kenneth Eugene Smith is scheduled to be executed by the state of Alabama on January 25, 2024. Smith was hired by the husband of the woman he murdered. At the time of her murder, she had two sons. Her husband, Rev. Charles Sennett, who was a pastor, committed suicide...