1989    TWENTY YEARS OF HOPE    2009

As we gratefully celebrate twenty years of Hope it is appropriate to remember our history and those who made it happen, our founding brothers. There is none better to guide us in this than Jesse Morrison, co-founder of our organization, and so I asked him to help us to remember and here are his notes:

IN THE DARKNESS THERE IS HOPE

  NO ROOM AT THE INN

   The nights are growing longer and we have had the first frost, some of the signs that another year is coming to an end. In thinking about the year that is almost gone, taking stock and wishing to somehow relate it to the Christmas season, the words because there was no room at the inn come to mind.

GREETINGS FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK

   Autumn is almost upon us and it has been an eventful summer. The State set an execution date for Tommy Arthut but, thankfully, it was stayed by the Alabama Supreme court when another man confessed to the crime. Alabama Attorney General Troy King is still fighting to execute Tommy but he has grudgingly admitted that Tommy may, once and for all, escape the executioner. Let us hope that his prediction comes true.

The question behind the question

CUP HALF EMPTY, CUP HALF FULL?
We all know the old saying that for the optimist the cup is half full and for the pessimist it is half empty. When it comes to death penalty/moratorium work in Alabama the realist would have to say that it is neither and if that would seem to be an impossibility please bear with me while I explain the dangers in either perspective.

JUSTICE WAS NOT SERVED IN ALABAMA

ACCEPTANCE SPEECH OF JUSTICE FIGHTER AWARD FROM ALABAMA NEW SOUTH COALITION

I dedicate this award to my very dear friend, the Chairman of PHADP, Darrell B. Grayson.