Tonight Kelly Ann Gissendaner will be executed in GA. The State Board of Pardons and Paroles denied her request for clemency. They looked at who she was not who she has become. Her friends and family have circulated a petition begging the governor that her life be spared. As of this morning the petition has 40, 000 signatures and it will be sent to his office. Tragically in Georgia, the governor does not have power to grant clemency to people facing execution. Only an intervention by the GA Supreme Court, courageous resistance by state employees, or Christ himself can change where this road is leading.
Georgia Forecast
for #KellyonMyMind
with thanks to Ray Charles
Her execution was postponed
due to snow and freezing rain.
The governor
has the power
to shut down roads and declare
a state of emergency.
God forbid there be an accident.
She asked another man
to kill for her,
and he did–
an awful crime.
Georgia will pay another man
to kill her,
and he may.
They say justice is blind.
Jesus
died for Kelly,
and she sees
like Saul
who was blinded
on that road.
He had done
such an awful thing
to Stephen.
Kelly’s friends and family
beg for mercy
from a governor
with no power
to block this road
and pray
to a God
who reminds us
that death
is not the final word.
Tonight roads
may be slippery
but safe enough
for business as usual.
just fog, the forecast says.
Maybe rain.
Feels like it’s raining all over the world.