Dan Mann

Rapper Jelly Roll, Monty Burks receive pardons from Gov. Bill Lee - Nashville Banner Tennessee Governor Bill Lee grants pardons to 33 individuals, including rapper Jelly Roll and Monty Burks, recognizing their rehabilitation efforts.

I’m very happy for Jelly Roll and the 32 others granted pardons.

Gov Lee said, “I am very much interested in people who are interested in working with incarcerated individuals”

I personally work with “incarcerated individuals” but Gov Lee keeps killing them!?!

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A reminder, from a wise pastor friend:

“Beliefs are only as good as the behaviors they engender.

How we show up in the world is a better indicator of our convictions than any creed could hope to be.”

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These visits are tough. Larry’s been on death row for 45 years and has seen things. But as he ages, he sees his friends being killed in a different light. And we’re there to see things through his eyes. Tonight, those eyes had tears as we discuss Wayne Nichols’ imminent execution.

After my viewing of “Alabama Solution,” he/she may have to get in line to be the most satisfied…

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"A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public, they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it, the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke." -Soren Kierkegaard

This was part of his issue. Politics as an on-ramp to Jesus is *MUCH* different than Jesus being an on-ramp to politics. Do as Jesus did makes a great political statement. Do as Trump does and you’ll find Jesus is reckless.

Did he further explain that remark? I’m familiar with the story of Jim Elliott and Nate Saint and can’t for the life of me figure how those lives parallel with Kirk’s.

@hollybfletcher.bsky.social Just finished Missionary Kids. Thank you @kkdumez.bsky.social for the recommendation. It seems all Christian bubbles share a dark commonality: each bubble creates institutions in need of protection. Propaganda seems to be a prominent tool to use in this protection racket.

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I simply went with the announcement of:

“My Client Was Tortured Today” — The Painful Execution of Byron Black Black, 69, was killed by lethal injection in Tennessee for the murder of his girlfriend and her two daughters.

“My Client Was Tortured Today” — The Painful Execution of Byron Black
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📣 I’ve got a rooftop that’s 30+ feet off the ground. You can use it to shout this if it would help.

I dissent.

Just down the road from my house. Wish I had known. God’s speed Jen.

Sunday’s sermon came a day early.

I’m realizing the same about the white church. I never figured we had all the answers - but the constant whiffs on the elementary Gospel is enough to make my knees weak.

Many Christians who spent the last 60 years telling us the reason they were bein (bigoted) jerks is because they had to “speak the truth in love” sure do have a hard time calling genocide “genocide” when it happens to fulfill their apocalyptic fantasies.

Shameful.

I’m realizing the same about the white church. I never figured we had all the answers - but the constant whiffs on the elementary Gospel is enough to make my knees weak.

Thank you for this interview. I heard the first bit on my way to Oscar's vigil. Prayers for Casey.

I saw Oscar Smith before his execution. Death row inmates deserve mercy, too. | Opinion Bethany Roberts Mann has been visiting men on death row for 15 years. She saw Oscar Smith before his execution on May 22.

My wife said a thing:

I saw Oscar Smith before his execution. Death row inmates deserve mercy, too. | Opinion

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Convicted killer awaits execution in Tennessee - Nashville Banner The execution of Oscar Smith, a stepfather accused of killing his estranged wife and her sons, is set to proceed despite legal challenges.

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Kelley Henry: Death Row Defense Attorney - Nashville Banner Nashville-based federal public defender Kelley Henry represents death row inmates in court. She's promised to do it for the rest of her life.

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Oscar Smith's Isolation Ahead of Execution in Tennessee - Nashville Banner Oscar Smith, on death row for nearly 35 years, is facing isolation before his scheduled execution in Tennessee. He is part of a challenge to the new protocol.

Under Tennessee's new lethal injection protocols, the liminal period between life on death row and execution has been stretched.

“Now, it’s just two weeks of being reminded every second of every day that the state is going to kill you.” nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/15/d...

Oscar Smith's Isolation Ahead of Execution in Tennessee - Nashville Banner Oscar Smith, on death row for nearly 35 years, is facing isolation before his scheduled execution in Tennessee. He is part of a challenge to the new protocol.

Oscar Smith has been in isolation since last Thursday ahead of his May 22 scheduled execution. As mandated by TN’s new capital punishment protocol, the liminal period between life on death row and execution has been stretched. His attorney called it “its own form of torture.”

OSCAR SMITH’S CHOICE: Death Row inmates in TN are confronted with a choice. 30 days before their execution date, they are asked if they want to be killed in the electric chair or by needle. Oscar refused to answer and so by default will be executed on May 22 by lethal injection.

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Here comes the Scurvy Pandemic of 2025.

Can confirm: Just spoke to him, and Barber and two others were, in fact, arrested.

Story coming.

“This bill is both improper and immoral.”

He’s busy looking for one of the 54 locations of McDonald’s in Rome.

Dan on The Scott Sauls Blog Thank you for visiting Unit 2. Thank you for opening your heart and mind to a different reality and for being willing to share your story. Many of us will be marching for mercy on Sunday May 18, here ...

"There is holy ground there. It’s paradoxical, I know, but grace often flourishes in places we least expect." - Scott Sauls

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‘There’s a cancer in the system’: How Alabama could help its broken prisons Hundreds die in Alabama's prisons each year. But advocates some easy fixes could help.

"There is a cancer in the system." - EJI Senior Attorney Charlotte Morrison explains the multiple problems with Alabama's unsafe and inhumane prisons.