Urgent Action: Tennessee Man at Imminent Risk of Execution (USA: UA 183.18)

October 12, 2018

Edmund Zagorski has been on death row in Tennessee for over 30 years after allegedly receiving ineffective counsel. He was scheduled to be executed on 11 October, using a three-drug lethal injection. After challenges made through litigation, the state Governor issued a ten-day reprieve to allow for preparation of the execution. The Tennessee Supreme Court has issued an execution date of 1 November 2018, for Edmund Zagorski, for death by electrocution. Please continue to send appeals.

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Edmund Zagorski has been on death row in Tennessee for over 30 years after allegedly receiving ineffective counsel. He was scheduled to be executed on 11 October, using a three-drug lethal injection. After challenges made through litigation, the state Governor issued a ten-day reprieve to allow for preparation of the execution. The Tennessee Supreme Court has issued an execution date of 1 November 2018, for Edmund Zagorski, for death by electrocution. Please continue to send appeals.

1) TAKE ACTION
Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:

  • Halt Edmund Zagorski’s execution and commute his death sentence.

Contact this official by 1 November 2018:

Governor Bill Haslam
600 Charlotte Avenue

First Floor
Nashville, Tennessee 37243
United States of America
Telephone: +1 615-741-2001
Twitter: @BillHaslam
Facebook: @TeamHaslam
Salutation: Dear Governor

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