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Protect ICWA Indian Child Welfare Act
The Indian Child Welfare Act was enacted in 1978 in response to the large number of Native children being separated from their parents, extended families, and communities at the hands of state child welfare and private adoption agencies. An ongoing legacy from when Native children were abducted by the church and government and placed into boarding schools. The ICWA sets federal requirements that apply to state child custody proceedings involving an Indian child who is a member of or eligible for membership in a federally recognized tribe.
Additional indigenous resources and call to actions-
https://linktr.ee/fliskography
Important ways to show support-
May 5th is Red Dress Day, wear red for our missing and murdered Indigenous women, children and Two Spirit community. Indigenous Women (girls +) murdered 10x higher than all other ethnicities. Murder is the 3rd leading cause of death for Indigenous Women (Centers for Disease Control). More than 4 out of 5 Indigenous Women have experienced violence (84.3%) (National Institute of Justice Report). More than half Indigenous Women experience sexual violence (56.1%). More than half Indigenous Women have been physically abused by their intimate partners (55.5 percent). less than half of Indigenous Women have been stalked in their lifetime (48.8 percent). Indigenous Women are 1.7 times more likely than Anglo-American women to experience violence. Indigenous Women are 2xs more likely to be raped than Anglo-American white women. Murder rate of Indigenous Women is 3xs higher than Anglo-American women.
IMMIGRATION CALL TO ACTIONS-
https://linktr.ee/Cheguerrero
https://innocenceproject.org/petitions/stop-the-execution-of-marcellus-williams-an-innocent-man/
It’s up to Gov. Mike Parson to grant clemency and commute Mr. Williams’ sentence to life without parole.
Urgent 09.20.24 By Jess Natale (so.informed) and Innocence Staff

Marcellus Williams (Image courtesy of Marcellus’ legal team).
There is no reliable evidence proving that Marcellus Williams committed the crime for which he is scheduled to be executed on Sept. 24.
The state of Missouri destroyed or corrupted the evidence that could conclusively prove his innocence and the available DNA and other forensic crime-scene evidence does not match him. Time is running out to stop Missouri from executing an innocent man. It’s up to Gov. Mike Parson to grant clemency and commute Mr. Williams’ sentence to life without parole, or, at a minimum, stay the execution for further appeals to be resolved.
By now, the State will have asked Mr. Williams to fill out the paperwork about who he wants to witness the execution, if anyone, and if he has a spiritual advisor he’d like to be present. This week the State will also be asking him who he wants to leave his property and paperwork to.
And they provide the contact information for who his lawyers should contact to pick up his body. At the end of this week, they will grab him, without notice, and move him from the prison he’s currently at, Potosi, to the prison in Bonne Terre, where the execution chamber is.
He will receive the paperwork for the last meal and last statement as soon as he arrives at Bonne Terre and will be pressured to fill it out immediately, with little to no time for thought or consultation with loved ones.
At about 10 a.m. or 11 a.m. on the day of the execution, they will cease all visits and he’ll be taken back for any final paperwork. After he is given his last meal, they will move him to the death chamber and begin strapping him in for the IV. The room will have windows, behind which will be four media witnesses, up to five witnesses for Mr. Williams if he requested them, and any witnesses from the victim’s family that want to be there. Usually there is a vigil held by protesters outside. There is also security at the entrance to the parking lot to keep anyone from coming on the property. Once the Attorney General calls the prison, they will begin the execution. The execution drugs will be administered after Mr. Williams reads his last statement. The average time for an IV execution ranges from seven to 11 minutes if not botched.
(The State moved the chamber away from Potosi because they found having the execution in the same prison caused a lot of mental harm to the guards, who knew those on death row for years before they were executed.)

Marcellus Williams (left) with his family. Images courtesy of the Williams family.
Notably, Missouri has executed several people before all of their appeals were technically done.
The pentobarbital used by the state of Missouri was banned for use in executions by the manufacturer, but the state is still able to get the drug. The majority of pharmaceutical companies have stopped supplying drugs for use in executions after years of pressure from advocates. As supplies have become less available, states have illegally imported drugs across state lines and some states, including Missouri, have purchased the drugs from compounding pharmacies, which formulate drugs that are not available at commercial pharmacies.
(Compounding pharmacies are not required to register with the FDA or inform the FDA of what drugs they are making.)
Missouri buys the drugs used for their executions in cash from an unknown source.
Mr. Williams has repeatedly faced imminent execution as he has tried to prove his innocence.
Sept. 24 will be the third time that Mr. Williams has faced execution. In 2017, mere hours before he was to be executed and after eating his last meal, then-Gov. Eric Greitens granted a stay of execution. Despite the fact that the victim’s family opposes his execution, the Missouri Attorney General has continued to fight to execute Mr. Williams at every turn. It is not too late for Gov. Parson to ensure that Missouri does not take an innocent man’s life. The governor should exercise his authority to grant clemency and commute Mr. Williams’ sentence to life without parole, or, at a minimum, stay the execution to allow the resolution of further appeals.
“Hi, my name is [NAME] and I am calling regarding Marcellus Williams. I urge Governor Parson to stop the scheduled execution on September 24. Marcellus Williams is an innocent man and the state of Missouri has admitted this after reviewing the DNA evidence. Executing an innocent individual is not only a stain on morality but also an egregious wrong that cannot be undone.”
Call between Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. CST


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