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PLEASE sign this petition for Quinn’s clemency and read more about his story at link in our bio. I want to live in a world where people can change, heal, forgive, move forward and contribute light after darkness. Quin’s created light for years. Thread for more #ClemencyForQuin
We’ve heard about Quin from friend @suleikajaouad for years. He deserves to continue his life. The family of his victim from 21 years ago has forgiven him and they’re apposed to his execution scheduled for May 19th. Enough attention could save his life. http://www.clemencyforquin.com
That website lays out all the arguments for Quin’s clemency and helps explain his story. Here are a few words from his friend @suleikajaouad. Please write Quin a letter if you have it in your heart. We’ll be writing to him as a family as we fight for clemency.
“Over the last decade, I’ve been trading letters with my friend Quintin Jones—a.k.a. Lil’ GQ—who has been a prisoner on death row in Texas for more than half his life. You might remember him from my book.
Quin is scheduled to be executed in 24 days. ...
Quin is scheduled to be executed in 24 days. ...
Today I’m asking you to join me in helping to save Quin.
I’ve always known Quin would eventually face execution. But when I heard the date of May 19, 2021, it ignited something in me. I decided to use my book tour to amplify Quin’s story as much as possible, and after one of...
I’ve always known Quin would eventually face execution. But when I heard the date of May 19, 2021, it ignited something in me. I decided to use my book tour to amplify Quin’s story as much as possible, and after one of...
my events, I heard from a lawyer who offered her firm’s legal services pro bono.
We have since joined forces with Quin’s attorney in Texas, and we are starting a grassroots advocacy effort to get clemency—to convert his death sentence to a life sentence. To help, you can:
We have since joined forces with Quin’s attorney in Texas, and we are starting a grassroots advocacy effort to get clemency—to convert his death sentence to a life sentence. To help, you can:
Learn more about Quin’s story by visiting http://clemencyforquin.com and sharing it with your friends and family. Sign and share a petition in support of Quin. Become Quin’s pen pal. Regardless of what Texas decides, I want to fill Quin’s remaining 24 days on death...
row with his favorite thing: receiving and writing letters.
Quin has spent 20 years reckoning with his past, asking forgiveness, and seeking redemption. I’ve seen firsthand how he’s transformed himself into the kind, thoughtful, generous man he is today. I’m not the only one...
Quin has spent 20 years reckoning with his past, asking forgiveness, and seeking redemption. I’ve seen firsthand how he’s transformed himself into the kind, thoughtful, generous man he is today. I’m not the only one...
Quin’s family, who is also the victim’s family, has long forgiven him for what he did and is asking, along with many of Quin’s other pen pals, that Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the Board of Pardons and Parole allow him to live out his natural life in prison.” - @suleikajaouad
Link in bio to learn more.
Here’s the petition https://www.change.org/p/texas-governor-greg-abbott-clemency-for-quin?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=custom_url&recruited_by_id=c8b32190-a1d9-11eb-ba6c-4358d8b177af
This is from letter on petition
“Dear Governor Abbott and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles,
We are writing on behalf of Quintin Phillippe Jones, who is scheduled to be executed by the state of Texas on May 19, 2021. We are not asking for Jones's freedom or forgiveness...
“Dear Governor Abbott and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles,
We are writing on behalf of Quintin Phillippe Jones, who is scheduled to be executed by the state of Texas on May 19, 2021. We are not asking for Jones's freedom or forgiveness...
-- he has not forgiven himself for the murder of his great aunt Berthena Bryant when he was a drug-addicted and angry 20-year-old man. Instead, we ask you to see that in his time on death row, Jones has transformed himself into a kind and thoughtful man. We ask that you allow ...
him to spend the rest of his natural life in prison.
Jones's death sentence is fraught with numerous troubling details.
1. The state's argument for Jones's future dangerousness — the lynchpin for the imposition of the death penalty — was based on discredited science...
Jones's death sentence is fraught with numerous troubling details.
1. The state's argument for Jones's future dangerousness — the lynchpin for the imposition of the death penalty — was based on discredited science...
and a flawed methodology that has since been rejected for use in death penalty cases, including by the creator of the protocol itself. In addition, the jury and the court could not take into account recent neuroscientific findings that show people's brains do not reach full...
maturity until at least their mid-20s.
2. There is a specific disparate treatment concern here as Riky "Red" Roosa, the ringleader who is white and 18 years older than Jones, was convicted of murdering two other persons and received only life sentences with the possibility of...
2. There is a specific disparate treatment concern here as Riky "Red" Roosa, the ringleader who is white and 18 years older than Jones, was convicted of murdering two other persons and received only life sentences with the possibility of...
parole. Jones, who is black, was put on death row after being convicted of one murder.
3. Through the end of his first post-conviction federal habeas proceeding, Jones's legal counsel repeatedly missed filing deadlines and failed to challenge critical scientific and legal...
3. Through the end of his first post-conviction federal habeas proceeding, Jones's legal counsel repeatedly missed filing deadlines and failed to challenge critical scientific and legal...
issues. Afterward, Jones's new legal counsel was unable to convince the courts to correct the damage caused by prior legal counsel.
4. Finally, Berthena Bryant's sister and great-nephew -- Jones's great-aunt and twin brother -- have long forgiven Quin and ask that the state...
4. Finally, Berthena Bryant's sister and great-nephew -- Jones's great-aunt and twin brother -- have long forgiven Quin and ask that the state...
not traumatize them again by executing him.
Quintin Jones had an unimaginable childhood overwhelmed by abuse and drugs, and yet he does not blame his circumstances or anyone but himself for his crime. He has spent his years on death row seeking redemption. No matter where we...
Quintin Jones had an unimaginable childhood overwhelmed by abuse and drugs, and yet he does not blame his circumstances or anyone but himself for his crime. He has spent his years on death row seeking redemption. No matter where we...
stand on the death penalty itself, we believe that it would be an injustice to execute him. We ask that his death sentence be commuted and that he be allowed to continue his quest for redemption in prison.” https://www.change.org/p/texas-governor-greg-abbott-clemency-for-quin?redirect=false
