After one year of correspondence with my friend Jeff Wood, we finally organized a visit to the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas. I must admit that after all the things I have heard from people who already went there, I am pretty anxious about stepping inside the prison for the first time. My first visit…
In March 2011, Katia Terminet, 21, and Matthieu Blondeau went on holiday to the Mauritius Island. Katia, who already went there with him once before, was very excited about the trip. At the airport in Paris, whereas they were about to check in, Matthieu suddenly told Katia that he had to buy some food and…
On July 18th 2012, Texas has, for the first time, executed a death row inmate using only one drug. Until today, three drugs were used: - Sodium thiopental or pentobarbital: ultra-short action barbiturate, an anesthetic agent capable of rendering the prisoner unconscious in a few seconds. - Pancuronium bromide: non-depolarizing muscle relaxant, causes complete, fast and…
Into the Abyss: A Tale of Deaf, a Tale of Lies. Some people were deaf to certain facts. Some people lied. A couple of days ago, I have watched, for the first time, the movie “Into the Abyss: a Tale of Death, a Tale of Life”, directed by Werner Herzog. With this movie, Mr. Herzog,…
Here is a letter that I would like to share with you all. This letter has been written by my friend, Michael James Perry, 2 days before he got executed by the State of Texas at the age of 28. I won’t talk about his case because what matters the most here is the content of his letter, the…
For the people who don’t know Debra Milke, here is a short summary of her case. 21 years ago, Debra Milke has been condemned to Death, in Arizona, for the murder of her single 4 years old son, Christopher. There is no evidence proving that Debra committed the murder and she has been condemned to…
For those who do not know what the Polunsky Unit is; it is the Death Row Unit in Texas, USA. In 2010, I actively supported a death row inmate, Michael James Perry. After only a couple of weeks, we became close friends and saving his life became my priority number one. When you support a…
Yesterday evening, I watched a reportage on the French television. It was about a case, a well-known case in France but some details that I did not know before really shocked me. First of all, I would like to precise that I am an anti-death penalty activist and also an inmate rights defender but when it comes…
Death. What a horrible word for a justice decision… 20 years ago, Debra Milke had been wrongfully convicted. 20 years, think about that: Think about all the things you’ve done during the last 20 years, all the places you have seen, all the people you have met… Maybe you got married, maybe you even had kids;…
Death row: Welcome to a cold, and scary world… Let me tell you a little story… On March 24th 2010, I ended up on the website of Michael Perry, a 28 year old guy who was on death row in Texas for 7 years. I read his story, his case and it touched me so…
