Jerry Jackson - Virginia - To die tonight the 18th

[Lori]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14579136

Please remember to pray for Jerry and his victim, Ruth Philips, as well as all of the family and friends affected by this horrendous crime.

[KarlB]

Lundbeck has said it opposes the "distressing misuse" of its product.

The drugs that are to be used to execute Jackson were obtained before Lundbeck imposed strict controls on the distribution of pentobarbital, a drug used to treat severe epilepsy.

The company has strongly objected to its product's use in capital punishment, and has restricted distribution in an attempt to keep it out of prison death chambers.

"We're in the business to improve people's lives, so the use of pentobarbital to end people's lives contradicts everything that we're in business to do," Matt Flesch, a US spokesman for Lundbeck, told the BBC.

Good for them.. it's not often you see business enterprises standing on principle rather than profit these days.

My prayers are with Jerry.. and with Ruth and her family.

[Johnna]

That is an amazing thing indeed, Karl. I hope other companies see the example they are setting with their product. God will reward them in kind, I'm sure.

And of course my prayers for the whole situation.

[Lori]

http://hamptonroads.com/2011/08/man-exe ... ape-murder

And, please add a prayer for a family member of mine who definitely does not agree with praying for those to be executed.

I posted a prayer request on my facebook page and a cousin of mine really went a bit ballistic.

[Johnna]

I will pray