The developments of this last year demonstrate the pivotal role that MADP plays in preventing the state from taking life. Please consider supporting our mission here: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/mtatdp To help achieve a stay of execution for Marcellus on August 22, we worked closely with our constituents, the Missouri NAACP, and all of you who signed this petition to call on Gov. Greitens to grant a stay. In announcing his decision, the governor cited "the voices of the community" - your voice matters. But we still have work to do. Just before Thanksgiving, the Missouri Supreme Court scheduled an execution for Russell Bucklew for March 20, 2018. Russell has a rare health condition that could cause him great pain during the execution process - his lawyers have even asked for an execution by shooting squad as an alternative. We need your voice added to our petition asking Gov. Greitens to show mercy and #SpareRussell a painful, gruesome death here: https://www.change.org/p/eric-greitens-spare-russell-bucklew. MADP continues to fight Missouri's broken death penalty through endless community education events, victim outreach, and policy work. Missouri juries are increasingly reluctant to choose death when life is always an option, and we had juries decide against death for Mark Gill, Ulysses Jones, Marvin Rice, and Craig Wood just this year. We also coordinate a pen pal program and continue our work in amplifying victims' voices. Our Voices Project can be found at http://www.madpmo.org/voices. MADP believes we can achieve abolition in Missouri county by county. Historically, fewer than 3% of our counties account for the majority of our executions. By focusing our prevention work on overzealous prosecutors and working to raise up unusual voices who object to capital punishment, we can move forward and achieve real change. The impact of our work in 2017 demonstrates this. Your partnership helped us #SaveMarcellus - now you can make even more change happen. Donate to us at https://secure.qgiv.com/for/mtatdp and know that you are supporting the vital work we have before us.