Clemency Statement of & Lamentations on JAMES CODDINGTON CLEMENCY STATEMENT OF JAMES CODDINGTON “The person that he welcomed into his home was not me…it was a shell of me…it was a drug addict…that didn’t deserve his friendship…and I’m very sorry that I took their dad…their grandpa. I still today would do whatever I have to do to make it right to his family. I said it at the time of my sentencing…if this ends today with... Read more
Buy our new book at https://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-Words-Life-Interactions-Genesis/dp/B0B8BJZ92M/ref=sr_1_1?crid=FJXG9939XOAF&keywords=wonderful+words+jeff+hood+mark+sandlin&qid=1660532649&sprefix=wonderful+words+jeff+hood+mark+sandlin%2Caps%2C254&sr=8-1 Wonderful Words of Life? Poetic Interactions with Genesis 1 is our new book. Introductory Remarks God works in mysterious ways…or sometimes God doesn’t work at all. We don’t know which best describes our trajectory. We just know that we’ve been changed…or something like that. You see, we are a part of a generation of thinkers and scholars that set out to change the Progressive Christian industrial complex. In time, it was... Read more
A Letter to the Editor & A Public Prayer for Kosoul Chanthakoumanne Back in 2006, realtor Sarah Walker was brutally murdered. Somebody should pay for such a crime. But what if the wrong person is being called to account? Next Wednesday, the State of Texas is scheduled to execute Kosoul Chanthakoumanne for the murder of Walker in McKinney…but doubts linger. A simple internet search, reveals a number of questions. The State relied on multiple pieces of discredited forensic... Read more
WHEN FORGIVENESS BECOMES A FARCE: On the Fight to Save KOSOUL CHANTHAKOUMMANE, the KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS & Catholic INDIFFERENCE video discussed in blog is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8iWIdiJqiU From a variety of sources, the words of Joseph Walker have echoed from beyond the grave… “This crime has devastated my family…but we’ve got to pray for my daughter’s killer.” “…we’ve got to pray for the one who did this.” “Under no circumstance…do I want Kosoul Chanthakoummane to receive the... Read more
Lamentations: On Kosoul Chantakoumanne Make no mistake…Sarah Walker was brutally murdered in McKinney Texas in 2006. Somebody should pay for such a crime. Unfortunately, it’s quite possible that the wrong man is being called to account. Here’s why. The bedrock of every murder investigation is the establishment of a motive. The McKinney Police Department (MPD) tried to say that Kosoul Chantakoumanne sexually assaulted and killed Sara Walker. When no evidence of sexual assault was able to be... Read more
Joe Nathan James, Jr. killed Faith Hall in 1994. There doesn’t seem to be much doubt about that. However, doubt about guilt isn’t necessary to have doubt about the punishment. The death penalty is abhorrently problematic and this case illustrates why…starkly. For several years, James carefully kept transcripts, documents and potential evidence from his case with him in his cell. Then one day…as he was out to court & their cells were being rearranged…guards threw all of these... Read more
*Words delivered to the Little Rock City Director’s meeting on July 19, 2022. LITTLE ROCK IS MURDER ROCK! Good evening my name is Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood. I just moved to Little Rock about a year ago. My wife is a Professor of Art Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. We live off of Shackelford between Rodney Parham and Markham. I could spend all night talking to you about the crime that is happening in... Read more
Will Eaton: The Unspoken Victim of the July 7, 2016 Shooting in Dallas, Texas On the night of July 7, 2016, Micah Johnson coopted a march that I organized in Dallas, Texas to kill five police officers. Their names were Lorne Ahrens, Michael Krol, Michael Smith, Brent Thompson and Patrick Zamarripa. Immediately after the incident, I repeatedly went on national and international television to share that we were protesting for love and justice. Away from the cameras,... Read more
Kosoul Chanthakoummane: On the Nature of Execution and Doubt (Of Course in Texas) According to the prosecution… On July 8, 2006, Kosoul Chanthakoummane arrived at a model home in Collin County, Texas. There he found Sarah Walker. A struggle ensued. Chanthakoummane proceeded to brutalize Walker. Eventually, hitting her with a plant stand, stabbing her over 33 times and leaving a vicious bite mark on her neck. When he was finished, he stole a watch and ring off... Read more
I organized a rally. I marched. Shots rang out. Lorne Ahrens Michael Krol Michael Smith Brent Thompson Patrick Zamarripa It’s been 6 years. I’m still there. The Sermon After the Shooting Delivered after the July 7 shooting at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Denton, Texas on July 10, 2016. It’s been a very busy time. Just a few days ago, I organized the rally and march that preceded the deaths of five police... Read more
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