A bit about me - I am an American woman, and a death penalty opponent. I used to support the death penalty before I knew too much about it, but after spending thousands of hours of research on the topic, I now oppose it. I believe that the death penalty should be abolished worldwide as soon as possible for numerous reasons. I am also a Christian, and I believe that everybody is worthy of forgiveness, that nobody is completely irredeemable, and that everybody is the sum of more than their worst moments. I believe that the vengeful, arbitrary way the death penalty is administered in the United States goes against my religious beliefs, as well as my beliefs in racial equality and class consciousness.

I have added the graves of some people who have been executed in the United States (and, for a few of them, some of their family members if I happen to run into information on those as well). I have also added the graves of many murder victims and other crime victims who did not yet have memorials. I try to only add graves of people for whom I am able to find CONCLUSIVE and EXPLICIT information on their burial places, like a mention in a newspaper, a cemetery or other location named on their death certificate, or any mention of their body being submitted to a state anatomical board or cremated.

I understand that the majority of the men and women whose graves I have added lived controversial lives on Earth and have hurt countless people, but all I ask is that they receive respect in their afterlives, and no hatred or anger, if at all possible.

If you want to add flowers, feel free - but please remember that a lot of these inmates have surviving family members who are suffering from their own loss, and they very well may see what you say about their loved one.

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****PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING, AS OF JAN 1, 2024****

[1] IF YOU ARE RELATED TO ANY OF THESE PEOPLE, and you have **ANY** problem with me making a memorial for them (or you have a problem with ANY individual aspect of a memorial), I will be more than happy to remove or alter anything you desire - including the entire memorial, if that's what you want. I want to respect not only the inmates and victims, but their families and descendants as well. I don't want anything I do on this website to cause ANYONE any further pain.

[2] Related to #1, I am 100% open to transferring a memorial to family members of the deceased, or other friends, loved ones, or acquaintances linked to the deceased. Just ask, and I am more than happy to accommodate. I know how much it means to a lot of family members to have that, and I would never want to take that away from people here.

[3] When I add a memorial for anyone, I would STRONGLY prefer that you not add newspaper clippings that contain any contentious information. If you still feel the pressing need to add an obituary, I would prefer that you include entirely neutral obituaries that make no mention of how a victim and/or inmate died. A lot of the clippings feel disrespectful to the families involved on both sides of each respective case, especially given that some include racial, inflammatory, and other controversial language.

[4] I also slightly prefer not to see mugshots added (as I prefer candid photos, press conference photos, etc.), but I don't feel nearly as strongly about that as I do about the newspaper clippings.

A bit about me - I am an American woman, and a death penalty opponent. I used to support the death penalty before I knew too much about it, but after spending thousands of hours of research on the topic, I now oppose it. I believe that the death penalty should be abolished worldwide as soon as possible for numerous reasons. I am also a Christian, and I believe that everybody is worthy of forgiveness, that nobody is completely irredeemable, and that everybody is the sum of more than their worst moments. I believe that the vengeful, arbitrary way the death penalty is administered in the United States goes against my religious beliefs, as well as my beliefs in racial equality and class consciousness.

I have added the graves of some people who have been executed in the United States (and, for a few of them, some of their family members if I happen to run into information on those as well). I have also added the graves of many murder victims and other crime victims who did not yet have memorials. I try to only add graves of people for whom I am able to find CONCLUSIVE and EXPLICIT information on their burial places, like a mention in a newspaper, a cemetery or other location named on their death certificate, or any mention of their body being submitted to a state anatomical board or cremated.

I understand that the majority of the men and women whose graves I have added lived controversial lives on Earth and have hurt countless people, but all I ask is that they receive respect in their afterlives, and no hatred or anger, if at all possible.

If you want to add flowers, feel free - but please remember that a lot of these inmates have surviving family members who are suffering from their own loss, and they very well may see what you say about their loved one.

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****PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING, AS OF JAN 1, 2024****

[1] IF YOU ARE RELATED TO ANY OF THESE PEOPLE, and you have **ANY** problem with me making a memorial for them (or you have a problem with ANY individual aspect of a memorial), I will be more than happy to remove or alter anything you desire - including the entire memorial, if that's what you want. I want to respect not only the inmates and victims, but their families and descendants as well. I don't want anything I do on this website to cause ANYONE any further pain.

[2] Related to #1, I am 100% open to transferring a memorial to family members of the deceased, or other friends, loved ones, or acquaintances linked to the deceased. Just ask, and I am more than happy to accommodate. I know how much it means to a lot of family members to have that, and I would never want to take that away from people here.

[3] When I add a memorial for anyone, I would STRONGLY prefer that you not add newspaper clippings that contain any contentious information. If you still feel the pressing need to add an obituary, I would prefer that you include entirely neutral obituaries that make no mention of how a victim and/or inmate died. A lot of the clippings feel disrespectful to the families involved on both sides of each respective case, especially given that some include racial, inflammatory, and other controversial language.

[4] I also slightly prefer not to see mugshots added (as I prefer candid photos, press conference photos, etc.), but I don't feel nearly as strongly about that as I do about the newspaper clippings.