May 25, 2020Only two, of 91 passengers survived a plane crash in Pakistan. The remaining 89 passengers and eight crew members died during the crash, which is under investigation. The plane crashed into several homes, damaging 19 homes and injuring four people on the ground. Pray for the families of the deceased. Pray for healing for the injured.
May 25, 2020Two dams failed near Edenville, Michigan, causing over 10,000 residents to flee their homes due to flooding threats. Flooding was substantial, reaching record highs, but has since greatly subsided, leaving behind damaged and destroyed roads, bridges, buildings, and other areas. Pray for all who have been affected.
May 27, 2020Carlos Trevino was scheduled to be executed at 6 pm local time, on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. His execution has been rescheduled to Wednesday, September 30, 2020. Forty-five-year-old Carlos is convicted of the murder of 15-year-old Linda Salinas in a park in San Antonio, Texas on June 9, 1996.
May 25, 2020While the coronavirus has greatly reduced the protests being carried out, a new security plan that China is seeking to enforce on the territory has caused protests to resume. The new security law would ban “treason, secession, sedition, and subversion.” Hong Kong Leader Carrie Lam has voiced her support for the law. The protests resulted in tear gas and water cannons being used by the police, with over 100 arrested. Pray for peace.
May 25, 2020Over 80 people have been killed in India and Bangladesh due to Cyclone Amphan, with hundreds of others reporting injuries. The cyclone broth with it powerful winds that snapped power lines, uprooted trees, and damaged homes, and severe rain that caused substantial flooding. Over one million people have been left without power. Pray for the families of the deceased. Pray for healing for the injured. Pray for all affected.
May 30, 2020Oscar Franklin Smith was scheduled to be executed at 7:10 pm local time, on Thursday, June 4, 2020, at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institute in Nashville, Tennessee. His execution has been rescheduled for February 4, 2021. Seventy-year-old Oscar is convicted of murdering his estranged wife, 35-year-old Judy Robirds Smith, and her two sons, 13-year-old Jason Burnett and 16-year-old Chad Burnett on October 1, 1989, in Nashville, Tennessee.
May 25, 2020A massive storm around Perth, Australia has left over 60,000 homes without power and several homes destroyed, as the storm ripped off roofs and toppled trees. No injuries or deaths were reported. The cause of the rare storm was likely from two colliding systems, an out-of-season tropical cyclone, and a cold front. Further heavy rain is expected. Pray for all those affected.
May 25, 2020The coronavirus pandemic has caused President Sebastián Piñera to issue a statement that the healthcare system is under severe pressure and almost at its limit. The nation has recorded almost 70,000 cases of the virus, with over 700 deaths. Santiago, the capital of Chile, has also been placed under a strict lockdown. Pray for the nation during this time. Pray for all nations struggling with the coronavirus.
Charles Warner, Oklahoma
Update: April 29, 2014 9:05pm EDT
Charles Frederick Warner was executed at 7:28 pm CDT, on Thursday, January 15, 2015, at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Oklahoma. Read more here.
Update: April 29, 2014 9:05pm EDT
The execution of Charles Warner has been stayed for 14 days following the uncertain execution of Clayton Lockett. More information to follow.
Update: April 26, 2014 8:00 pm EDT
Charles Frederick Warner isscheduled to be executed at 8 pm CDT, on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Oklahoma. Forty-six-year-old Charles is convicted of killing 11-month-old Adriana Waller on August 22, 1997, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Charles has spent the last 11 years of his life on Oklahoma's death row.
Shonda Waller and her 11-month-old daughter Adriana Waller, lived with Charles Warner and his three children, seven-year-old Charvon, five-year-old Vonita, and two-year-old Dasia. On the morning of August 22, 1997, Warner left around 7:30 am to go pay a traffic ticket. Shonda woke up around 8:00 am and stayed in bed to play with Adriana, who appeared to be her normal, playful self. When Shonda changed her diaper that morning, she did not notice anything abnormal.
Shonda and Warner had planned to go grocery shopping that afternoon, however, Warner suggested that she go alone and he stay to watch the children. Shonda agreed and left around noon, returning around 2:30 pm. When she looked in on Adriana, she saw her lying in bed. Shortly thereafter, Shonda told Warner she wanted to get the telephone connected. Warner went to get Adriana and brought her out of the bedroom, saying she was not breathing.
Warner and Shonda rushed to the hospital, with Shonda performing CPR on the way. Medical personnel were unable to resuscitate Adriana. As the staff cleaned Adriana, they removed her diaper, noticing that there was bright red blood around Adriana's anus, as well as tears in the rectum. The injuries appeared to be recent. The staff stopped cleaning and called the police.
Adriana had a six-inch skull fracture, a broken jaw, three broken ribs, bruised lungs, and a lacerated liver and spleen. A forensic pathologist said that the injuries were likely caused between one and three hours before her death. Warner was questioned by police that night into the next morning, when he was arrested, charged, and eventually convicted of Adriana's murder.
Charles' execution was originally scheduled for Thursday, March 27, 2014, but the execution was delayed until April 29, 2014, when the pharmacy from which the Oklahoma Department of Corrections arranged to purchase the execution drugs unexpectedly backed out. Oklahoma has since revised their execution policy, allowing for five different lethal injection methods of executions. Oklahoma plans to use a combination of midazolam, pancuronium bromide, and potassium chloride for Charles' execution, which was purchased from a non-compounding pharmacy.
In the months leading up to Charles' execution, a case he filed, along with fellow death row inmate Clayton Darrell Lockett, regarding the secrecy surrounding the state's execution drugs bounced between several courts.It reached a peak during the final week leading up to his April 29, 2014, execution.Ultimately, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that they were not entitled to know from where the execution drugs were procured. Click here for more information surrounding this case.
Please pray for peace for the family of Adriana Waller. Please pray for strength for the family of Charles. Please pray that Charles may come to find peace through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, if he has not already found one.
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