Sep 18, 2020Christopher Andre Vialva is scheduled to be executed by the federal government at 6 pm local time, on Thursday, September 24, 2020, at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. Forty-year-old Christopher was sentenced to death for his part in the carjacking and double murder of Todd and Stacie Bagley on June 20, 1999, in Killeen, Texas.
Sep 19, 2020United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died at the age of 87, due to complications from metastatic pancreas cancer, at her home in Washington DC. She became a Supreme Court Justice in 1993. Pray for her family and friends and they grieve her loss.
Sep 21, 2020The United States has imposed sanctions on China for its detention centers in Xinjiang, which mostly house Muslim minorities. China claims these centers provide “education and vocational training,” however, other reports claim that the detention centers are more like concentration camps, with forced labor. Pray for all being held. Pray for clarity.
Sep 23, 2020William Emmett LeCroy, Jr., is scheduled to be executed by the federal government at 6 pm local time on Tuesday, September 22, 2020, at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. Fifty-year-old William is convicted of carjacking, rape, and murdering 30-year-old Joann Tiesler in Gilmer County, Georgia in 2001. He has been on federal death row for the last 16 years.
Sep 21, 2020At least three people have been killed, and two others remain missing after Cyclone Ianos swept across the nation. The cyclone also cause flooding, loss of power, and cut off train services to some areas. Pray for the families of the deceased. Pray for the safety of the missing and all who have been affected by the cyclone.
Sep 21, 2020Two men died in the Solomon Islands as they worked to locate and dispose of unexploded bombs left over from World War II. The death of the men, part of Norwegian People’s Aid group, is currently under investigation. The explosion occurred in a residential part of Honiara, where work was being done in preparation for hosting the 2023 Pacific Games. Pray for the families of the deceased. Pray for the safety of other workers.
Sep 24, 2020Carlos Trevino was scheduled to be executed at 6 pm local time, on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. His execution date has been withdrawn. 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.
Sep 21, 2020Armed bandits in Zamfara state in Nigeria, have freed 40 people they had previously abducted, without a ransom being paid. The ongoing attacks in northern Nigeria have a deep rooted history of competition over resources between ethnic Fulani herders and farming communities. Offer praise for the return of hostages. Pray for peace.
Sep 21, 2020Fires have been burning in remote wetlands of Brazil since mid-July, severely affecting the animals who call the region home. The animals are starving to death and going thirsty, in addition to having adverse affected from breathing the smoke and walking over scorching hot earth. Pray for those who are attempting to help the animals. Pray for an end to the fires.
Sep 21, 2020Numerous wildfires are burning across the western United States, resulting in loss of homes, business, and human lives. Pray for the safety of the firefighters. Pray for all who have been affected by the fires. Pray for the families of the deceased.
Clifton Williams, Texas
Updated: Monday, June 18, 2018 9:57 am EDT
Clifton Lamar Williams' execution was scheduled to occur at 6 pm CDT, on Thursday, June 21, 2018, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. His execution has been stayed. Thirty-four-year-old Clifton is convicted of murder of 93-year-old Cecilia Schneider, in her home in Tyler, Texas on July 9, 2005. Clifton has spent the last 11 years of his life on Texas’ death row.
Clifton's execution was stayed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals due to claims that Clifton lacks the mental competency to be executed. In 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Texas' standard for determining mental competency is substandard. Texas has since implemented a new standard, however, lawyers for Clifton are arguing that under the new standards, Clifton would be considered mentally incompetency and therefore ineligible to be executed. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has ordered a lower court to consider the matter.
Clifton dropped out of high school after the 11th grade. He worked as a laborer prior to his arrested. Clifton did not have a prior criminal record. Clifton was addicted to crack cocaine at the time of the murder.
On July 9, 2005, Clifton Williams broke into the home Cecilia Schneider. When he discovered Cecilia in the home, Williams beat, strangled, and stabbed her to death. Authorities also believe that she had been raped, although they were unable to confirm their suspicions as Williams laid her body on the bed and set it on fire before fleeing the home in Cecilia’s car. Williams also stole Cecilia’s purse.
After his arrest, Williams claimed that an acquaintance, Jamarist “Monterrall” Paxton, forced Williams to accompany him to the home. Paxton then killed Cecilia and forced Williams to cut his hand, leaving DNA evidence at the crime scene. Williams also alleged that Paxton forced Williams to drive Cecilia’s car during their escape. Williams unsuccessfully attempted to argue that he should not be convicted of murder, much less sentenced to death, because there was no DNA evidence at the crime scene, and that Paxton was the one who actually committed the murder.
Williams was previously scheduled to be executed in July 2015, however his execution was halted by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in order to examine the claim that incorrect statistical evidence was presented at his trial. That stay was lifted in 2017.
Please pray for peace and healing for the family of Cecilia Schneider. Please pray for the family of Clifton Williams. Please pray that if Clifton is innocent, lacks the mental competency to be executed, or should not be executed for any other reason that evidence will be presented prior to his execution. Please pray that Clifton will come to find peace through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, if he has not already found one.
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