David Cox is scheduled for execution in Mississippi on November 17, 2021 for the 2010 murder of his wife, Kim Cox.

In setting David Cox's execution date, Union County Circuit Court Judge Kent Smith stated, "Cox's decision to terminate litigation is based on his understanding that he is guilty of capital murder."

David Cox is waiving his appeals & inviting his execution. This amounts to state-sponsored suicide. It's not about him. It's about us. In what other circumstance in Mississippi does a prisoner dictate his punishment?

Mississippi's announcement that it plans to carry out it's first execution since 2012 marks the state as an outlier in national use of the death penalty. The vast majority of states with capital punishment continue on a downward trend of executions, with only three states having had carried out executions in 2021. Mississippi is going against evolving standards of decency and human rights by scheduling an execution date.  

Please sign the petition asking Governor Reeves to do everything within his power to stop this execution, including issuing a stay, and seeking a path to clemency in the case.