Robert Simon faces an imminent and short-notice execution date in Mississippi for the 1990 Quitman County slayings of a family of four.  No date is set yet, but he is thought to be death-warrant-eligible and the Mississippi Attorney General has declared intent to execute Mr. Simon before the end of 2023.  Simon was just hours away from execution in May 2011 when a federal appeals court ordered a stay to rule on a mental disability claim, which was since denied.

This petition will be updated as more information becomes available.

Mississippi's plans to carry out more executions mark 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 a handful of (almost exclusively Southern) states having had carried out executions in the last few years. 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.