Justice for Reggie

In June 2017, Judge Rex Burlison delayed Reggie's trial until January of 2018. It was discovered that the Missouri Attorney General’s office, who is prosecuting Reggie’s case, had been listening in on his legal calls. This is a serious client/attorney confidentiality violation.

Reggie has a hearing on Wednesday, May 3rd at 9am. The details are below. We look forward to seeing you there!

Focus: Motions for trial in August.

Civil Courts Building10 North TuckerSt. Louis, MO 631017th floor, Room 10, Judge Rex Burlison

Reggie has a hearing tomorrow morning at 9am. Details are below. We look forward to seeing you there!

Reginald "Reggie" Clemons has a hearing on March 15, 2017 at 2:00 pm.​ ​

Civil Courts Building 10 North Tucker Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63101 7th floor, Room 10

My family and I wish to thank the Missouri Supreme Court for vacating our son Reginald Clemons’ convictions and sentences and remanding his case. I want to thank the Court for pursuing the path of due process in our son’s case and for the appointment of Judge Michael Manners as Special Master, and for the additional work done by Judge Lisa White Hardwick from the Missouri Court of Appeals sitting as a Special Judge of the Court. Our faith and confidence has been renewed in our judicial system.

News coverage of the Missouri Supreme Court’s decision.

All of those who have worked tirelessly for justice on behalf of Reggie Clemons are simply thrilled by today’s opinion. Today the Missouri Supreme Court has upheld Mr. Clemons’s constitutional right to a fair trial, which is all he has sought from the beginning. We are deeply grateful for the Court’s decision, and its willingness to protect the Due Process rights of Mr. Clemons and citizens everywhere.

The Missouri Supreme Court has issued an order assigning Judge Lisa White Hardwick as a special judge, along with the 6 other Missouri Supreme Court judges, to decide Reggie’s case.

As 2014 comes to close, the Justice for Reggie Campaign observes its 9th year of dedicated effort to shine a spotlight on Reggie’s case as an example of the glaring flaws in the capital punishment system. Many of us have a track record from before 2005 of working on Reggie’s 1993 case, and will continue working until the end of the death penalty in Missouri.

We must double our efforts to abolish the death penalty. Here we are—months after the Special Master’s findings were submitted to the Missouri Supreme Court—and we still have no news about Reggie’s future. So, our work must continue.

Meanwhile, the State of Missouri hardly missed a beat with the execution of inmates this year. Herbert Smulls, Michael Taylor, Jeffrey Ferguson, William Rousan, John Winfield, John Middleton, Michael Worthington, Earl Ringo, Jr., Leon Taylor and Paul Goodwin all were executed in 2014. Only Russell Bucklew’s execution was stayed due to medical reasons. This is almost one execution per month—a sad state of affairs for Missouri. We lift up their names, a swe also remember their victims and their loved ones.

In the last several months, the St. Louis region has experienced an upsurge in justice-seeking citizens working towards a new vision that truly honors all life and human rights. Abolishment of the death penalty fits into their demand to end state-sanctioned killings. This movement is bigger than young Mike Brown.

Every so often, the Justice for Reggie Campaign has to remind his supporters that he is still on Missouri’s Death Row. Missouri is doing all it can to speed up executions for the list of 19 inmates that have been okayed by the Missouri Supreme Court; Reggie is on that list although he is getting a temporary reprieve pending a ruling from our state’s highest court on Judge Manner’s findings. That is why we must fight mightily to end the death penalty in this state–even while we wait for a decision in Reggie’s case. The J4R Campaign encourages you to oppose each and every execution that comes up.

John Middleton is scheduled to be executed tonite. His attorneys and death penalty opponents are calling for an Independent Board of Inquiry to review new evidence that has surfaced casting doubt on his murder conviction. If the execution is not halted, sadly we will assemble at 8 pm for a vigil at the St. Francis Xavier Church, Lindell Blvd. and Grand.