The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a motion by...

The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a motion by the state of Tennessee's office of the attorney general to vacate the stay of execution of Philip Workman. The state of Tennessee has "stood down" and the September 22nd execution date is a not go. Over the past six weeks the Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing has reviewed, in detail, the issues and evidence of the Philip Workman case. Philip Workman was guilty of armed robbery and has to date served some 22 years for that crime. The evidence demonstrates more than reasonable doubt that Philip Workman fired the fatal bullet that tragically took the life of Memphis police Lt. Ronald Oliver. The totality of the evidence supports the theory that Oliver was accidentally killed by friendly fire and that members of the Memphis police department perjured themselves to hide evidence supporting this theory. (see April 4, 2001; September 15, 2003; January 9 and Aprile 15, 2004.)