HumanS Remain
Driven by the belief that every life holds value, this non-profit organisation stands as an advocacy effort dedicated to supporting Death Row prisoners in Mississippi and amplifying their voices.
Through educating, storytelling and campaigning, we work towards the worldwide abolition of the death penalty, seeking justice that is humane, equitable and compassionate.
HumanS Remain is a collective of many of the incarcerated in Parchman, Mississippi, it’s their organisation telling their stories, their lives.
Willie Cory Goldbolt – in his own words
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“I spend much of my time these days telling people people to carve out a role in life they feel passionately about. That’s exactly what Liz has done by establishing ‘HumanS Remain’, an advocacy organisation for death row, Mississippi.”
“Personally, I am proudest of the things I have done that help to humanize those who society tells us to demonize, so it’s great to see Liz doing just that.”
Clive Stafford Smith, Death Row lawyer
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Vision
We wish to raise awareness of the unique cruelty and plight of prisoners sentenced to death. There are stories behind the headlines that deserve to be heard – abusive and neglected childhoods, poverty, children raised with gang violence, drugs, alcohol. These people are often subjected to poor and ineffective legal representation. Between 2017 and the present day, three men serving time on Death Row have been exonerated and released from Parchman, Mississippi. This could so easily have been a different statistic – three men who were innocent might have been executed.
Aim
We would like the State Governor, currently Mr Tate Reeves, along with the Mississippi Department of Corrections, to immediately halt any further death warrants being signed in the State and commit to a full and far reaching inquiry as to how in such a short space of time, three people have been found innocent within Death Row. There may well be many more and we need a moratorium in Mississippi until the situation has clarity. If a poultry factory was having issues with infected chickens the State would not hesitate to shut it down pending investigations. Why do we not levy this attention to human life?
Founder
Liz McCann has a background in campaigning politically. She is a long term member of Amnesty International, Reprieve and CND. Liz has always campaigned against the death penalty and was inspired many years ago by the work of the Human Rights Lawyer, Clive Stafford Smith, who worked extensively in the American south and saved the lives of many Death Row prisoners.
She is married with two grown boys and lives in the UK and maintains daily contact with Death Row.
News, Journals & Updates
Black politics needs more than better voting maps – Scalawag
Black politics needs more than better voting maps – Korbin Felder
Conversations with Willie Godbolt – October 2026
Willie discusses his case and his hopes for justice
Update – Lisa Jo Chamberlain
Update – Lisa Jo Chamberlain
Obituary – Curtis Flowers
Curtis Flowers — A Life Stolen, A Man Who Endured
And ‘Mean World Syndrome’ by Rahim Ambrose
And ‘Mean World Syndrome’ by Rahim Ambrose
‘Affirmations’ a collective of Death Row voices
‘Affirmations’ a collective of Death Row voices
Kelvin wants his freedom – and babies!
Kelvin wants his freedom – and babies!
Kelvin Jordan speaks about his childhood home
Kelvin Jordan
Willie Cory Godbolt – in his own words
This petition for Post-Conviction Relief is Willie Cory Godbolt’s attempt to have his convictions and death sentences overturned by the Mississippi Supreme Court. Essentially, he is arguing that his trial was so fundamentally broken that the results should not stand.
