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Martina Correia: "We are still fighting for Troy"

Posted on September 14, 2008
This message is from Martina Correia (Troy's sister).I want everyone to know that we are still fighting for Troy, you have not heard from me in two days because I have been trying to answer so many calls and get rest in between. I went to see Troy yesterday and he is in good spirits, prayerful and saying "we can never give up...

Troy Davis Denied Clemency

Posted on September 12, 2008
Georgia's Board of Pardons and Paroles has upheld the scheduled execution of Troy Davis on September 23rd. That's in spite of new evidence they heard today, which suggested that Davis was framed in the 1989 murder of a Savannah police officer, and that witnesses were coerced into implicating him.

National Day of Action to Save Troy Davis

Posted on September 11, 2008
The State of Georgia has given Troy Davis, an innocent man, an execution date of September 23. Troy, who is African-American, was convicted of killing Mark McPhail, a white police officer. Seven of the nine witnesses against Troy Davishim have recanted their testimony, several saying they were coerced by police, and a number of other witnesses who were never allowed to testify fingered Sylvester "Red" Coles as the killer...

Latest news from TDCJ about Ike

Posted on September 11, 2008
Texas Department of Criminal JusticeBrad LivingstonExecutive Direct TDCJ Evacuates Additional Prison Units in Preparation of Hurricane Ike Landfall Sept. 11, 2008 ? Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials began evacuations early Thursday of three TDCJ units located in areas likely to be affected by Hurricane Ike...

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Why You Should Oppose the Death Penalty!

Posted on September 09, 2008
The System is Broken:Why You Should Oppose the Death Penalty!The capital punishment system is plagued by wrongful convictions. Innocence, racism, lack of adequate defense, mental illness, and numerous crime lab scandals, have all helped to create a system rife with error...

Texas appeals court stop scheduled execution

Posted on September 09, 2008
Associated Press is reporting that Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has stayed tomorrow's scheduled execution of Charles Hood.A Texas death row inmate whose lawyers argued a secret romantic relationship between the judge and prosecutor at his trial tainted the proceedings 19 years ago won a reprieve Tuesday from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals that blocked his lethal injection set for the following day...

Judge Holland's Shockingly High Recusal Rate Warrants Full Investigation into Alleged Affair with D.A.

Posted on September 08, 2008
From Texas Defender Service:Judge Holland's Shockingly High Recusal Rate WarrantsFull Investigation into Alleged Affair with D.A.New Data Supports Charles Dean Hood's Claim that Judge and Prosecutor at His Trial were Romantically Involved(Austin, Texas) Attorneys for Charles Dean Hood filed an Application for Writof Habeas Corpus and Motion for Stay of Execution (attached) today in theCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas with new data indicating that his rights toan impartial judge and a fair trial were violated in his capital murder trial...

Kenneth Foster granted level G2 status and is in general population at the McConnell Unit

Posted on September 07, 2008
Hello everyone ? For the last 12 years Kenneth Foster has been isolated in his cell for at least 22 hours per day either on death row in solitary confinement (11 years) or for the last 1 year housed in the most restrictive unit available at the McConnell Unit...

Media Advisory for Oct 3 Gathering in San Antonio of Victims' Families Opposed to Death Sentences for the Mentally Ill

Posted on September 06, 2008
MEDIA ADVISORY For October 3, 2008 Who: Members of Murder Victims? Families for Human Rights (MVFHR) and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Amanda Wilcox, mother of victim who was murdered by someone with mental illnessLois Robison, mother of mentally ill son who was executed in TexasKim Crespi, mother of victims murdered by her husband, who suffers from mental illnessBill Babbitt, MVFHR board of directors, brother of mentally ill man who was executedRenny Cushing, MVFHR Executive DirectorRon Honberg, NAMI Legal and Policy Director20 families of victims and families of the executed from around the U...

Texas Attorney General "Not Opposed to Stay" for Charles Hood

Posted on September 05, 2008
The Dallas Morning News is reporting that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot is not against a stay for Charles Hood. In a legal brief filed today, he is asking that the trial court "fully review the matter, even if it means delaying the execution."The Texas attorney general's office on Thursday took the unusual step of joining the defense in saying that death row inmate Charles Dean Hood should not die until after an investigation into an alleged romantic relationship at the time of his trial between the prosecutor and judge...

Hood gets hearing on judge-prosecutor relationship

Posted on September 04, 2008
Chuck Lindell is reporting that Judge Greg Brewer has scheduled a hearing for next Monday, which is before the scheduled execution of Charles Hood. Austin-American Statesman also published a long article about the case in today's paper.Death row inmate Charles Dean Hood will no longer have to wait until after his Sept...

Judges, Prosecutors Urge Texas Governor To Stay Execution in Case Tainted by Affair Between DA & Judge

Posted on September 03, 2008
On Sept 10, 2008, the state of Texas is scheduled to execute Charles Dean Hood despite the fact that his trial judge and the DA who prosecuted him were having an affair at the time of Hood's trial.Click here to urge Governor Perry to stop the execution of Charles Hood...

A Letter from Kenneth Foster

Posted on August 31, 2008
Below is a letter I received from Kenneth recently that he asked me to share publicly. As we commemorate this anniversary and I pass along these words to you, I keep Kenneth, Tasha and Nydesha in my thoughts because today is also Kenneth's review to decide if he will be granted a new security level...

Kenneth Foster Use of Force Video

Posted on August 31, 2008
On August 30, 2007, Texas Governor Rick Perry commuted the death sentence of Kenneth Foster, Jr. following a sustained grassroots campaign led by Kenneth's family and anti-death penalty activists from Texas and across the country. This video was taken the night staff members from Texas' death row transported Kenneth to the death house in Huntsville several hours ahead of schedule...

Rachel King (RIP) 1963-2008

Posted on August 29, 2008
Rachel King (RIP) 1963-2008 Rachel King wrote about me several times. It is way past time for me to write something about her. Rachel?s family has requested contributions to the National Coalition the Abolish to Death penalty, in lieu of flowers in her memory Rachel helped the abolition movement in many ways...

Electric chair attraction banned in Paris, France

Posted on August 28, 2008
One attraction at a fun park in Paris has been banned today by French authorities and later dismantled and put away by its owner.Visitors to la F�te � Neu-Neu in the outskirts of Paris could admire an authentic, working electric chair imported straight from the United States...

Goddard IMA Commencement Speech by Alumni Mumia Abu-Jamal

Posted on August 27, 2008
by Ta�na Asili | 08.24.2008 This year's graduating class of the Individualized Master of Arts program at Goddard College, VT, proudly invited Mumia Abu-Jamal to be the keynote speaker of their commencement this past Sunday, August 10th 2008...

No moratorium on the death penalty's flaws

Posted on August 27, 2008
The column below appeared in the August 27, 2008 edition of UT-Austin's Daily Texan newspaper.In 2007, the Supreme Court accepted a case from a Kentucky inmate challenging the constitutionality of lethal injections. This created a national moratorium on executions that lasted for more than seven months...

Message from Tony: The Time Is Now

Posted on August 27, 2008
As I sit here writing, I have Tom Petty's song 'Running down a dream'. This song has been playing over and over inside my head and I have been trying to fathom its meaning in how it relates to my struggle to gain my freedom. See I dont think that my quest to gain my freedom is a dream...

Joe Biden on death penalty

Posted on August 24, 2008
The following information were taken from About.com and OntheIssues.org Death Penalty - Strongly Retentionist: Biden's record on death penalty reform is the weakest of any of the 2008 Democratic candidates. He is a supporter of capital punishment, and holds the distinction of being the author of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (often referred to as the "Biden crime bill"), which expanded the federal death penalty to include drug trafficking, a nonviolent offense...

ABC News: Court Stays Execution of Man Who Did Not Kill

Posted on August 22, 2008
ABC News has more updates about Jeff Wood's execution stay.A federal court today temporarily stopped the execution of a man who was the getaway driver in a robbery that ended in murder, saying he should have the opportunity to argue he is too mentally ill to be executed...

Black August Film Tonight -- Benefit for 9th Annual March to Stop Executions

Posted on August 22, 2008
Who: All InvitedWhat: Movie: "Black August" starring Gary Dourdan as George Jackson plus special guest, Capital XWhen: Friday, August 22, 7:30 PMWhere: SHAPE Community Center, 3815 Live OakWhy: To commemorate Black August and remember our fallen freedom fighters, George Jackson, Jonathan Jackson, and so many more...

Washington Post: Texas Appears Set to Execute Accomplice

Posted on August 21, 2008
Here is the Washington Post article on today's scheduled execution of Jeff Wood. Also Democracy Now is planning to send a satellite truck to Livingston today morning to interview Jeff's family members. By Darryl Fears Washington Post Staff WriterThursday, August 21, 2008; Page A02 The state of Texas is scheduled to execute Jeffery Lee Wood by lethal injection tonight, even though he did not actually kill anyone...

Text of Order from Judge Orlando Garcia to Stay Execution of Jeff Wood

Posted on August 21, 2008
Judge Orlando Garcia issued this order staying the execution of Jeff Wood on Aug. 21, 2008. Judge Orlando Garcia's Order for a Stay of Execution for Jeff Wood - Upload a Document to Scribd Read this document on Scribd: Judge Orlando Garcia's Order for a Stay of Execution for Jeff Wood

Jeff Wood execution stay is indefinite - Capitol Protest is Still On for Today at 5:30 in Austin

Posted on August 21, 2008
The stay is indefinite. Jeff will be evaluated on the competency issues next months and will be re-evaluated in Feb or March of next year. The state is not appealing the ruling. Thanks to everyone who wrote to Gov. Perry and the Board of Paroles and Pardons...

Jeff Wood execution stayed - Capitol Protest is Still On for Today at 5:30 in Austin

Posted on August 21, 2008
A federal court has issued a stay for Jeff. According to Jeff's lawyers we should know something more definite in about one hour. The state could still appeal, so we need to be there to protest if there is an appeal. If the stay is firm and there is no execution today, then we will have more of a celebration than a protest...

State Rep. Mike Villarreal asks Perry to stop Jeff Wood's execution

Posted on August 21, 2008
Last week, ten legislators wrote a letter to the Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor Perry urging clemency for Jeff Wood. Here is another letter from a state legislator: State Representative Mike Villareal. We also know that Rep Dora Olivo wrote her own letter...

New Execution Dates

Posted on August 20, 2008
TEXAS:Rogelio Cannady has been given a Nov. 6 execution date, and Eric Catheyhas been given an execution date of Nov. 18; they should both beconsidered serious.(sources: TDCJ & Rick Halperin)*****************************Impending Texas execution schedule # since 1982 # under PerryAugust 21 Jeff Wood 414 175Sept...

Texas Panel Rejects Plea to Halt Execution of Accomplice in 1996 Murder

Posted on August 20, 2008
The New York Times is reporting that Governor Perry "hasn?t made a decision" on whether to grant a 30 day stay of execution for Jeff Wood. So, please call his office and urge him to issue a stay.Please call the Governor of Texas at 512-463-2000Office of the Governor Fax: (512) 463-1849Tell the Governor to Issue a 30-day Stay of Execution to Jeff WoodJeff is Scheduled for Execution Thursday, Aug 21, so CALL NOW! Send an Email to Governor Perry Through His Website By JAMES C...

Parole board rejects clemency for non-triggerman

Posted on August 20, 2008
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected Jeff Wood's clemency request. Associated Press has more: HUNTSVILLE, Texas ? The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Tuesday rejected a clemency request for condemned inmate Jeffery Wood, moving him a step closer to execution this week...

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