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Stop the Execution: Jeff Wood Faces Death Tomorrow for a Murder He Didn't Commit

Posted on August 20, 2008
Thats the title of Liliana Segura's article for Alternet about the tomorrow's scheduled execution for Jeff Wood.The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has unanimously denied clemency for Jeff Wood, a man who killed no one. This cannot be tolerated.Imagine being 14 years old and waiting to learn whether your father is going to live or die...

Texas Death Row: Where Innocence is Irrelevant

Posted on August 18, 2008
On August 21, Texas will execute Jeff Wood for the murder of Kris Keeran, even though there is a consensus that Wood did not murder, intend to murder, or know that a murder was going to take place. Wood was sentenced to death under the Law of Parties, section 7...

Sanders: Another execution is scheduled under flawed law-of-parties provision

Posted on August 17, 2008
Bob Ray Sander's of the Fort-Worth Star Telegram has written a great column about execution of Jeff Wood.Make a note of this name: Jeffery Lee Wood. And this date: Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.That?s Wood?s scheduled date of execution, two days after his 35th birthday...

Letter From Texas Legislators to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles Urging Commutation of Jeff Wood's Death Sentence

Posted on August 15, 2008
Below is a letter from ten Texas legislators (see original) to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles urging them to grant clemency to Jeff Wood. In addition to this letter, other legislators have told us that they have sent their own letters, including Rep...

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KUT Covers delivery of petitions and letters to BPP for Jeff Wood

Posted on August 15, 2008
Jeffery Wood is scheduled to be executed next week for the murder of a convenience store clerk in Kerrville. But Wood did not actually commit the murder. Wood?s family argues that fact should keep out of the state?s death chamber. Click here listen to the audio report at KUT's website or download the mp3 audio file here...

Mike Farrell Writes Letter Asking for Clemency for Jeff Wood

Posted on August 14, 2008
From: Mike FarrellAugust 11, 2008Ms. Rissie Owens, ChairTexas Board of Pardons and Paroles8610 Shoal Creek Blvd.Austin, TX 78757Dear Ms. Owens,I write in support of clemency for Jeff Wood, who is scheduled to be executed in your state in ten days. Mr...

Austin Chronicle: Defense Lawyers Try to Halt Execution

Posted on August 14, 2008
Thats the title of Jordan Smith's article in the Austin Chronicle about execution of Jeff Wood. Death penalty opponents rally Tuesday outside the Capitol. Photo by Sandy Carson Since Texas reinstated the death penalty in 1976, only six people have been executed for a murder in which they did not directly participate, according to the Death Penalty Information Center...

The Guardian: Death and Texas

Posted on August 14, 2008
Thats the title of recent Guardian article about execution of Jeff Wood.by Maura KellyGovernor Rick Perry and his state's flawed judicial system are now executing convicts for crimes they did not commitTexans - or at least governor Rick Perry and his supporters - seem to love the death penalty almost as much as flying the state flag...

Video petition to Gov. Rick Perry

Posted on August 14, 2008
Danny Wood, father of Jeff Wood asks governor Perry in this video petition to stop his son's execution.Jeff Wood's step-mother:

Save Wood rally and press conference

Posted on August 14, 2008
Media AdvisoryFor immediate release: August 14, 2008Contacts:Scott Cobb, PresidentTexas Moratorium Network512-689-1544scottcobb99@gmail.comTerri Been B.S., M. Ed, Sister of Jeff Woodmystrus@hotmail.com254-371-5650Kristin Wood, Wife of Jeff Wood936-259-2182kristinoftebro@gmail...

Save Jeff Wood music video

Posted on August 14, 2008
Raptivist Capital-"X" advocating for Death Row prisoner Jeff Wood, who is set to die on August 21, 2008

Save Jeff Wood event and execution of Rodriguez

Posted on August 14, 2008
PLEASE, we need more folks to sign up to go to Austin on Saturday for a noon rally for Jeff Wood. Jeff's execution date is next Thursday and we really need to take it up a notch. Folks will meet on 11th street in front of the Capitol and we will march on Congress to 6th Street and then come back up Congress to the Capitol for a Rally...

Should murder accomplices face execution?

Posted on August 13, 2008
By John Gramlich, Stateline.org Staff WriterAn execution last month in Mississippi and another scheduled for this month in Texas have reignited a debate over whether the death penalty should be given to those who participate in killings ? but do not personally carry them out...

Ramsey Clark's Letter for Jeff Wood

Posted on August 13, 2008
RAMSEY CLARK37 WEST 12TH STREET NEW YORK, N.Y. 10011 212-989-6613 212-979-1583 FAX August 12, 2008 The Honorable Rick Perry Governor, State of Texas State Capitol, Room 2S.I Austin, Texas 78701 Ms. Rissie Owens, Chair Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles 8610 Shoal Creek Boulevard Austin, Texas 78757 Re: Jeffrey Wood, TDJC No...

Washington Post: Texas's Disdain

Posted on August 12, 2008
Thats the title of Washington Post editorial about the Jos� Ernesto Medell�. THE STATE of Texas had an opportunity this week to display a victor's grace. Instead, it rebuffed pleas by the U.S. secretary of state and the U.S. attorney general for help in resolving an international dispute and in the process gave the back of its hand to the country and its obligations...

Ralph Nader on death penalty

Posted on August 10, 2008
Ralph Nader visited Austin a few weeks ago and during his press conference we asked about his position on the death penalty. You can also view the full video of his campaign rally here.

Heliberto Chi execution report from Huntsville, Texas

Posted on August 08, 2008
Fellow Abolitionists, Tonight, Texas again did the unthinkable---it ignored the international law that guarantees someone arrested in a foreign country the right to see a representative of their country or origin. And, not only did they thumb the nose at international law, but also at a treaty signed by the US and Honduras back in 1927, ironically called some thing like the Treaty of Friendship and Commerce...

Will an unjust law claim another victim?

Posted on August 08, 2008
Thats the title of Bryan McCann's article for the Socialist Worker about the execution of Jeff Wood. Bryan McCann of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty explains that Texas' Law of Parties--under which defendants can be held responsible for murder just by being at the scene--is poised to take another life...

Texas Man Who Didn't Kill to Be Executed

Posted on August 08, 2008
Thats the title of ABC News article about execution of Jeff Wood. Texas is scheduled to put a man to death this month even though he never killed anyone, in what apparently would be the first execution of its kind in more than a decade. Texas death row inmate Jeff Wood and his wife Kristin...

Copy of Jeff Wood Clemency Petition

Posted on August 07, 2008
Clemency Petition for Jeff Wood to Texas Governor and Board of Pardons and Paroles - Upload a Document to Scribd Read this document on Scribd: Clemency Petition for Jeff Wood to Texas Governor and Board of Pardons and Paroles

Medellin execution report from Huntsville

Posted on August 06, 2008
Fellow Abolitionists,This damned state of Texas that thinks it is above international law. It is 12:30 in the morning and a car of us with the Abolition Movement just returned from Huntsville. Oh my god, what a horrible night. It was raining on and off because of the tropical storm that hit Texas this morning...

Texas executed Jose Medellin

Posted on August 06, 2008
Texas executed Jose Medellin tonight despite the International Court of Justice order to halt the executions. Here is the NYT article on the execution:HOUSTON ? In a case that has drawn international attention, Texas executed Jos� E. Medell�n on Tuesday night in defiance of an international court ruling and despite pleas from the Bush administration for a new hearing...

Watch the Birds beat Texas with MD CASE

Posted on August 06, 2008
As anti-death penalty activists, we can easily admit that it is very hard to beat the death penalty in Texas. But with the upcoming death penalty hearing in Annapolis, we might have a chance to beat the death penalty in Maryland. Click here to buy tickets!

Lawrence Foster, Grandfather of Kenneth Foster, Jr. on Kenneth Foster

Posted on August 06, 2008
The following video is from last Monday's death penalty panel discussion at the Monkeywrench books in Austin. Visit Stop Executions blog for Mr. Foster's statement that was read at the Save Jeff Wood rally in San Antonio on August 2, 2008.

Statement by the Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis

Posted on August 06, 2008
Press release - 570(2008)Execution in Texas: US should end its pick and choose attitude towards international lawStatement by Council of Europe Secretary General Terry DavisStrasbourg, 06.08.2008 - ?I am most concerned by the execution of Mexican national Jos� Medellin yesterday in Texas...

Kids Against the Death Penalty for Jeff Wood

Posted on August 06, 2008
During last week's rally to Save Jeff Wood several of his nieces, nephews and their friends attended wearing t-shirts that read KADP, Kids Against the Death Penalty. Below is a video of them speaking with Capital-X about why they started KADP. These kids are amazingly articulate about how they feel about the death penalty...

Joan Baez - Prison Trilogy aka Three Stories

Posted on August 05, 2008
Performance by Joan Baez from sing sing prison in 1972. In December 2005, Baez appeared at the California protest at San Quentin prison against the execution of Tookie Williams. There, she sang "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot". She had previously performed the same song at San Quentin at the 1992 vigil protesting the execution of Robert Alton Harris, the first man to be executed in California after the death penalty was reinstated.

Texas Injustice: Family Members Speak Out

Posted on August 04, 2008
Monday, August 4, 8:00 PMMonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. North Loop Blvd.Family members of death row inmates tell their stories about the criminal injustice system. Featuring Sandra Reed, mother of Rodney Reed, innocent on death row; Lawrence Foster, grandfather of Kenneth Foster Jr...

Express News: Inmate's supporters appeal to governor

Posted on August 03, 2008
San Antonio Express-News has published an article about our rally at the Alamo in support of Jeff Wood. Also most of the local news channels were present. I will post some of the video reports as they become available online.Supporters of Texas inmate Jeffrey Wood, scheduled to die Aug...

Austin Chronicle: Should Have Been Anticipated

Posted on July 31, 2008
Thats title of Jordan Smith's article in the Austin Chronicle about execution of Jeff Wood. There is also a rally planned this weekend to support Jeff Wood in San Antonio, Texas.Should Have Been Anticipated Jeffrey Wood Scheduled for execution Aug...

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