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Press Conference on Willie Pondexter, Scheduled to be Executed on March 3

By "Persian Cowboy"

February 25,Contacts: Gloria Rubac 713-503-2633 Njeri Shakur 713-237-0713Press Conference on Willie Pondexter, Scheduled to be Executed on March 3;Why Pondexter Deserves Clemency, Why Texas Should Halt This ExecutionFriends and advocates of Willie Pondexter will hold a press conference at 11:00 AM at S.H.A.P.E. Community Center, 3815 Live Oak, on Thursday, February 26, five days before his scheduled execution, to demand that he be given a stay of execution until his civil rights lawsuit can be ruled on by the Federal Appeals Court for the 5th Circuit.Harvard law students were detained by Polk County sheriffs last month when they tried to visit ta correction officer at his home in Livinston, the town that houses death row. They were working on Pondexter's clemency appeal but were not able to complete their work...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on February 25, 2009 (boomark / email).