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Troy Davis on CNN's Anderson Cooper

Posted on July 21, 2009
Troy Davis' case will be featured on CNN's Anderson Cooper tonight. I will try to post a link to the coverage tomorrow.

Urgent Federal Action

Posted on July 20, 2009
Dear Friends, Senator Sessions is expected to offer an amendment to the Mathew Shepherd Hate Crimes Prevention Act which would authorize the penalty for hate crimes offenses. The Sessions amendment will introduce constitutional issues concerning the use of capital punishment for non homicidal crimes...

Message from Kenneth Foster

Posted on July 18, 2009
Greetings Brother of the Struggle!I begin this missive with nothing but Plenty Much Love, Honor and Respect as I bow to the Right to those whose path is Righteous and also to those Brothers and Sisters who have fallen and are amongst the Kings and Queens that sit in Heaven...

999th Person Executed in U.S. By Lethal Injection

Posted on July 18, 2009
On July 14, John Fautenberry became the 999th person executed by lethal injection in the United States. Amnesty International Canada francophone in Montreal on Tuesday protested Fautenberry's execution and the upcoming 1000th lethal injection in the U...

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Countdown to USA's 1000th Execution by Lethal Injection

Posted on July 17, 2009
Pending U.S. Executions (as of 7/17/09)July 21 Marvallous Keene Ohio 1000 23 Roderick Newton Texas 1001August 7 Kenneth Baumruk Missouri 1002 18 Jason Getsy Ohio 1003 20 David Wood Texas 1004September 15 Romell Broom Ohio 1005 16 Stephen Moody Texas 1006 22 Christopher Coleman Texas 1007 24 Kenneth Mosley Texas 1008 30 John Balentine Texas 1009Methods of execution and numbers executed by that method in the USA are:electrocution (155), firing squad (2), gas chamber (11), hanging (3),and lethal injection (999)...

Press Release: Reginald Blanton

Posted on July 17, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT:CAMPAIGN TO END THE DEATH PENALTYLily Hughes (512) 482-0642 or Laura Brady (512) 638-0403Friday, July 17th: Austin's chapter of the Campaign to END the Death Penalty condemns the execution date recently given to Texas Death Row prisoner Reginald Blanton...

Tonight: Troy's case on BET

Posted on July 17, 2009
Watch 106 & Park BET Show from 6:00 to 7:30 pm and NAACP members will highlight the Troy Davis Case.

Judge Sotomayor on the Death Penalty

Posted on July 14, 2009
From NYT's The Caucus blog:Putting on the Greens | 12:10 p.m. Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, lamented many decisions made by the Supreme Court over time that he said went well beyond the jurisdiction of the court. It has micro-managed the death penalty, he said, ?relied on international law that the people have never even adopted...

"Inside Death Row," Nat'l Geographic Channel, Sunday at 8pm

Posted on July 12, 2009
On Sunday, July 12, at 8pm (Tonight), the National Geographic Channel is airing a program they filmed in Huntsville and Livingston, Texas last winter. It is on a show called EXPLORER and the show is titled "Inside Death Row." We believe the three men featured in the program are Willie Pondexter, Johnny Ray Johnson, and David Martinez...

What to the Prisoner is Your Fourth of July?

Posted on July 04, 2009
In this video, Danny Glover recites Frederick Douglass' speech on the 4th of July in 1852 titled "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" A few years ago, death-row prisoner Howard Guidry wrote a commentary on this subject entitled ?What to the Prisoner is Your Fourth of July?? that was widely disseminated...

Austin Candlelight Vigil and Protest to Mourn those Killed in Iran

Posted on June 28, 2009
700 people gathered at the Pfluger pedestrian bridge in Austin, Texas on June 23 to mourn those killed and injured in Iran. Youtube link.Austin Protest Against Election Fraud in Iran. Youtube link.In light of the tragic and blatantly fraudulent presidential elections in Iran, Iranian citizens of Austin came together to hold a peaceful demonstration at the Texas Capitol on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 in solidarity with the people of Iran and to show their disappointment with and disapproval of the election results...

Videos on Release of Yogurt Shop Defendants Mike Scott and Robert Springsteen

Posted on June 26, 2009
Here are two videos on the release of Mike Scott and Robert Springsteen from jail after more than ten years incarceration. h/t stopexecutions blog.On June 24, 2009, family and friends of Mike Scott and Robert Springsteen welcomed them to freedom after ten years in jail for a crime they did not commit...

Join the Austin CEDP Action for Rob and Michael

Posted on June 24, 2009
AUSTIN, TX:Members of CEDP Austin are headed to the courthouse RIGHT NOW with a banner--to talk to the media, have a presence and demand DROP THE CHARGES NOW!Not doing anything right now? Go and join them. Call to find out where they're at: 512-417-2241.

Breaking News: Yogurt shop defendants to be released on bail

Posted on June 24, 2009
Finally after 10 years in prison and in a stunning development, Judge Lynch has ordered the Yogurt shop defendants to being released on bail. If you are free please come to the Travis County Court House to welcome Michael Scott and Robert Springsteen...

Journey of Hope in Magdeburg, Germany

Posted on June 22, 2009
By Daniela Tur� (author of the article) and Insa Nieberg (translation) - both Amnesty International MagdeburgOn Thursday the 14th of May 2009 the ?Journey of Hope?stopped in Magdeburg. Three speakers from the United States shared their personal experiences with the death penalty with the audience at the Otto-von-Guericke University...

Sharon Keller's Trial to Be Held in San Antonio Instead of Austin

Posted on June 21, 2009
Counsel for the State Commission on Judicial Conduct and Judge Sharon Keller have agreed to hold the trial of Judge Sharon Keller in San Antonio, instead of Austin. The trial will be held in the newly renovated courtroom of David Berchelmann, Jr, presiding judge of the 37th District Court, 100 Dolorosa, San Antonio, Texas 78205...

?Dead Man Walking? Nun and Author Sr. Helen Prejean will Appear on Talk Show To Fight For Life

Posted on June 12, 2009
On Friday, June 12th, Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ will appear on the CatholicTV talk show ?This is the Day? as an in-studio guest. Sr. Helen is the author of the book ?Dead Man Walking?, which inspired the film of the same name starring Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon...

Today in History: The Massacre at Lidice

Posted on June 11, 2009
On 10 June 1942, German Police Units destroyed the Czech town of Ledice (LED-ECHEE), shooting 167 male inhabitants, and sending the women and children to concentration camps. The town was razed off the map, plowed under, and all trace of it was obliterated...

Bob Ray Sanders on the 200th Execution Under Rick Perry

Posted on June 09, 2009
Bob Ray Sanders devotes his Sunday column to the 200th execution under Governor Rick Perry. Here are a few excerpts: Last Tuesday, as the state of Texas prepared to execute Terry Lee Hankins, people gathered in several U.S. cities and on two continents to mark a milestone in Rick Perry?s tenure as governor...

NM: Protest against the 200th execution under Texas Governor Rick Perry

Posted on May 29, 2009
Fighting in the Frontlines Working Together to End the Death Penalty Protest against the 200th execution under Texas Governor Rick Perry Saturday May 30th 12:00 Noon Central and Tulane Albuquerque Christy Armell Campaign to End the Death Penalty Albuquerque Chapter 505-304-4703 Christy_n_haylie505@yahoo...

The State of the Death Penalty and Governor Perry's 200th Execution

Posted on May 27, 2009
KPFT Open Journal, 90.1 FM (Houston)or www.kpft.org Tune in Friday, May 29, 12:05--1:00pmHosted and produced by Gloria RubacGuests from the Texas Moratorium Network, Campaign to End the Death Penalty, the TexasDeath Penalty Abolition Movement with families of Jeff Wood, Howard Guidry, and Juan Ramirez and more...

Another Texas Prosecutor May Go Down

Posted on May 26, 2009
I have posted the video, Another Texas Prosecutor May Go Down, on YouTube with some key words of jailhouse snitch Gary Wayne Harris recanting his testimony which sent Danny Meehan away for 99 years. YouTube is a powerful instrument for drawing attention to a cause, And the cause of the wrongly convicted needs attention...

Protest the 200th Execution in Texas Under Gov. Rick Perry

Posted on May 26, 2009
On June 2, 2009, the 200th execution under Texas Governor Rick Perry is scheduled to take place. Since he became governor of Texas in December 2000, Perry has allowed more executions to proceed than any other governor in U.S. history. Terry Hankins is scheduled to be the 200th person executed under Rick Perry...

Video: US Death Chambers

Posted on May 25, 2009
Background music was taken from a German song named "Einsamer Hirte."

Shrinking Newsrooms Hurts Abolitionist Movement

Posted on May 25, 2009
"Opponents of the death penalty looking to exonerate wrongly accused prisoners say their efforts have been hobbled by the dwindling size of America?s newsrooms, and particularly the disappearance of investigative reporting at many regional papers," the New York Times reports...

Was the Law of Parties Provision in HB 2267 Scuttled Based on Misinformation?

Posted on May 23, 2009
First published on the Stop Executions blog.The Law of Parties provision of HB 2267 was taken out of the bill in the Senate Criminal Justice Committee yesterday after Governor Perry threatened to veto it if the bill was sent to him in the same from that it passed the House last Friday...

PASS LANDMARK LEGISLATION TO COMBAT RACISM WITHOUT ANY UNDE

Posted on May 22, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2009 For more information contact:Rev. William Barber, NC-NAACP (919) 682-4700Jeremy Collins, NCCM (919) 491-2917Charmaine Fuller, CJPC (919) 943-5953 NC-NAACP, HK ON J COALITION, NC COALITION FOR A MORATORIUM AND OTHERS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY: PASS LANDMARK LEGISLATION TO COMBAT RACISM WITHOUT ANY UNDERMINING AMENDMENTS RALEIGH, NC ? Today the Historic Thousands on Jones Street Coalition and the NC Coalition for a Moratorium - with support from recently polled voters?called on North Carolina legislators to pass a clean version of the NC Racial Justice Act, free of amendments that would restart executions before the courts can sort out important legal questions...

Petition -- Do not Execute Reginald Blanton

Posted on May 21, 2009
Reginald Blanton's case is up before the supreme court and he needs all the support he can get.Please sign this petition and pass it on!http://www.petitiononline.com/reg2009/petition.htmlDetails can be found at:www.myspace.com/freereggiebwww.freereginaldblanton...

HB 2267, Kenneth Foster Jr Act, to Be Heard in Senate Committee Thursday, May 21

Posted on May 20, 2009
HB 2267 will be heard in the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice, Thursday, May 21, at 1:30 PM or upon adjournment of the Senate.This is the law of parties bill by Rep Terri Hodge and Rep Harold Dutton, recently renamed the Kenneth Foster, Jr Act. It would require separate trials in capital cases and would prohibit the state from seeking the death penalty against co-defendants in Law of Parties cases if they are not the person who actually killed someone...

HB 2267, Kenneth Foster Jr Act, to Be Heard in Senate Committee Thursday, May 21

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