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rudkla - 6. Jun, 18:04
Death Penalty - Todesstrafe
Dienstag, 6. Juni 2006
Montag, 15. Mai 2006
Final Appeal: Wisconsin Death Penalty Vote Tomorrow!
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
Tomorrow the Wisconsin Senate is expected to vote whether to place the issue of the death penalty on the November election ballot.
The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty -- and many of our allied groups -- have been working hard to try to defeat this proposed referendum.
If you live in Wisconsin we urge you to click here to take action:
CLICK HERE TO TAKE ACTION!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3666
Today, we are proud to distribute this eve-of-vote appeal from our state affiliate, the Wisconsin Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty:
Dear Friends;
Many thanks from the Wisconsin Coalition Against the Death Penalty, for your efforts to oppose SJR-5, which would put an advisory referendum on the ballot in November regarding the death penalty.
The vote is Tuesday, May 16, and you may watch and hear it live on your computer, by going to:
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/insession/senate/index.htm
If you have not yet called your own state senator on this issue, please do so NOW.
This is a most excellent 30 page summary of the history of legislation like this in Wisconsin, which you may want to read for background:
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/pubs/ib/95ib1.pdf
Our own talking points for those senators who voted for the referendum, are personally opposed to the death penalty, but are feeling pressure, are to begin by saying: "We respect that reasonable people may disagree on the issue of capitol punishment." Then go on to say:
1. You are on record as supporting an advisory referendum in September, when it would be the ONLY referendum question on the ballot. We think that if we are to have one, it should be in September, when voters could focus on the question and there could be a good public debate, but not in November, when there cannot be such a debate.
2. The Assembly changed the date of the vote to November, when it will be competing with the constitutional amendment question, about which there will be great public debate. That vote does have legally binding effect; the death penalty question does not. Voters will be confused by putting these different kinds of questions on the same ballot. The debate about the death penalty will be drowned out by the debate on the constitutional amendment.
And, it is poor public policy to put such different questions, with such different legal effects, on the same ballot.
3. You can say that you support a referendum and want it to be "clean"; that is, the only such public policy question on the ballot.
4. If you vote to amend the resolution back to the original September referendum date, the Assembly will be able to reconsider it during one of the veto sessions, as they can easily add an extraordinary session for that day. So you are NOT voting to kill, just standing on your position that this should occur in September, as you originally voted. Please vote to amend, and if the amendment fails, please vote NO on having the referendum in November.
Again, thank you for whatever you can do, have done, and will do in the future.
Arthur Thexton
Wisconsin Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Inc.
http://www.wcadp.org
athexton@alum.beloit.edu
Tomorrow the Wisconsin Senate is expected to vote whether to place the issue of the death penalty on the November election ballot.
The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty -- and many of our allied groups -- have been working hard to try to defeat this proposed referendum.
If you live in Wisconsin we urge you to click here to take action:
CLICK HERE TO TAKE ACTION!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3666
Today, we are proud to distribute this eve-of-vote appeal from our state affiliate, the Wisconsin Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty:
Dear Friends;
Many thanks from the Wisconsin Coalition Against the Death Penalty, for your efforts to oppose SJR-5, which would put an advisory referendum on the ballot in November regarding the death penalty.
The vote is Tuesday, May 16, and you may watch and hear it live on your computer, by going to:
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/insession/senate/index.htm
If you have not yet called your own state senator on this issue, please do so NOW.
This is a most excellent 30 page summary of the history of legislation like this in Wisconsin, which you may want to read for background:
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/pubs/ib/95ib1.pdf
Our own talking points for those senators who voted for the referendum, are personally opposed to the death penalty, but are feeling pressure, are to begin by saying: "We respect that reasonable people may disagree on the issue of capitol punishment." Then go on to say:
1. You are on record as supporting an advisory referendum in September, when it would be the ONLY referendum question on the ballot. We think that if we are to have one, it should be in September, when voters could focus on the question and there could be a good public debate, but not in November, when there cannot be such a debate.
2. The Assembly changed the date of the vote to November, when it will be competing with the constitutional amendment question, about which there will be great public debate. That vote does have legally binding effect; the death penalty question does not. Voters will be confused by putting these different kinds of questions on the same ballot. The debate about the death penalty will be drowned out by the debate on the constitutional amendment.
And, it is poor public policy to put such different questions, with such different legal effects, on the same ballot.
3. You can say that you support a referendum and want it to be "clean"; that is, the only such public policy question on the ballot.
4. If you vote to amend the resolution back to the original September referendum date, the Assembly will be able to reconsider it during one of the veto sessions, as they can easily add an extraordinary session for that day. So you are NOT voting to kill, just standing on your position that this should occur in September, as you originally voted. Please vote to amend, and if the amendment fails, please vote NO on having the referendum in November.
Again, thank you for whatever you can do, have done, and will do in the future.
Arthur Thexton
Wisconsin Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Inc.
http://www.wcadp.org
athexton@alum.beloit.edu
rudkla - 15. Mai, 23:05
Montag, 8. Mai 2006
Australians Obtaining Organs From Executed Prisoners
Prison inmates in China. Australian doctors have said Australians have gone to China to receive organ transplants from executed prisoners.
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-5-4/41062.html
From Information Clearing House
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-5-4/41062.html
From Information Clearing House
rudkla - 8. Mai, 11:31
Sonntag, 7. Mai 2006
Save Nazanin
A message from Lyn
Original Message:
Please dear friends, help this young woman hugs chiara
Original Message:
Dear Friends,
I have just read and signed the online petition:
"Save Nazanin"
hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petition service, at:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Nazanin/
I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might agree, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and consider signing yourself.
Best wishes,
Jasmin Sariell
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Nazanin
rudkla - 7. Mai, 08:12
Samstag, 1. April 2006
IF YOU ARE AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY>>>READ & PLS FWRD
A message from Eleanor:
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
e - @ b o l i t i o n i s t
April 2006
Please forward and cross-post this message widely.
Six Executions Scheduled for the Second-half of April
There are six execution dates lined up in April, all within two weeks of each other. Three are from Texas and one each from Virginia, Oklahoma, and North Carolina. One of the Texas death row inmates is Pedro Sosa, who was granted a stay back in October 2005, and has been scheduled a new date.
Pedro Sosa has been on death row for 23 years. His most recent execution date was stayed after his attorneys filed a motion, arguing that the courts had yet to consider evidence that Sosa is mentally retarded. Generally, a person with an IQ of 70 or below is considered mentally retarded. Sosa scored a 66. The case of Marvin Wilson also touches on the issue of mental retardation. The most recent measure of Wilson’s IQ, presented by a psychologist at a 2004 state hearing, was 61. In this particular case, the attorney assigned to Wilson failed to meet a deadline laid out by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), which governs the habeas appeals process, and as a result, Wilson will likely be executed on a technicality.
Read more about these and the other four cases below -- and ACT!
Do Not Execute Pedro Sosa!
The State of Texas is scheduled to execute Pedro Sosa, a Latino, on April 25, 2006 for the kidnapping and shooting death of Ollie “Sammy” Childress, a white man and a Wilson County sheriff’s deputy. There is good reason to believe that Sosa--who scored a 66 on his IQ test--is mentally retarded. Furthermore, Sosa maintains his innocence, denying any involvement with the kidnapping, bank robbery, or murder.
Not only is the State preparing to execute a mentally retarded person, it is planning to do so on a weak case. There are several issues surrounding the case that cast doubt upon Sosa’s guilt. Moreover, Sosa claims that law enforcement officials forced him to confess by threatening him and his wife, who was with Sosa at the time of his arrest.
ACT NOW by contacting Gov. Rick Perry requesting that he stop the execution of Pedro Sosa!
Read More and Take Action at: http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3221
Do Not Execute Marvin Lee Wilson! Marvin Lee Wilson, a black man, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of 21-year old Jeffrey Robert Williams, a police informant. Wilson’s case highlights many of the most troubling issues of the U.S. death penalty system.
In a December 2005 ruling the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals callously refused to consider Wilson’s case despite their acceptance that Wilson made a prima facie showing of mental retardation simply because Wilson’s court-appointed attorney failed to file the appeal on time. The average court-appointed capital defense lawyer is overworked and underpaid, so it is not surprising that those factors, combined with the somewhat incomprehensible statutes of the AEDPA, led to Wilson’s attorney failing to file his appeal within the necessary time frame.
ACT NOW by contacting Gov. Rick Perry and asking that Marvin Lee Wilson's execution be halted!
Read More and Take Action at: http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3222
See and act on all current Execution Alerts at
http://www.ncadp.org/execution_alerts.html
April 18: Richard Thornburg Jr., OK http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3262
April 21: Willie Brown Jr., NC http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3220
April 25: Pedro Sosa, TX http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3221
April 26: Marvin Wilson, TX http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3222
April 27: Derrick Frazier, TX http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3224
April 27: Dexter Lee Vinson, VA http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3223
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
e - @ b o l i t i o n i s t
April 2006
Please forward and cross-post this message widely.
Six Executions Scheduled for the Second-half of April
There are six execution dates lined up in April, all within two weeks of each other. Three are from Texas and one each from Virginia, Oklahoma, and North Carolina. One of the Texas death row inmates is Pedro Sosa, who was granted a stay back in October 2005, and has been scheduled a new date.
Pedro Sosa has been on death row for 23 years. His most recent execution date was stayed after his attorneys filed a motion, arguing that the courts had yet to consider evidence that Sosa is mentally retarded. Generally, a person with an IQ of 70 or below is considered mentally retarded. Sosa scored a 66. The case of Marvin Wilson also touches on the issue of mental retardation. The most recent measure of Wilson’s IQ, presented by a psychologist at a 2004 state hearing, was 61. In this particular case, the attorney assigned to Wilson failed to meet a deadline laid out by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), which governs the habeas appeals process, and as a result, Wilson will likely be executed on a technicality.
Read more about these and the other four cases below -- and ACT!
Do Not Execute Pedro Sosa!
The State of Texas is scheduled to execute Pedro Sosa, a Latino, on April 25, 2006 for the kidnapping and shooting death of Ollie “Sammy” Childress, a white man and a Wilson County sheriff’s deputy. There is good reason to believe that Sosa--who scored a 66 on his IQ test--is mentally retarded. Furthermore, Sosa maintains his innocence, denying any involvement with the kidnapping, bank robbery, or murder.
Not only is the State preparing to execute a mentally retarded person, it is planning to do so on a weak case. There are several issues surrounding the case that cast doubt upon Sosa’s guilt. Moreover, Sosa claims that law enforcement officials forced him to confess by threatening him and his wife, who was with Sosa at the time of his arrest.
ACT NOW by contacting Gov. Rick Perry requesting that he stop the execution of Pedro Sosa!
Read More and Take Action at: http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3221
Do Not Execute Marvin Lee Wilson! Marvin Lee Wilson, a black man, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of 21-year old Jeffrey Robert Williams, a police informant. Wilson’s case highlights many of the most troubling issues of the U.S. death penalty system.
In a December 2005 ruling the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals callously refused to consider Wilson’s case despite their acceptance that Wilson made a prima facie showing of mental retardation simply because Wilson’s court-appointed attorney failed to file the appeal on time. The average court-appointed capital defense lawyer is overworked and underpaid, so it is not surprising that those factors, combined with the somewhat incomprehensible statutes of the AEDPA, led to Wilson’s attorney failing to file his appeal within the necessary time frame.
ACT NOW by contacting Gov. Rick Perry and asking that Marvin Lee Wilson's execution be halted!
Read More and Take Action at: http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3222
See and act on all current Execution Alerts at
http://www.ncadp.org/execution_alerts.html
April 18: Richard Thornburg Jr., OK http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3262
April 21: Willie Brown Jr., NC http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3220
April 25: Pedro Sosa, TX http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3221
April 26: Marvin Wilson, TX http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3222
April 27: Derrick Frazier, TX http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3224
April 27: Dexter Lee Vinson, VA http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3223
rudkla - 1. Apr, 14:40
