PLEASE!! CALL RIGHT NOW (texas gov) TO STOP THIS!!

[nofurylike]

Call the Governor and the Texas Board and urge them to grant clemency to Kenneth Foster:
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles:
Phone [phone]
Fax [phone]

Gov. Rick Perry
Phone [phone]
Fax [phone]

To get involved, go to www.freekenneth.com or email [e-mail] .


thank you

[NMDemDist2]

1. done! K&R this is such a travesty! n/t

[nofurylike]

3. thank you! yes, it is! eom

[nofurylike]

2. kick

[nofurylike]

4. board of pardons and paroles extended its hearing. meeting

today. very soon.

shows they must be hearing to some degree! very important to call now!

thank you!

democracy now on kenneth foster's case and situation:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/29/1514242

[emlev]

7. I don't think it was extended, but postponed from yesterday

according to the DN! story.

[nofurylike]

13. thank you, emlev! for kicking too!

:hi:

:loveya:


peace and solidarity!

[nofurylike]

32. the quote about that, which i was looking for:

"that recommendation was supposed to be made yesterday, but they postponed it, following a meeting with Kenneth’s father, his grandfather and his lawyer. So that’s very unusual, and we’re taking that to be a very good sign." (excerpted from below snip)



Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu Urge Texas to Stay Execution of Kenneth Foster

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/29/1514242

-snip-

To talk more about the case, Liliana Segura joins us here in New York. She is an activist with the Campaign to End the Death Penalty and a freelance writer published in The Nation magazine and Alternet. Welcome to Democracy Now!

In these few minutes, what is the state of Kenneth Foster's case right now, scheduled to die tomorrow night?

LILIANA SEGURA: Basically, as you mentioned, the Board of Pardons and Paroles makes its recommendation today, I believe at 1:00 p.m., to Governor Rick Perry. And actually that recommendation was supposed to be made yesterday, but they postponed it, following a meeting with Kenneth’s father, his grandfather and his lawyer. So that’s very unusual, and we’re taking that to be a very good sign.

You know, almost all of the Texas papers have run editorials calling for clemency, basically, and saying this is sort of an outrage. And Rick Perry, I believe, is under, you know, quite a bit of public pressure. So even though the odds are against us when it comes to the board decision, because they’ve only ever recommended clemency twice, and Rick Perry has never granted clemency, in this case, you know, there’s quite a bit of public scrutiny. And also with these very high-profile people -- you know, Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu -- that’s hugely significant.

So we'll know by 1:00 p.m. the decision of the board. In Texas they’re going to have a press conference at 5:00.

-snip-

***

BUT where is the press conference?

chanting praying crying out for mercy!!!!


peace and solidarity, always!!

[nofurylike]

36. it is a very big thing for the board to be looking carefully. praying.

chanting....

be with me....



solidarity

[WTF cubed]

25. Thanks for the link! And here's an easy way to email the Gov and BPP

http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/tmn/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=12310&t=kenneth.dwt

[nofurylike]

31. thank you for that link, WTF cubed! yesterday that box was full to

where messages were being bounced. i took it to mean many many are writing. did you find your message went through?


peace and solidarity!

[cali]

5. furious kick

c'mon DUers, let's ALL call.

[emlev]

9. This IS infuriating, isn't it?! eom

[cali]

10. keep this kicked, please

it really is a matter of life and death.

[nofurylike]

14. thank you so much, cali! yes, so furious! kick!! eom

[emlev]

6. K&R&D (Done) Here's more info about Kenneth Foster's case

"We remember the victims, but not with more killing," said event organizer Art Laffin, himself a murder victim family member. "Kenneth Foster is innocent of the murder of Michael LaHood. The state of Texas has admitted that Foster did not commit the murder. It is a simple matter of fact that Michael LaHood was killed by Maurecio Brown, who has already been executed. The murder of Michael LaHood occurred when Brown left the car that Foster was driving and got into an altercation with LaHood. Foster had no prior knowledge that Brown would carry out this killing, but under the state's "Law of Parties" he was convicted and sentenced to die. We cannot let this happen."

This is from nofurylike's thread on today's demo in DC.

[nofurylike]

15. what a quote, ah? thank you! and for that link. eom

[WTF cubed]

28. Thanks for the link. n/t

[Madspirit]

8. k&r...n/t

[nofurylike]

16. thank you, Madspirit! eom

[emlev]

11. kick

[emlev]

12. Lots of people looking at this, great. BUT ARE YOU CALLING?

It's quick. It's easy. At the first number they didn't ask what state I was from. At the Gov's, I hung up after giving my name. But I guess there's no shame in not being from Texas, is there?

[nofurylike]

17. very good question, emlev. folks, ARE you calling? please!nt

[EFerrari]

22. Yep. They didn't ask.

:kick:

[emlev]

30. kick

[nofurylike]

18. the board makes a recommendation to the governor, who

then decides. so, please keep calling them! especially the governor's office now.

thank you, all who have called!! and thank you, all who will call!!


peace and solidarity

[Beaverhausen]

19. K&R

[nofurylike]

34. thank you! eom

[EFerrari]

20. Is It planned for tomorrow or tonight?

I'll call right now. It's so hard to keep liking people sometimes. :(

[nofurylike]

35. thank you, sfexpat! DU went offline earlier, been trying to reply. i

share your feelings on that, it is excruciatingly hard, way too often!

please keep on!


peace and solidarity, always!

[EFerrari]

21. I was told the Board is behind closed doors on this right now.

Pray good if you pray. :kick:

[nofurylike]

37. chanting praying! joining you, all, in that!! thank you, sfexpat! eom

[EFerrari]

23. Can we please rate up this thread, DU?

:kick:

[WTF cubed]

24. Thanks for posting this. I emailed through the site. Here's the address:

http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/tmn/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=12310&t=kenneth.dwt

This is straight to the email page on the site.

PLEASE, people! Try and stop this killing.

[nofurylike]

40. thank you, again, WTF cubed! it worked this time! thanks! eom

[WTF cubed]

49. Glad to hear it....

:kick:

[nofurylike]

62. it worked to send them a "thank you" too. thank you! eom

[emlev]

26. Press conf. was supposed to be at 5. Heard anything???

:hi:

(bonk bonk)

[nofurylike]

38. o goddess.... no. you? let me know if you do, okay? thank you!

and thank you for that desperately-needed pause and smile-ish:

:hi:
bonk bonk


sweet giving you

[WTF cubed]

27. Kick

:kick:

[Contrary1]

29. Another kick and check this out:

It's a damn spectator sport!



http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/scheduledexecutions.htm

[nofurylike]

39. thank you, Contrary1! unbearable!! what a shocking page and

reality!!

thank you thank you

and please keep on!


peace and solidarity!

[nofurylike]

33. has ANYONE heard of the press conference, supposed to be at

5pm today?!

please post as soon as you hear, anyone!

thank you!


peace

[emlev]

41. still waiting...sometimes anticipation isn't fun! though I think

no news could possibly be good news. Hoping, anyway.

[nofurylike]

42. well said, emlev. hoping too! a bit of news, posting next, below. nt

[nofurylike]

43. Texas Lawmakers Ask Perry To Save Man From Execution

Lawmakers Ask Perry To Save Man From Execution

August 29, 2007
8:29 pm CDT

http://www.ksat.com/news/14008108/detail.html

SAN ANTONIO -- A host of state lawmakers came to the defense of a man Wednesday who is scheduled to be executed on Thursday in Huntsville for a 1996 murder.

-snip-

Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon and Rep. Mike Villareal disagree with the sentencing and sent a letter of clemency to Gov. Rick Perry signed by them and four other representatives to plead for Foster's life.

-snip-

"We should take extra careful attention in deciding to murder somebody -- execute somebody -- who did not directly murder another person," Villareal said. "(He) may in fact have evidence to demonstrate that (he) acted against the crime."

-snip-

There has been no word yet from Perry's office.

***

also:
Reps. Harold Dutton, Donna Howard, Alma Allen, and Eddie Rodriguez signed that letter.

other representatives, including Reps. Sylvester Turner, Helen Giddings, Dora Olivo, and Elliot Naishtat, Lon Burnam and Jessica Farrar signed or sent letters asking for clemency.

Xposted from Texas forum:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=180x45766

THANK YOU to all who wrote your/texas legislators!


peace and solidarity!

[EFerrari]

44. That's great. People came through.

:hug:
:grouphug:

[nofurylike]

45. yes it is! and they got so much mail! thank you so, sfexpat.

and yes,
needed and deserved:

:grouphug:


solidarity!

[EFerrari]

46. Kicking for news

[EFerrari]

47. Indy Media report from early this morning:

The state of Texas has postponed an 11th hour decision regarding the impending execution of Kenneth Foster Jr., also known as Haramia KiNassor, whose case has sparked a reckoning across the United States because he has never killed anyone. He is being executed because one of the passengers in the car he was driving committed a murder. The best friend of the victim, the confessed killer, Former Bexar County District Attorney, former US president Jimmy Carter, and South African archbishop Desmond Tutu have all stepped forward to decry the impending injustice.

The Board of Pardons and Parole was set to respond to the appeal on August 29, but they have put off their decision until Aug30. Subsequent to their announcement, Foster was moved to Huntsville Prison, where the executions take place. Foster's supporters are unsure how to interpret these events and ask that faxes and phone call continue. Local protests are planned at prisons in Huntsville and Livingston and at the governor's mansion in Austin.

Foster's execution is scheduled one day shy of a year after the execution of his close friend and comrade Hasan Shakur. Both Shakur and Foster became activists on death row, struggling to uplift the human dignity of those caught in a system that many liken to modern day lynching. Texas recently executed its 400th prisoner since resuming the practice of state-sponsored killing in 1982. Three other executions are scheduled for this week alone.





http://www.indymedia.org/en/2007/08/891661.shtml

[emlev]

52. Thank you for that, SFExpat, wish we knew what it meant! nt

[IndianaJones]

48. was the evidence available to the jury that convicted him? nt.

[nofurylike]

64. not the testimony of the others that he had tried to stop them. i do

not have the details, but i know the jury didn't know about that. it did come out later, though.

thank you for asking, IndianaJones.


peace!

[Spacemom]

50. K & R

This is such a travesty of justice. Our system of justice is broken, totally broken. :(

[nofurylike]

65. "Our system of justice is broken, totally broken." yes. but we are

standing up to fix it! so many many stood up!!!

thank you, Spacemom!


peace!

[w8liftinglady]

51. Done-Kay,John and I are on first name basis now,I call and write so often.

[EFerrari]

55. I've rarely been so impressed with an activist, let alone someone

dealing with a death sentence. His daughter, too.

[nofurylike]

63. it is so good you do, w8liftinglady! is what it takes! and look the

difference you make!

thank you!!


peace and solidarity!

[emlev]

53. !!!!!GOV. PERRY COMMUTES FOSTER'S SENTENCE!!!!!!!!!!

Wow!

[EFerrari]

54. LOL!

:kick:

[emlev]

56. T'ain't no joke/nt

[EFerrari]

57. Sometimes people laugh out of relief. Thanks to you and

nfl for all your work on this. You both have been real stalwarts.

:toast:

[emlev]

58. I knew that. Just razzin' you...

...so as to kick the thread.

And you're welcome. It's mostly nfl, but I've got nfl's back.

Hope you're well, SFexP2.

[EFerrari]

59. Better today, for sure!

You devil. :evilgrin:

[nofurylike]

61. you certainly have. gratitude beyond expression, dear emlev!

:hi:
bonk bonk :D


:loveya:

peace
and
solidarity, always!!

[nofurylike]

67. thank YOU, sfexpat2000!!

amazed


:toast:


peace and solidarity, always!

[myrna minx]

60. Wow! n/t

[nofurylike]

66. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING THAT, EMLEV!!!!!!!! i love

the CAPS!!!!!!

WE EARNED THAT SHOUT!!!!!!!!!!

wow

wow....