California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger office will be the
target of an international campaign for an moratorium on the
death penalty.
A coalition of religious,civic,and community leaders
will announce plans for an international campaign to seek
clemency for California death row inmate Stanley "Tookie"
Williams. Williams is a co-founder of the Crips street gang
but has been nominated from prison for an nobel peace prize
warning young people about the dangers of gangs through his
writings.
"Tookie" Williams -- the subject of a television movie called "Redemption" is an ideal candidate for clemency. Co-founder of the Crips gang in South Central Los Angeles at age 16, he renounced gangs after eight years on Death Row and wrote the first of nine books for young readers.
He has received tens of thousands of e-mails from youths, parents, teachers and even law enforcement officials from around the world, saying his writings had changed and saved lives. He was first nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000 by a member of Switzerland's Parliament and has been renominated several times."Stated Rev Sharpton.
"We intend to turn the spotlight on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his power to spare a condemned murderer's life by granting clemency, a power last exercised in California by Gov. Ronald Reagan in 1967". Stated Najee Ali, California state chair of the National Action Network.(NAN)
Press conference
Date: Tuesday Oct 18th, 2005
Time:10:00 am
Where:Leimert Park (Crenshaw & Vernon)
3415 W.43rd Place Los Angeles Ca 90008
Sponsored by: The National Action Network
Project Islamic HOPE
The NAACP
The "US" Organazation.
Rainbow Push Coalition.
Tom Hayden
Dr. Earl Ofari Hutchinson.
Venice 2000
http://www.tookie.com/
The U.S. Supreme Court, on October 11, 2005, ruled against Tookie on his final appeal and set his execution date for December 13. Thus they disregarded 9 of the 24 Ninth Circuit Court judges' assertion that the District Attorney at Tookie's trial employed "reprehensible and unconstitutional" racist tactics, using animal-in-a-jungle metaphors to refer to Tookie and to the South Central environment in which he lived. This landmark ruling means that minorities can now legally be rejected from juries based on race. This is now the law of the land. (download press release)
Email Schwarzenegger NOW!
mailto:[email protected]
Fax him:
916-445-4633
Call him:
916-445-2841
target of an international campaign for an moratorium on the
death penalty.
A coalition of religious,civic,and community leaders
will announce plans for an international campaign to seek
clemency for California death row inmate Stanley "Tookie"
Williams. Williams is a co-founder of the Crips street gang
but has been nominated from prison for an nobel peace prize
warning young people about the dangers of gangs through his
writings.
"Tookie" Williams -- the subject of a television movie called "Redemption" is an ideal candidate for clemency. Co-founder of the Crips gang in South Central Los Angeles at age 16, he renounced gangs after eight years on Death Row and wrote the first of nine books for young readers.
He has received tens of thousands of e-mails from youths, parents, teachers and even law enforcement officials from around the world, saying his writings had changed and saved lives. He was first nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000 by a member of Switzerland's Parliament and has been renominated several times."Stated Rev Sharpton.
"We intend to turn the spotlight on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his power to spare a condemned murderer's life by granting clemency, a power last exercised in California by Gov. Ronald Reagan in 1967". Stated Najee Ali, California state chair of the National Action Network.(NAN)
Press conference
Date: Tuesday Oct 18th, 2005
Time:10:00 am
Where:Leimert Park (Crenshaw & Vernon)
3415 W.43rd Place Los Angeles Ca 90008
Sponsored by: The National Action Network
Project Islamic HOPE
The NAACP
The "US" Organazation.
Rainbow Push Coalition.
Tom Hayden
Dr. Earl Ofari Hutchinson.
Venice 2000
http://www.tookie.com/
The U.S. Supreme Court, on October 11, 2005, ruled against Tookie on his final appeal and set his execution date for December 13. Thus they disregarded 9 of the 24 Ninth Circuit Court judges' assertion that the District Attorney at Tookie's trial employed "reprehensible and unconstitutional" racist tactics, using animal-in-a-jungle metaphors to refer to Tookie and to the South Central environment in which he lived. This landmark ruling means that minorities can now legally be rejected from juries based on race. This is now the law of the land. (download press release)
Email Schwarzenegger NOW!
mailto:[email protected]
Fax him:
916-445-4633
Call him:
916-445-2841
