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Posted by Damian --Previous Message--
on 9/15/2005, 10:27 am, in reply to "STOP THE EXECUTION OF FRANCES NEWTON Now!"
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: Tonight, September 14th, Frances Newton is
: scheduled to become the first African
: American woman to be executed in Texas in
: modern history.
:
: Frances Newton, a poor African-American
: woman unable to defend herself, who lost her
: family to violent death, has now spent
: seventeen years in prison on a conviction
: unsupportable in law and fact.
:
: Evidence not presented at trial, but now
: known to have existed, would have caused an
: acquittal. Her trial attorney was not
: competent and can no longer appear in death
: cases, but too late for her. A person of
: financial means would never have been
: convicted and probably never even tried in
: such a case.
:
: I have just sent messages to Texas Governor
: Perry, President Bush, the Texas
: congressional delegation and my
: congressional delegation saying "STOP
: THE EXECUTION OF FRANCES NEWTON NOW!"
:
: Please take the time to do the same by
: clicking on the link at the bottom of this
: email message.
:
: Thanks!
:
: - D
:
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