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100th Execution from Harris County 7/24
by Art B (for Gloria)
Monday, Jul. 23, 2007 at 10:18 PM
Two events marking the 100th execution of a person prosecuted in Harris County since executions were resumed in 1982. Please attend both the 5:30 vigil in front of St. Anne's Church at Shepherd and Westheimer and the protest at 7 PM in front of Chuck Rosenthal's house.
100 Executions is a Disgrace!
It is not Justice!
It is Racist and Anti-Poor!
The Committee for the October 27th 8th Annual March to Stop Executions is announcing a press conference and picket at the home of Harris County's District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 7 PM, one hour after Lonnie Johnson is set to be executed in Huntsville.
Johnson's execution, if not delayed, will be Harris county's 100th execution since executions were resumed in Texas in 1982.
Harris county, if it were a state would be Number Two in the country for executions, following the state of Texas. Number Three is the state of Virginia.
Please read the article from today's Houston Chronicle and following it an excellent report on Harris County by Amnesty International.
Then make plans to join us on the tree-lined sidewalk in front of Chuck Rosenthal's home at 7723 Pagewood. The home is three blocks west of Hillcroft and three blocks south of Richmond, in between Hillcroft and Stoneybrook.
Invited speakers for the press conference are Assistant Minister Eric Muhammad with Nation of Islam Mosque 45, the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement, Harris County Green Party, the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, prison activist Ray Hill, producer of S.O.S. Radio Brother Zin and the family of Michael Richard, a mentally retarded man set for execution on September 25.
blogs.amnestyusa.org/death-penalty/archive/2007/07/23/100th-execution-in-harr...
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