Friends,

This is a reminder to mark your calendars so that you can attend
this event. Please let other people know that this badly needed
support tool is being made available to those who are trying to
advocate for men and women who are sentenced to death and are
appealing their convictions and sentences. There is also
information for those who will be experiencing capital trials if
this happens to fit your needs. Attendance is certainly not limited
to families, but anyone who cares about legal defense provided to
defendants and death row prisoners is encouraged to come and learn
to be more effective.

Since there is food involved, it would be helpful to know how many
people will be attending. If you plan to attend or know of others
who plan to attend, please let me know. As you see, my e-mail
address is nlbailey@earthlink.net, and my phone number is 281-933-4925.

If you would like to have this information about the event sent in
flyer form, please e-mail me, and I will send it to you as a
Microsoft Word attachment. We really need to get the word out about
this event. Please feel free to forward this message to your
contacts and other list serves.

Capital Defense Handbook Training

When: Sunday, March 26, 2006, 10 am - 4 pm

Where: Dominican Sisters Meeting Room

6504 Almeda Road

Houston

Second entrance from Holcombe. Look for sign

Who: Claudia Whitman, National Death Row Assistance Network of
CURE

Sponsored by the Lamp of Hope Project, Texas Coalition to Abolish the
Death Penalty, and Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement.

Cost: No charge

Goals of the Training:

Understand how to summarize a case so that potentially helpful lawyers
or advocates reviewing the case can comprehend the salient points
without investing undue time and energy. Learn to detail key issues and
summarize court decisions in a clear, concise manner that persuades a
lawyer or advocate to get involved in the case.

Increase skills to facilitate working effectively with the lawyer.

Generate strategies for keeping the case alive.

Acquire specific strategies for generating community support for death
row prisoners and for their family and friends.

And more.

Each participant will receive a copy of The Capital Defense Handbook.

Lunch provided.

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