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Frances Elaine Newton could soon be the
first African American woman executed in modern Texas history despite
resounding questions of whether she is guilty and whether she received
a fair trial. Almost half of those on Texas' death row are African American
yet they are only 12 per cent of the population. Newton is from Harris
County, where the Houston Police Crime Lab has botched so many cases
that even the police chief and a state senator have asked the governor
to halt executions from Harris County.
COMING EVENTS:
- Harris
County Green Party Meeting
- Monday evening at the Downtown Library: February 21. The meeting
starts at 6:45 PM, and this time will begins with the election of
some new steering committee members. At about 7:40 PM,
the main event will begin, with the focus on the death penalty: historical
roots and right now facts in Houston. Guest speakers: Jolanda Jones,
Gloria Rubac, Lee Bolton, Jewel Nelms.
- Speak
out at Houston City Council - 1:30 PM, 901 Bagby between
McKinney and Walker. Sign up to speak with the City Secretary at 713-247-1840.
We will present a resolution to Mayor Bill White and the council calling
for a moratorium on all Harris County executions and calling for criminal
charges for those in the crime lab responsible for false testimony
that sent innocent people to prison.
- Protest
and Press Conference against the HPD Crime Lab – Demonstration
from 4:00-6:00 and a Press Conference at 4:30 in front of HPD headquarters
at 1200 Travis. Speaking at the press conference will be Frances'
mother, Jewel Nelms, and Nanon Williams' mother, Lee Bolton. Both
Frances and Nanon are innocent and on death row due to incompetence
and/or lies of the Crime Lab “experts.”
- “From
Lynchings to Executions: The Struggle to Abolish the Death Penalty”
- A Black History Program featuring the mothers of Frances Newton
and Nanon Williams, KPFT radio host and activist Hitaji Aziz, Gloria
Rubac and Njeri Shakur with the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement
and many youth from Acres Homes who will celebrate Black History through
dance, song and poetry by death row prisoners. In Acres Homes at Hope
in Christ Church, 10310 Antoine Dr. just north of Highway 249, from
2:00-4:00 PM.
Media spots to watch and
listen to:
- THE
ACTIVITY THAT GREW IN LATE
2004 CONTINUES:
- KTSU
90.9 FM - Saturday, Feb. 26 at 8:45 AM:
To be hosted by Jew Don Boney, filling in; guests to be Jewel Nelms
(Frances' mother), and friends.
- The
Box – 97.9 FM – Sunday morning, Nov. 28 at 8:15 AM
Host City Councilwoman Ada Edwards will speak with Frances’
mother, Nanon William's mother Lee Bolton, and will take phone calls.
- GreenWatch
TV - Wednesday evening, March 2 from 9-10 PM, Cable Access
Channel 17.
Focus of the show will be on the death penalty as exercised in Harris
County. Guests and video clips will include many of the above.
DECEMBER
2 POSTING
Further contact: THE TEXAS
DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION MOVEMENT
713-521-09629 or 713-503-2633 ~ AbolitionMovement@juno.com
Meetings first Tuesday of each month at S.H.A.P.E.
Community Center, 3815 Live Oak at Alabama.
updated
2005-02-18
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