This log includes information on 3 executions scheduled for next week, 08/17/09-08/23/09. Here are copies of the e-mails I sent to people in states with scheduled executions asking them to intervene. Please e-mail, phone or fax appeals of your own. You are welcome to cut & paste.

 

 

OH                     Jason Getsy                 scheduled 08/18/09

 

You can e-mail Governor Ted Strickland at his website: http://apps.das.ohio.gov/govpublic/contact.aspx

                         phone:    614-466-3555
                         fax:         614-466-9354

 

other Ohio contacts:

                         The Columbus Dispatch
                         e-dress: dcarson@dispatch.com

                         phone:    (614) 461 5000
                         fax:         (614) 461 7580

                        Cincinnati Enquirer
                         website: enquirer.com/editor/letters.html
                         phone:    (513) 721 2700

 

   I ask you, Governor Strickland, to stop your state's execution of Jason Getsy.  Mr. Wilson is scheduled to be poisoned by the government of Ohio next Tuesday, 08/18/09, for the 1995 contract murder of Ann Serafino over business dealings.

 

Jason Getsy, 19 years old at the time, participated in this crime because he thought his co-defendant would shoot him if he didn’t.  Your own state’s parole review commission recommended that you commute Mr. Getsy’s sentence to life in prison.  His co-defendant, the one who threatened Mr. Getsy’s life, got life in prison, leading to the parole board’s recommendation.  Governor Strickland, in the name of equal justice you must cancel the execution of Jason Getsy.

Former Attorney General of the United States Janet Reno, as well as myriads of scholars, can find no evidence that the death penalty deters capital crimes. In fact, the warden of the famous Sing Sing prison believes that the death penalty exacerbates the violence in his facility by setting an example of cold-blooded killing. Recent studies show that the largest increase in capital crimes is in the state of Texas, the state which executes the most people. As for vengeance, that is the Lord's, not the government’s.

Please, Governor Strickland, stop this killing of Jason Getsy.  If this execution goes forward, look around this country for the black armbands worn, and the church bells tolled, in protest of this injustice.

Thank you.

 

  

 

FL                    John Marek                  scheduled 08/19/09

You can e-mail Governor Charlie Crist directly by clicking here: Charlie.Crist@MyFlorida.com

                        phone:    850-488-7146
                        fax:         850-487-0801

other Florida contacts:
                         The Miami Herald
                         e-dress: nationalnews@herald.com
                         phone:    305-376-2100
                         fax:        305-376-5287

                         Houston Chronicle
                         e-dress: local@sptimes.com 
                         phone:    727-893-8215

                         fax:         727-893-8675
                    

                        

I ask you, Governor Crist, to you stop your state's execution of John Marek.  Mr. Marek is scheduled to be poisoned by the state of Florida next Tuesday, 08/18/09, for the 1983 murder of Adella Marie Simmons. 

 

John Marek was convicted of a brutal crime.  His companion and accomplice in the crime received a life sentence, yet Mr. Marek got death, highlighting the inequalities of Florida’s justice system.  More importantly the facts of the crime indicate an out-of-control rage which defies the scope of human action.  It is clear that John Marek was not responsible for his behavior on that tragic night, and therefore not culpable in the results.  John Marek needs treatment, not killing!  Governor Crist, on legal and humanitarian grounds you must stop this execution!

 

Former Attorney General of the United States Janet Reno, as well as myriads of scholars, can find no evidence that the death penalty deters capital crimes. In fact, the warden of the famous Sing Sing prison believes that the death penalty exacerbates the violence in his facility by setting an example of cold-blooded killing. Recent studies show that the largest increase in capital crimes is in Texas, the state which executes the most people. As for vengeance, that is the Lord's, not the governments.

Please, Governor Crist, stop this killing of John Marek.  If this execution goes forward, look around this country for the black armbands worn, and the church bells tolled, in protest of this injustice.

Thank you.

 

 

 

 TX                     David L. Wood               scheduled 08/20/09

 

You can e-mail Governor Rick Perry at his website: http://www.governor.state.tx.us/contact

                         phone:    (512) 463 2000
                         fax:         (512) 463 1849

 

other Texas contacts:

                         Pardons and Paroles
                         phone:    (512) 406 5852
                         fax:         (512) 467 0945

                         Austin American Statesman
                         e-dress: letters@statesman.com

                         phone:    (512) 445-3667
                         fax:         (512) 445-3679

                         Houston Chronicle
                         e-dress: hci@chron.com
                         phone:    (713) 220-7491

 

   I ask you, Governor Perry, to stop your state's execution of David Wood.  Mr. Wood is scheduled to be poisoned by the government of Texas next Thursday, 08/20/09, for the 1987 murder of Ivy Susanna Williams.  He is suspected in seven other murders.

 

David Wood has not yet received his constitutionally guaranteed fair trial.  Prosecutors bribed two cell mates to testify against Mr. Wood, giving one of them a $25,000 reward and dropping a murder charge against another in exchange for their testimony against Mr. Wood.  Detectives in the case failed to follow up on two solid leads pointing away from David Wood.  An eye witness had seen someone else burying a body very near where the victim’s body was found.  Also, local law enforcement had multiple reports of a sex-and-murder ring that did not include Mr. Wood operating in the area where the victim’s and several other bodies were found.  It’s clear that Texas law enforcement got lazy, latching on to David Wood and putting on blinders to any other possible perpetrators.  Governor Perry, you must request a stay to allow time for justice to prevail in the case of David L. Wood.

Former Attorney General of the United States Janet Reno, as well as myriads of scholars, can find no evidence that the death penalty deters capital crimes. In fact, the warden of the famous Sing Sing prison believes that the death penalty exacerbates the violence in his facility by setting an example of cold-blooded killing. Recent studies show that the largest increase in capital crimes is in the state of Texas, the state which executes the most people. As for vengeance, that is the Lord's, not the government’s.

Please, Governor Perry, stop this killing of David Wood.  If this execution goes forward, look around this country for the black armbands worn, and the church bells tolled, in protest of this injustice.

Thank you.

  

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And thanks to all of you Armband Protesters for helping to abolish the death penalty in the United States of America!