[CUADPUpdate] Gov't docs in Moussaoui & This & That!

[Abraham J. Bonowitz]

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Greetings All,

This past Saturday I was working in my garage when a guy walked up the 
driveway and asked if I would like to have the carpet in one room of my 
house super-cleaned, absolutely free of charge and with no obligation.  And 
I thought the days of the door to door vacuum cleaner salesman were 
gone.  So I'm thinking about it and suddenly the guy changes the subject 
entirely.  "Hey, that's the argument I always use when I'm talking to 
people about the death penalty," he said, referring to the "The Death 
Penalty:  What Would Jesus Do?" bumper sticker on Beth's Geo Prism.  Yeah, 
he's a real salesman, I'm thinking to myself.  So I explain that just ten 
days ago we had all of the carpets in our new rental home professionally 
cleaned - except in one room where we had all of the still-unpacked boxes 
stacked.  I agreed to let the guy come in and demonstrate his machine in 
that room.  So he calls a young woman who quickly arrives to do the 
demonstration.  And guess what?  It's a small world!  Not only is she also 
a lifelong abolitionist, but her mom actually is so involved that she went 
to the NCADP conference in Texas!  (I checked her name in the NJADP 
database - not there yet...).  Smile.  So I watch the demonstration, and 
then she calls the guy back to make the sale.  Of course, they want almost 
$2,000 for this "home cleaning system."  "Sorry," I tell them, "it's just 
not in the budget."  They did the whole shtick on me, eventually lowering 
the price to $1,099.  I hated to disappoint them, so in exchange for their 
time and for me signing them up on the New Jersey database so that we can 
call them when it is time for them to call their legislators, I sent them 
packing with a t-shirt, buttons and bumper stickers.  They didn't sell me a 
Kirby, but they agreed to be walking billboards for abolition!

You can too:  See http://www.abolitionwear.org

paz!

--abe

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CONTENTS
Keeping up to date on the issue
* The Abolish List
* The Death Penalty Info Center
* State Lists
* Blogs
And in other news....
Texas Coalition newsletter is on-line
Eat With the Coloradans
Federal Abolition Bill Re-Introduced
New Scholarship
CUADP Events Calendar

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KEEPING UP TO DATE ON THE ISSUE

There are a number of good sources for staying up to the minute on what's 
happening in the world of Abolition.  One is the Abolish list:


THE ABOLISH LIST
Karl Keys wrote on the Abolish List:
>The government's misconduct in USA v. Zacarias Moussaoui appears to be 
>close to scuttling its case. The prosecution concedes the government 
>action at issue was "reprehensible." 
><http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2006/03/moussaoui_lawye.html>SCOTUSBlog 
>&<http://talkleft.com/> Talkleft have the best of the press coverage.
>
>The letter & emails that started the firestorm are 
><http://notablecases.vaed.uscourts.gov/1:01-cr-00455/docs/71821/0.pdf>here. 
>  It is clear the FAA's counsel attempted to coach witnesses (pages 5-7) . 
>Interagency emails included how to manipulate testimony to cover errors in 
>the DoJ's case (pages 5-20). The documents are nothing short of stunning.
>
>The letter brief moving to strike is 
><http://notablecases.vaed.uscourts.gov/1:01-cr-00455/docs/71839/0.pdf>here 
>& the government's response is 
><http://notablecases.vaed.uscourts.gov/1:01-cr-00455/docs/71842/0.pdf>here. 
>  DoJ's response, using the same defense the White House used elsewhere to 
>cover high profile mistakes is rolled out again, that it did not act in 
>"bad faith" rather the Government officials at issue are inept.  It 
>appears to be arguing, for lack of a better term & apologies to those on 
>the Gulf Coast, a "Katrina-style defense."
>
>Docket sheet is 
><http://notablecases.vaed.uscourts.gov/1:01-cr-00455/DocketSheet1.html>available 
>here.
>
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>                      THE ABOLISH LIST
>This list serves solely as a forum for the exchange of ideas
>and information by people who support alternatives to the
>death penalty and the immediate abolition of Capital Punishment.
>
>For list information, archives and functions, including changing
>your address, joining or leaving the group, see:
>      http://npogroups.org/lists/info/abolish
>
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THE DEATH PENALTY INFORMATION CENTER

Another great resource is the "What's New" piece of the Death Penalty 
Information Center's web site, which is regularly updated, and once a week 
all of the updates are sent to a list.  Check it out at 
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org

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STATE LISTS

There is no one digest of State group list-servs, BUT, most states provide 
sign-up info via their web pages or blogs.  Look for your state list at 
http://ncadp.org/affiliate_links_state.html

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BLOGS

I like to think that I'm one of the early bloggers.  If you think about 
CUADPUpdate has been in the style of blogging, except its a list and not a 
Blog.  One of these days I'll catch up and turn this into a Blog.  But for 
now....

GO HERE:  http://www.deathpenaltyusa.blogspot.com/

and scroll down on the left side to see the most complete list of 
abolition-related blogs that I am aware of....

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TEXAS COALITION NEWSLETTER IS ON-LINE

Nancy wrote:
>The latest issue of the TCADP Newsletter is now on line.  Rather than just 
>posting a link as I usually do, I'm going to ask that you go to 
>http://www.tcadp.org/, click on the LEARN button, and go to Newsletter 
>Archive.  Then click on Spring 2006.   OR you can click on the link on the 
>Home Page, and it will take you directly to the Newsletter Archive.
>While you are at it, please look over our updated web site.  Vicki 
>McCuistion, our wonderful program coordinator has been working very hard 
>on it, and it looks great.
>
>Nancy

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EAT WITH THE COLORADANS

>To: cadp at yahoogroups.com
>From: Phil Tobias <philtobias at aol.com>
>Subject: [CADP] Re: CADP Annual Dinner -- Tickets Now Available!
>
>On Mar 10, 2006, at 1:07 PM, Lisa Radelet wrote:
>
> > Please join us!  For more information and tickets, go to:
> > www.coadp.org/dinner.
>
>Yes, this year you can again register online in just a few moments.
>You then have a choice of mailing a check or paying securely online.
>
>Dinner registration is quick and easy.
>
>...pt

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FEDERAL ABOLITION BILL RE-INTRODUCED

Charlie Wrote:
>On Thursday, March 9, Rep. Dennis Kucinich introduced the Federal Death 
>Penalty Abolition Act in the House, H.R. 4923, along with 43 
>cosponsors.  Full text is available at thomas.loc.gov.   The Senate 
>companion to this bill, S. 122, was introduced in January by Senator 
>Feingold (no cosponsors thus far).
>
>Now, get to work on your Representatives and Senators!
>
>Charlie Wilton
>AIUSA SDPAC-Mass.

and Scott added:
>Here's a link to the bill text:
><http://thomas.loc.gov/home/gpoxmlc109/h4923_ih.xml>H. R. 4923 
>(Introduced-in-House)

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NEW SCHOLARSHIP

>"Crucifixion & Execution: The Trial of Jesus Christ as a Death Penalty 
>Sentencing Process"
>
>Contact:  MARK WILLIAM OSLER
>Baylor University - Law School
>Email:  m_w_osler at baylor.edu
>Auth-Page:  http://ssrn.com/author=583863
>
>Full Text:  http://ssrn.com/abstract=882811
>
>Last year, I came to a remarkable conclusion: That the debate
>over the death penalty in the United States is largely among
>Christians, but has ignored the capital sentencing which is at
>the center of that faith. The result of this epiphany is
>Crucifixion & Execution: The Trial of Jesus Christ as a Death
>Penalty Sentencing Process.
>
>In Crucifixion & Execution, I argue that the story of Christ
>parallels modern capital practice in many respects: Christ was
>turned in by a paid informant (Judas), arrested in a strategic
>manner, given an arraignment and stood mute, was tried, convicted
>and sentenced, appealed to two separate sovereigns, and finally
>was denied a pardon.
>
>These similarities lead to two primary conclusions. First, the
>death of Jesus Christ, an innocent, indicts a modern death
>penalty system that continues to threaten the execution of
>innocent men and women. Second, the trial of Christ suggests
>structural reforms of capital sentencing, if we are to retain
>capital punishment.
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THE CUADP DEATH PENALTY RELATED EVENTS CALENDAR

is at http://www.cuadp.org/upevents.html

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More soon....

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Abraham J. Bonowitz
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