[CUADPUpdate] Martin Luther King Day 2007

Sun Jan 14 23:55:54 EST 2007

Greetings All!

Wishing you all a happy new year, and in the 
spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr., I offer a few quotes.
Also enclosed is the weekly For Whom the Bells 
Toll update, which resumes now after a brief 
break.  Add yourself to this weekenly update list 
by sending a message to tollbells-subscribe at yahoogroups.com

Please note that www.CUADP.org has been updated 
to include links to International Death Penalty 
Abolition Day (March 1st) and also to some very 
interesting info about St. Valentine, who as you probably know, was executed.

Also, this Wednesday the 17th marks the 30th 
anniversary of the first execution of the current 
death penalty era (post 1972), that of Gary 
Gilmore in revenge for his murders of Ben Bushnel and Max Jensen.

Carry on!

--abe

"I do not think God approves the death penalty 
for any crime - rape and murder included. Capital 
punishment is against the best judgment of modern 
criminology and, above all, against the highest 
expression of love in the nature of God."

-- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1957

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"I have always opposed the death penalty. 
Although both my husband and my mother-in-law 
were murdered, I refuse to accept the cynical 
notion that their killer deserves the death penalty."

-- Coretta Scott King

***

"Having lost my father and grandmother to gun 
violence, I will understand the deep hurt and 
anger felt by the loved ones of those who have 
been murdered. Yet I can't accept the judgment 
that their killers deserve to be executed. This 
merely perpetuates the tragic, unending cycle of 
violence that destroys our hope for a decent society."

-- Rev. Bernice King

***

"I should be on the front line for those 
advocating the death penalty, (but) we have 
always been consistently against the death penalty."

-- Martin Luther King III

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Bells Campaign: Schedule of Prisoner-Killings: 01/14/07

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Dear Friends,

The following information is gleaned from various 
sources and is intended to give you as accurate a 
listing as can be expected. All of these 
execution dates are considered to be serious, 
although stays can be granted up until the last 
minute. If we learn of a stay for an execution 
scheduled in the coming week, we will try to 
alert you via this e-mail list. Any stays issued 
for execution dates beyond the next week or two 
will be reflected in the next update. New updates 
will be posted as significant adjustments 
warrant. Generally there will be at least two updates each month.

Please toll your bells at 6pm local time for two 
minutes on the following dates. If you have 
elected to display the banner or another message, 
please do that all day. Please remember to 
explain your activities to the local media and to 
members of your faith community. For more 
information, please visit our webpage at <http://www.curenational.org/~bells/>

Please note: In the listings below, we have 
included the name of the victim(s) for whom the 
state is killing in our names. Please remember 
them and their families and friends in your prayers as well.

Take additional action on pending execution dates 
in the current month at http://www.NCADP.org

Finally, we are still developing this list 
service. If you have feedback or suggestions, 
please send to <tollbells at abolition.org>

Since the last update no prisoner received a stay:

Kenneth Biros (OH)

And the following prisoners were killed:
Angel Diaz - Florida
Corey Hamilton  Oklahoma
Carlos Granados - Texas

Total killed in 2006: 53
Total killed in 2007: 2
Total killed since resumption of executions in 1977: 1059
See <http://www.cuadp.org/exinfo.html> for a complete list.

JANUARY 2007

17  Texas
7:00 PM EST
Johnathan Moore is scheduled to be killed by the 
people of Texas in revenge for the murder of Officer Fabian Dominguez.

19 - Indiana
Norman Timberlake is scheduled to be killed by 
the people of Inidiana for the murder of Michael Greene.

24  Texas
7:00 PM EST
Larry Swearingen is scheduled to be killed by the 
people of Texas in revenge for the murder of Melissa Trotter.

25  Texas
7:00 PM EST
Ronald Chambers is scheduled to be killed by the 
people of Texas in revenge for the murder of Mike McMahon.

26  North Carolina
2:00 AM EST
Marcus Robinson is scheduled to be killed by the 
people of North Carolina in revenge for the murder of Erik Tornblom

FEBRUARY 2007

02  North Carolina
2:00 AM EST
James Thomas is scheduled to be killed by the 
people of North Carolina in revenge for the murder of Teresa Ann West.

09  North Carolina
2:00 AM EST
James Campbell is scheduled to be killed by the 
people of North Carolina in revenge for the murder of Katherine Price.

13  Ohio
10:00 AM EST
James Filiaggi is scheduled to be killed by the 
people of Ohio in revenge for the murder of Lisa Filiaggi.

22  Tennessee
1:00 AM EST
Edward Harbison is scheduled to be killed by the 
people of Tennessee in revenge for the murder of Edith Russell.

22  Texas
7:00 PM EST
Newton Anderson is scheduled to be killed by the 
people of Texas in revenge for the murders of Frank and Bertha Cobb.

27  Texas
7:00 PM EST
Donald Miller is scheduled to be killed by the 
people of Texas in revenge for the murders of 
Michael Dennis Mozingo and Kenneth White.

MARCH 2007

06  Texas
7:00 PM EST
Robert Perez is scheduled to be killed by the 
people of Texas in revenge for the murder of an 
individual to be named in the next update.

07  Texas
7:00 PM EST
Joseph Nichols is scheduled to be killed by the 
people of Texas in revenge for the murder of Claude Schaffer Jr.

28  Texas
7:00 PM EST
Vincent Gutierrez is scheduled to be killed by 
the people of Texas in revenge for the murder of Jose Cobo.

APRIL 2007

11  Tennessee
1:00 AM EST
Pervis Payne is scheduled to be killed by the 
people of Tennessee in revenge for the murders of 
Charisse Christopher and Lacie Jo Christopher.

16  USA
7:00 AM EST
Bruce Webster is scheduled to be killed by the 
people of the United States of America in revenge for the murder of Lisa Rene.

17 - Ohio
10:00 AM EST
John Spirko is scheduled to be killed by the 
people of Ohio in revenge for his alleged murder of Betty Jane Mottinger.

18  Texas
7:00 PM EST
Cathy Henderson is scheduled to be killed by the 
people of Texas in revenge for the murder of Brandon Baugh.

25  Tennessee
1:00 AM EST
Charles Rice is scheduled to be killed by the 
people of Tennessee in revenge for the murder of Emily Branch.

MAY 2007

09  Tennessee
1:00 AM EST
Steven Rollins is scheduled to be killed by the 
people of Tennessee in revenge for the murder of John T. Bussell.

16  Tennessee
1:00 AM EST
David Ivy is scheduled to be killed by the people 
of Tennessee in revenge for the murder of Lakeisha Thomas.

23  Tennessee
1:00 AM EST
William Rogers is scheduled to be killed by the 
people of Tennessee in revenge for the murder of Jackie Beard.

JULY

Week of 9 till 13  South Dakota
Elijah Page is scheduled to be killed by the 
people of South Dakota in revenge for the murder of Chester Poage.

AUGUST 2007

15  Texas
7:00 PM EST
Kenny Parr is scheduled to be killed by the 
people of Texas in revenge for the murder of an 
individual to be named in the next update.

16  Tennessee
1:00 AM EST
Leonard Young is scheduled to be killed by the 
people of Tennessee in revenge for the murder of Hillary Johnson.

CONTACT:

NORTH CAROLINA
Governor Michael F. Easley
Office of the Governor
20301 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-0301
USA
Fax: (919)715-3175 or (919)733-2120
Phone: 1-800-662-7952 valid in North Carolina only, (919)733-4240, or
(919)733-5811.
Email: http://www.governor.state.nc.us/email.asp?to=1

OHIO
for Jerome Henderson:
Governor Bob Taft
After January 8th:
Governor Ted Strickland
30th Floor
77 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215-6117
USA
Phone 614-466-3555
Email: http://ohio.gov/gov/contactinfopage.asp

SOUTH DAKOTA
Governor Mike Rounds
Office of the Governor
500 E. Capitol Ave.
Pierre, SD 57501
605.773.3212
Email at: http://www.state.sd.us/governor/Main/forms/RequestForm.asp

TENNESSEE
Governor Phil Bredesen
Governor's Office
Tennessee State Capitol
Nashville, TN 37243-0001
USA
Fax: 615.532.9711
Phone: 615.741.2001
Email: phil.bredesen at state.tn.us

TEXAS
Governor Rick Perry
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711-2428
USA
Fax: (512) 463-1849
Phone: (512) 463-1782
Email: http://www.governor.state.tx.us/contact

USA
President George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
USA
Fax: 202-456-2461
Phone: 202-456-1111
Email: president at whitehouse.gov