[Antiracism] Urgent: Stop execution - Kenneth Foster

[Nick Camerota]

From: International Action Center <actioncenter at action-mail.org>
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Urgent: Stop the execution of Kenneth Foster
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Texas, the state that has executed 400 people, has three executions 
scheduled for this week. One of these men, Kenneth Foster, is innocent based 
on indisputable evidence. Even the state of Texas admits that he killed no 
one.

Kenneth was convicted because of Texas' law of parties, although what 
happened doesn't even fall under this law since Kenneth did not plan or 
conspire to commit the murder that took place. And he could not have 
foreseen what happened. Under the Texas Law of Parties a person can be found 
responsible for a crime committed by another person if they encouraged, 
aided or conspired to commit the crime or if they could have anticipated the 
crime was to be committed. Texas is the ONLY state that a person can be 
sentenced to death if they intended to kill or anticipated that someone 
would be killed.

So on August 30 Texas wants to execute a man who never touched the gun, who 
killed no one, and who was 80 feet away in a car with the windows rolled up 
and the radio blaring while a man was shot by another young man who has 
already been executed.

Kenneth Foster's case is important not just because he is innocent; not just 
because the death penalty targets people of color and the poor. Kenneth is 
also an activist and a leader on death row. He help found the DRIVE Movement 
which has held numerous hunger strikes and protests on death row. Right now 
he and Johnny Amador, who is also scheduled to be executed this week, are 
both on a hunger strike. Neither will go willingly to their death and 
neither will cooperate with the executioners.

*Please go to http://www.freekenneth.com and click on the third "HERE" where 
it says:
"Write Governor Perry, Members of the Board of Pardons and Paroles and 
Members of the Texas Legislature to Stop the Execution of Kenneth  HERE
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/tmn/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=12310&t=kenneth.dwt

*Make phone/fax calls to Gov. Rick Perry's Office:
Call 800-252-9600 (Texas callers) or 512-463-1782 (Austin and out of state), 
and send faxes to 512-463-1849. Governor's Citizen's Assistance and Opinion 
Hotline: (512) 463-1782 Office of the Governor Main Switchboard: (512) 
463-2000 [office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST]

*Contact the Texas Board of Pardons & Paroles* and tell them to grant 
Kenneth Foster clemency: Phone (512) 406-5852 Fax (512) 467-0945
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Forwarded in solidarity by the Western Mass. International Action Center
http://www.iacenter.org
http://www.troopsoutnow.org
email wmassiac at hotmail.com
phone 413-896-5219
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