Troops Out Now Coalition Statement, Aug. 28, 2007

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

*********************************
Yet more reasons to March on Washington on Sept 29:

SEPT 29: National March on Washington
SEPT 22-29: Encampment in Front of Congress to STOP the War -
Parallel Encampment and Demo in Los Angeles

70 Organizing Centers in 32 States - 100 buses -
find one near you!

Stop the War at Home and Abroad!
Troops Out Now!
Impeach Bush & Cheney for War Crimes!
End All Occupations -- from Iraq to Palestine to Haiti to the Philippines!

Same Struggle Same Fight!
Let's act in unity with many movements and struggles raising demands including:

*No War against Iran
*End all occupations now - from Iraq to Palestine, the Philippines, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Afghanistan
*Support The Right to Return - from Palestine to New Orleans
*No to U.S. intervention - Hands off Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Zimbabwe, and the Sudan
*Stop the raids against immigrant workers -- Full rights for undocumented workers
*Justice for Katrina survivors - End racist police terror - Stop the war against Muslims
*Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, Leonard Peltier, the Cuban Five, and all political prisoners
*Money for health care, jobs and education, not endless war

For details, flyers, buses, to volunteer & more see http://www.TroopsOutNow.org.

Action Center For Justice
http://www.CharlotteAction.org
704.492.8527

Troops Out Now Coalition
55 W. 17th St. #5C
NY NY 10011
http://www.TroopsOutNow.org
212.633-6646