Urgent! Execution date set for Donald Beardslee

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Urgent--Please forward widely
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The State of California has set an execution date of January 19th for death
row inmate Donald Beardslee. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has granted him
one more hearing, and there is a chance he could be saved from execution
there. But anti-death penalty activists should start mobilizing now and show
the state of California that we oppose this and all executions. The state
Senate has just established a commission to study the flaws of the death
penalty system--we need to demand a moratorium on ALL executions while this
study is taking place!

To read a news article on Beardslee visit:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?
file=/chronicle/archive/2004/12/17/BAGN6ADC7M1.DTL

What can you do??

1. Join the Bay Area Anti-Death Penalty Coalition
Emergency meeting Tuesday, January 4th, 6:30 pm, Haymarket Books Library, 110
Capp street, San Francisco. We want to show our opposition to this execution
and try to stop it. Planning is already in the works for a press
conference/rally the week before the scheduled execution. Want to help plan
this or other events before the 4th, have more ideas about what we could do?
Call 510-938-2033 or e-mail camconnect101 [at] yahoo.com.

2. Write a letter to the editor
You can visit:
http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Newspapers/By_Region/U_S__States/California
/Complete_List/
For a list of all the California newspapers. Find one in your area, and go to
their website for how to send in a letter to the editor. You can address
Beardslee, the commission, or the death penalty in general. For materials on
these subjects, visit http://www.2flawed2fix.org

3. Call/E-mail/Fax your representatives
Contact Governor Schwarzenegger and tell him that you are opposed to the
execution.
Phone: 916-445-2841
Fax: 916-445-4633
To send an Electronic Mail please visit:
http://www.govmail.ca.gov

4. Circulate this e-mail to all your friends, family, and co-workers. Stay in
touch with activists by visiting http://www.2flawed2fix.org for news and updates.

In Solidarity,

Crystal


Crystal Bybee
West Coast Organizer
Campaign to End the Death Penalty
crystal [at] nodeathpenalty.org
510-333-7966
http://www.nodeathpenalty.org
http://www.savekevincooper.org


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