2/13+20: 2 Events to Protest the Scheduled Execution of Michael Morales

Please forward:

Protest the Scheduled Execution of Michael Morales!

1) Press Conference, Rally, and "Die-In"
Monday, February 13th
4:00 pm
CA State Building, San Francisco
Van Ness and McAllister Streets
Featured Speakers: State Assembly member Mark Leno, Anti-death penalty
activist Barbara Becnel, Green Party Gubernatorial Candidate Peter
Camejo, plus NAACP, Campaign to End the Death Penalty, and more!

Sponsored by: Stop Executions CA Coalition, Religious Imperative to
Stop State Murder, Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists'
Social Justice
Committee. CONTACT 510-451-1358

2) Protest at San Quentin on the night of the scheduled execution:
San Quentin East Gate
Monday, February 20
8:00 pm
You can park on E. Francisco Blvd but expect to walk 1.2 miles to get
to the prison. Please dress warmly and bring a flashlight.

Contact: Stop Executions CA, 510-333-7966, stopexecutionscalifornia [at] yahoo.com

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More information about Michael Morales:

Two men were responsible for the murder of young Terri Winchell. Only
Michael Morales received a sentence of death. That sentence was passed
because the jury believed that Morales was a cold-blooded killer who
had planned the murder and shown no remorse for his crime.

We now know that the jury's sentence was based on a lie. The jury was
misled by the poisonous testimony of a jailhouse informant who was
secretly rewarded by the prosecutor for the lies he told.

The truth is that Morales never intended to kill Terri Winchell and
expressed regret just hours after the murder. In the 25 years since,
he has continued to accept responsibility, seek atonement for his
actions, and affirm his sincere and unquestioned remorse for the
anguish he caused the victim and her family.

Now even the judge who passed sentence has stepped forward to say that
executing Michael Morales would constitute "a grievous and freakish
injustice." Had the informant's lies been exposed at trial, Judge
Charles R. McGrath writes, he would have set the death sentence aside.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has already denied clemency four times.
Four times he has washed his hands and refused to intervene. This
time, the courts are powerless to fix their mistake. And no excuse can
conceal the shameful injustice that will take place if the Governor
lets a lethal injection take the life of Michael Morales.

CONTACT GOV. SCHWARZENEGGER: Call: 916-445-2841; Fax: 916-445-4633