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Stop the Execution at San Quentin!

Date:
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Time:
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Event Type:
Protest
Organizer/Author:
Location Details:
1. Bay Area, Thursday, September 30 (day of execution)
Demonstration at 6:00 p.m.
San Quentin State Prison, East Gate
MAP: http://tinyurl.com/SanQuentinStatePrisonCA

2. Sacramento, Thursday, September 30 (day of execution)
Vigil at 8:00 p.m.
State Capitol Building (11th & L Streets)
For more info contact: Ellen Eggers at ejeggers [at] aol.com

URGENT: Stop the Execution!

This week, California is making plans to execute Albert Brown on Thursday, September 30th at 9:00 p.m., despite the fact that there are on-going legal challenges to California's lethal injection procedure pending in State and Federal Court.

If we rush to execute, mistakes will be made.

Please help us keep momentum against the death penalty moving in the right direction by speaking out against this execution. Here's how you can help:

ATTEND AN EVENT

PLEASE NOTE: Events in Los Angeles and San Diego are planned for Tuesday, September 28th and events in Sacramento and at San Quentin are planned for Thursday, September 30th--the day of the execution. Please attend one of the following events to show your opposition to the death penalty. These events will be cancelled if the execution is cancelled. Register now to stay informed.

September 30th Demonstrations

1. Bay Area - Thursday, September 30th (Day of Execution)
Demonstration at 6:00pm
San Quentin State Prison, East Gate
Click for more information and to RSVP

2. Sacramento - Thursday, September 30th (Day of Execution)
Vigil at 8:00 pm
State Capitol Building (11th & L Streets)
For more information contact: Ana Zamora at azamora [at] aclunc.org



TAKE ACTION!

* SEND A MESSAGE to Attorney General Jerry Brown asking him to STOP seeking executions.
* SEND A LETTER TO THE EDITOR to a California newspaper (talking points provided)
Added to the calendar on Wed, Sep 29, 2010 1:27PM

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by chron repost
State high court blocks murderer's execution
Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer

The California Supreme Court issued an order on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, that thwarts the state's plans to execute convicted murderer Albert Greenwood Brown on Thursday night.

(09-29) 14:04 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Supreme Court issued an order today that thwarts the state's plans to execute convicted murderer Albert Greenwood Brown on Thursday night.

The justices unanimously denied the state's request to allow new procedures for lethal injections at San Quentin State Prison to take effect by 7 p.m. Thursday, two hours before the 56-year-old inmate is scheduled to die for the 1980 rape and murder of a 15-year-old Riverside girl.

A federal judge granted Brown a stay of execution Tuesday, saying he needed more time to examine the new procedures and decide whether they removed the risk of failures in anesthesia that would subject the inmate to a prolonged and agonizing death. The state is appealing that ruling to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco and could pursue a further appeal in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Today's state court order, however, means the execution could not proceed at least until Friday. And Friday is also the expiration date for the prison's supply of the sedative Sodium Pentothal, the first of three drugs used in lethal injections. A new supply is not due until early next year.

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