Hello I do have some of my penapls that are innoncent of their crimes and they
are having a tuff time proving theoir inncnet. they are all over the states. can
you help us out? My name is Denise Cully and I am with Jesus' Prayer Ministry
we write to those in Prison and Jails through out USA. and another thing here is
a website that you can go and sign the petition for Troy davis www.iamtroy.com 
Thank you and God Bless Denise

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Coloradans Against The Death Penalty

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Freedom March to Raise Awareness for Wrongful Convictions From: Lisa Cisneros

2.
In �98, Hints From Sotomayor on Death Penalty From: Phil Tobias

3.
FW: [NCADPAffiliates] Fwd: [GFADP] ACTION ALERT for Troy Davis From: Lisa
Cisneros

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FW: One Phone Call To Save a Life From: Lisa Cisneros
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Freedom March to Raise Awareness for Wrongful Convictions
Posted by: "Lisa Cisneros" lisa@...   coadp_ex_dir
Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:03 pm (PDT)


Colorado Freedom March

To Raise Awareness for Wrongful Convictions

Date: June 27, 2009

Time: Meet at Sonny Lawson Park at 9:00 a.m.,

2300 Welton Street, Denver.

Destination: West Steps of the State Capitol -- Speakers at 10:00 a.m.
Details / Maps: Go to http://BearingFalse Witness.com/ fm.

Among the most vulnerable to wrongful conviction are those who have been
previously convicted and those who are on probation or parole. Often, these
are the people upon whom suspicion first falls, and too often, once a
suspect is identified, tunnel vision hijacks the investigation. Just as the
Innocence Movement has provided a strong incentive to repeal capital
punishment, it also promotes fairness and rationality generally in crime
investigations and prosecutions. Safeguards against wrongful convictions
also protect against over-charging, and they reduce the unfair leverage
often applied to plea bargaining.

Fact (from the Innocence Project at Cardozo School of Law): Cardozo
Innocence Project has accomplished 239 post-conviction DNA exonerations in
the United States. The first DNA exoneration took place in 1989.
Exonerations have been won in 33 states; since 2000, there have been 170
exonerations. 17 of the 238 people exonerated through DNA served time on
death row. The average length of time served by exonerees is 12 years. The
total number of years served is approximately 2,968. The average age of
exonerees at the time of their wrongful convictions was 26. The true
suspects and/or perpetrators have been identified in 103 of the DNA
exoneration cases. Since 1989, there have been tens of thousands of cases
where prime suspects were identified and pursued-until DNA testing (prior to
conviction) proved that they were wrongly accused. In more than 25 percent
of cases in a National Institute of Justice study, suspects were excluded
once DNA testing was conducted during the criminal investigation (the study,
conducted in 1995, included 10,060 cases where testing was performed by FBI
labs).

It happens in Colorado In 2008, DNA and other evidence exonerated Tim
Masters of Fort Collins, after he spent 9 years in prison for a murder he
didn't commit. This year, DNA and other evidence overturned the conviction
of Tim Kennedy of Colorado Springs, after he spent 14 years in prison for a
double-murder. In both the Masters and Kennedy case, more likely assailants
were ignored in the investigations and trials. No one knows how many others
in prison suffer from a wrongful conviction.

Join others. Raise your voice in a shout for "Justice!"

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In �98, Hints From Sotomayor on Death Penalty
Posted by: "Phil Tobias" philtobias@...   philiptobiasenterprises
Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:47 pm (PDT)


In �98, Hints From Sotomayor on Death Penalty

By BENJAMIN WEISER
Published: June 24, 2009

As a drug kingpin and his bodyguard, both black, faced the first death
penalty trial in Manhattan since the days of the Rosenbergs, their
lawyers argued that the practice of capital punishment was racist.

揥e抮e doing what the death penalty has always done historically,
which is target minority people,� one of the lawyers said in 1998 as
he asked a Federal District Court judge to declare the penalty
unconstitutional.

That judge was Sonia Sotomayor � a Bronx-born woman of Puerto Rican
descent who as a young lawyer had leveled much the same attack on
capital punishment. And as she listened to the arguments that day, she
acknowledged there were many unresolved 搕ensions� surrounding the
death penalty.

But she flatly told the lawyers she had no power to resolve them. 揑
don抰 as a judge,� she said. 揟hey are not up to me. Ultimately, they
are up to Congress and the Supreme Court.�

Judge Sotomayor, of course, is now up for a seat on the Supreme Court,
and her nomination has sparked questions about her early advocacy and
whether that might flavor her performance as a justice.

The 1998 case, the only death penalty matter she appears to have
handled on the federal bench, offers some answers. Transcripts provide
a revealing look at the judge, acting as an official arbiter on an
issue she once addressed strongly � and weighing the lives of two men.

Full story:
http://www.nytimes. com/2009/ 06/25/us/ politics/ 25death.html? _r=1&src=
twt&twt=nytimes

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FW: [NCADPAffiliates] Fwd: [GFADP] ACTION ALERT for Troy Davis
Posted by: "Lisa Cisneros" lisa@...   coadp_ex_dir
Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:36 am (PDT)





Lisa Cisneros

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From: NCADPAffiliates@ yahoogroups. com
[mailto:NCADPAffiliates@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of James Clark
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:22 AM
To: NCADPAffiliates@ yahoogroups. com
Subject: [NCADPAffiliates] Fwd: [GFADP] ACTION ALERT for Troy Davis

Hey folks,
just wanted to pass this action alert around to everyone to call DA Larry
Chisolm and ask him to re-open the Troy Davis case. Please ask your lists
to participate! If SCOTUS drops the ball, this could be Troy's best shot at
avoiding execution. The DA's office is keeping a tally and not asking where
folks are from, so please forward this action widely. Thanks!

James
GFADP

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Date: Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Subject: [GFADP] ACTION ALERT for Troy Davis
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Friends,

Now that the Supreme Court may decide today whether or not to intervene in
Troy's case, it's time to ramp up the pressure on Chatham County DA Larry
Chisolm. If the Court decides not to act, all attention will be on DA
Chisolm and whether he acts for justice and investigates Troy's case, or
whether he passes the buck and allows a possibly innocent man to be sent to
the execution chamber.

ACT NOW to tell Larry Chisolm to re-open Troy's case and not to let a man
die when doubt remains over his guilt. Please, call Larry Chisolm's office
at 912-652-7308. If you are a Georgia or Chatham County resident, please
identify yourself on the call as a concerned resident. However, you do NOT
need to be a Georgia resident to make the call! We want DA Chisolm to know
that Troy has massive support accross the country, so please forward this
widely and ask everyone you know who supports Troy to make this call.

Thank you! DA Chisolm may be Troy's last hope!

With Hope,
James

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FW: One Phone Call To Save a Life
Posted by: "Lisa Cisneros" lisa@...   coadp_ex_dir
Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:57 am (PDT)





Lisa Cisneros

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From: National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
[mailto:ncadp@... yinaction. org]
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 11:37 AM
To: lisa@...
Subject: One Phone Call To Save a Life

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Greetings Fellow Abolitionists,

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is today considering what to
do, if anything, regarding the case of Troy
<http://salsa. democracyinactio n.org/dia/ track.jsp? v=2&c=hj2mtGD7xW
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E20pRaM8JzHhGf> Davis, and may issue its decision today, tomorrow, or some
think most likely, on Monday, June 29.

As you know, Troy Davis was convicted of murdering a Georgia police officer
in 1991. There is no physical evidence tying him to the crime and seven out
of nine witnesses have recanted or contradicted their testimony. These
seven witnesses must be heard in a new evidentiary hearing. Read
<http://salsa. democracyinactio n.org/dia/ track.jsp? v=2&c=ahsjXgDmcR
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g5RaM8JzHhGf> an Amnesty International report about this case here.

If you have not yet signed the on-line petition at
<http://salsa. democracyinactio n.org/dia/ track.jsp? v=2&c=qP3fdpHVcz
DzDU3DtDRk
MpRaM8JzHhGf> www.iamtroy. com, please do so now, as these petitions will be
printed and hand delivered on Monday morning.

Here's the other thing you can do right now to help save Troy's life:

Please call Georgia's Chatham County District Attorney Larry Chisolm at
912-652-7308 and ask that he reopen Troy's case.

If you are a Georgia or Chatham County resident, please identify yourself on
the call as a concerned resident. However, you do NOT need to be a Georgia
resident to make the call! We want DA Chisolm to know that Troy has massive
support across the country, so make the call yourself, and then please
forward this widely and ask everyone you know to make this call.

If there is one phone call you make today, please make it to Larry Chisolm's
office.

It's getting down to the wire. This may be the one call you make that can
actually save a man's life. 912-652-7308. Please call now.

Thank you.

--abe

Abraham J. Bonowitz
Director of Affiliate Support
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
1705 DeSales St., NW Fifth Floor
Washington, DC 20036
http://www.NCADP. org
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