Patrick Knight, Texas Death Row

Patrick Knight has an execution date of June 26th 2007. He will be executed by lethal injection. He has asked me to let everyone know he will die laughing, and I have created a Myspace about this, "Dead Man Laughing". Pleases add yourself to his page.
http://www.myspace.com/prisonuprise

Timothy Atkins, Free after 23 Years Wrongfully Incarcerated

On Feb. 9, Timothy Atkins became the fifth wrongfully convicted prisoner released thanks to the work of the California Innocence Project of California Western School of Law.
"This never gets old," said Professor Justin Brooks as he watched Atkins hug his mother for the first time in 23 years. Atkins' conviction was overturned by Los Angeles Judge Michael Tynan after the project attorneys presented new evidence, including a witness who recanted her trial testimony, proving Atkins' innocence.
"This is the pinnacle of our existence," said Brooks, who founded the California Innocence Project at California Western in 2000. "This is the whole goal: freeing the innocent." Read On...

http://abolishmentmovement.mywowbb.com/forum22/2956.html

This Is Cathy Henderson, convicted for the murder of a baby that was in her care with Sister Helen Prejean. Cathy is scheduled to be executed in June. She was originally scheduled for April, but recieved a 54 day stay. This case is highly contraversal. I did a story about Executing Women...

The United States as well as other countries executes female inmates. Over forty women have been executed in the US since 1976. High profile cases of women executed include Karla Faye Tucker, executed by the state of Texas by lethal injection on February 3, 1998, Aileen Wouorness, executed by lethal injection by the state of Florida on October 9, 1992, and recently Frances Newton, executed by the State of Texas, by lethal injection on September 15, 2005.

The newest female to be given an execution date is Cathy Henderson, Texas. According to the Save Cathy Henderson website, and to Sister Helen Prejean, " Cathy was condemned to death for murdering a baby. That's what the Texas prosecutor claimed. But I believe Cathy's version of what happened. Cathy was baby-sitting with little Brandon and, to stop him from crying, was swinging him around when, barefooted, she stepped on a sharp toy, lost her balance, and the baby flew out of her arms, hit the wall, and died. It was an accident, but at trial there was miserable defense for Cathy to tell her story and examine forensic evidence to show that the baby could have died as a result of such an accident. The plight of the poor: no defense for Cathy, who sits on death row, and a venal prosecutor, who presented her as a monster and now sits in the legislature." http://www.cathyhenderson.org/ Cathy is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on April 18, 2007, unless a stay of execution is issued by Rick Perry, the Governor of Texas.

read on:http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/115111/executing_women_what_message_does_this.html

Carey Dean Moore, To Be Electrocuted By Nebraska

LINCOLN, Neb. - When the state of Nebraska tries to kill death row inmate Carey Dean Moore with 2,450 volts in the electric chair May 8, some expectmovement after the jolt _ from Moore's heart.The macabre image of an inmate in the chair with a beating heart possiblyseveral minutes after the state tries to put him to death isn't drawn bysomebody trying to scuttle the execution....read on

http://abolishmentmovement.mywowbb.com/forum133/2952.html

Supreme Court Rejects Three Death Sentences

T he following story is about Texas Courts, and making big mistakes. Three inmate's death sentence cases were thrown out of court Monday because the Courts were at fault.

Texas has executed twelve defendents already this year. How many of those executed were denied a fair sentencing? How many of those had "migrating" factors, that could have resulted in life sentencing rather than death?

I know of one already, that of Roy Pippen, whose lawyer claimed his migrating evidence was "kill or be killed". But that was overlooked and Roy was executed on March 29, 2007.

I suppose if every case was looked over thourougly, they will find many lives that could have been spared.
Heres the story:

The Supreme Court rejected three death row sentences on Monday. The ruling 5-4 stated that the courts reviewing the cases failed to follow the guidance of the high court. Both the New Orleans based 5th circuit court and the Texas Court of Appeals incorrectly analyzed "whether faulty jury instructions prevented Texas jurors from considering migrating evidence that might have persuaded them to spare the men from execution," as reported by the Houston Chronicle, Washington Bureau. The three men involved were Jalil-Abdul-Kabir, Brent Brewer, and LaRoyce Smith.

Read on...http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/226492/three_death_sentences_rejected_more.html

Ohio Executes Inmate

James Filiaggi 41, was executed by the state of Ohio on April 24, 2007 for killing his wife Lisa in 1994. He was executed by lethal injection just days after a study on lethal injection showed the lethal cocktail was cruel and unusual.

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Interview With Jav'lin

Jav'lin is a Hip Hop Artist, married to a death row inmate, Kenneth Foster Jr.
Read all about her interview here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/206021/interview_with_javlin_hip_hop_artist.html
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