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Execution With International Implications Nears Crisis Stage

Posted: May 10, 2004
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 CONTACT
 Monday, May 10, 2004
Brenda Bowser
202.293.6970

ADDITIONAL CONTACTS LISTED BELOW


EXECUTION WITH INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS NEARS CRISIS STAGE

Execution Set for May 18 Challenges U.S. Compliance with World Court and International Law

Lawyers’ Group Releases List of Reforms of State Capital Punishment System, Calls on General Assembly to Suspend Executions to Ensure Fairness

Posted: May 06, 2004
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 FOR MORE INFORMATION
 May 6, 2004
Bill Wilson, No. Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
1-800-688-1413


Lawyers’ Group Releases List of Reforms of State Capital Punishment System,

Calls on General Assembly to Suspend Executions to Ensure Fairness

New Trial for Ryan Matthews: Innocent, Mentally Retarded Juvenile to be taken off death row

Posted: April 14, 2004
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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE

April 14, 2004 LOUISIANA CRISIS ASSISTANCE CENTER
636 Baronne Street
New Orleans, La. 70113
(504) 558-9867 Fax: (504) 558-0378 CONTACT
William Sothern
(Cell: 504-251-8346)
Clive A. Stafford Smith
(Cell: 504-338-9867)
attorneys for Ryan Matthews


NEW TRIAL FOR RYAN MATTHEWS
Innocent, Mentally Retarded Juvenile to be taken off Death Row

University of Texas - Mexican Center Announces Syposium

Posted: March 31, 2004
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The Death Penalty and Mexico-U.S. Relations, Subject of Symposium at University of Texas at Austin on 14 April 2004, 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.

Accompanies an Exhibition, “La Última Pena: Five Centuries of Capital Punishment in Mexico,” at the Benson Latin American Collection

AUSTIN, TX (March 30, 2004) – The Mexican Center of the University of Texas announces a binational symposium to discuss how the death penalty has impacted Mexican History, its Constitution, and the bilateral relationship between Texas and Mexico.

Future Dangerousness Predictions Wrong 95% of the Time: New Study on Capital Trials Exposes Widespread Unreliable Testimony

Posted: March 31, 2004
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Contact
Andrea Keilen
(w) 512-320-8300
(cell) 512-289-3778


Future Dangerousness Predictions Wrong 95% of the Time

New Study on Capital Trials Exposes Widespread Unreliable Testimony

NC Black Leadership Caucus Calls on Attorney General to Stop Execution; Caucus Outraged by Racist Element in Death Sentence

Posted: March 26, 2004
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North Carolina Black Leadership Caucus

PRESS RELEASE 

CONTACT        Larry D. Hall, Chairman, (919) 682-8823


For Immediate Release, March 25, 2004


NC Black Leadership Caucus Calls on Attorney General to Stop Execution; Caucus Outraged by Racist Element in Death Sentence

Tennessee Supreme Court Refuses Justice to Innocent Man on Death Row

Posted: March 11, 2004
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Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

P.O. Box 120552 . Nashville, Tennessee . 37212 . 615-329-0048

e-mail: tcask@earthlink.net

Promoting Alternatives to Capital Punishment in Tennessee


U.S. SUPREME COURT: PROSECUTORS MUST NOT WITHHOLD EVIDENCE FROM THE DEFENSE; DELMA BANKS JR. FINALLY SHOULD RECEIVE FULL AND FAIR HEARING, SAYS NCADP

Posted: February 24, 2004
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NATIONAL COALITION TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
PRESS RELEASE

CONTACT
David Elliot, NCADP Communications Director
202-543-9577, ext. 16
cell phone: 202-607-7036
delliot@ncadp.org
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
www.ncadp.org
920 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
Washington, D.C. 20003
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Appellate Court Suspends All Executions; Remands Lethal Injection Regulations Back to NJ DOC

Posted: February 20, 2004
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NEW JERSEYANS FOR A DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM (NJDPM)
22 Oliver St. * Chatham, NJ 07928 *  973-635-6396 * 609-393-0638 * 856-854-3182

ATTENTION: NEWS DESK

CONTACT
    Lois Seeligsohn 856-854-3182 (days and evenings)
    Celeste Fitzgerald 973-635-6396 (days and evenings)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

APPELLATE COURT SUSPENDS ALL EXECUTIONS;
REMANDS LETHAL INJECTION REGULATIONS BACK TO NJ DOC

Lawyers and Experts Ask Governor Easley to Grant Clemency to Vietnam Veteran Suffering From Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Posted: February 19, 2004
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 18, 2004


FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT
Walt Jones, Attorney for George Page
336.378.1212
Chris Fitzsimmons
919.622.3963


           

Lawyers and Experts Ask Gov. Easley to Grant Clemency

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