PRESS RELEASE
From
St. Rose Peace & Justice
& Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (CUADP.org)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, November 11, 2005
CONTACT (PRODUCERS - Reps Available for Talk Shows)
Fred Moor - St. Rose Peace & Justice
419-874-1333 - Office
419-350-6655 - Mobile
Abe Bonowitz - CUADP
561-371-5204 - Mobile
TOLEDO GROUPS TO PROTEST APPROACH OF 1000TH EXECUTION IN THE US
People of faith and others concerned about problems with the legal
system
in Ohio and the United States will march from the Lucas County
Courthouse
to One Government Center in Toledo starting at 5pm on Monday,
November 14,
2000 to call attention to the approaching 1000th U.S. execution since
1977. Sponsored by St. Rose Peace & Justice, the "March For Life,
March
Against the Death Penalty" is the first major event of dozens that
will
take place across the country to protest this historic milestone.
The
possibility that Ohio's scheduled execution of John Hicks on November
29th
could be the 1000th execution makes this event even more timely and
urgent. Everyone is welcome.
Speakers at the event will Include:
Abraham J. Bonowitz, Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death
Penalty
Larry Clark, Director, Toledo Area Ministries
Jeff Gamso, Legal Director, ACLU Ohio
Otis Gordon, Pastor, Warren AME Church
Sister Sharon Havelak, OSF, Director Interfaith Peace and Justice
Center
Toby Hoover, Director, Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence
More information about the 1000th execution is available (still in
development) at http://www.1000executions.org
For additional background and context, please see the Death Penalty
Information Center's press release at
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid=1&did=454
Headlined: U.S. Death Penalty Continues Steady Decline as 1000th
Execution
Approaches; Public Opinion, Executions, Death Sentences Drop as
Public
Skepticism Rises
