PRESS RELEASE
From The Center for Capital Litigation
P.O. Box 11311
Columbia, S.C. 29211
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, November 28, 2005
CONTACT: Abe Bonowitz - 800-973-6548
SOUTH CAROLINA EXECUTION LOOMS / "Voices of Experience"
SPEAKERS TO
TOUR STATE
All in the shadow of the upcoming 1000th execution....
Attorneys for Shawn Paul Humphries will file a petition for Executive
Clemency today with the office of South Carolina Governor Mark
Sanford
seeking mercy on the grounds that Humphries' death sentence is
disproportional and therefore inappropriate. Humphries is scheduled
to be
executed in Columbia at 6pm on December 2, 2005 in revenge for his
murder
of Mendal Alton "Dickie" Smith. A copy of the clemency petition will
be
available after 12pm by calling 800-973-6548. Additional information
is
available at http://www.SCEJA.org
Humphries' is the sixth execution scheduled in the country this week,
during which the United States will see its 1000th execution since
1977. Depending on what happens in executions scheduled in five
other
states over the course of the week, it is an outside possibility that
Humphries could be the 1000th execution.
In conjunction with the anticipated execution of Humphries and the
1000th
execution, the Center for Capital Litigation is sponsoring the
"Voices of
Experience" Tour, featuring:
Death Row Survivor Shujaa Graham
Murder Victim Family Member SueZann Bosler
Death Penalty Juror Kathleen Hawk Norman
Death Penalty Attorney Teresa Norris
The "Voices of Experience" Tour will visit Columbia (Russell House
Theater
at USC starting at 6:30pm today), Charleston and Greenville. Event
details
and bios on each of the speakers are available at http://www.SCEJA.org
More information about the 1000th execution is available at
www.1000executions.org
For additional background and context, please see the Death Penalty
Information Center's press release at
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
SENT ON BEHALF OF THE CENTER FOR CAPITAL LITIGATION BY:
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YES FRIENDS!
There is an Alternative to the Death Penalty
Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
(CUADP) works to end the death penalty in the United
States through aggressive campaigns of public education
and the promotion of tactical grassroots activism.
Visit http://www.cuadp.org or call 800-973-6548
PMB 335, 2603 NW 13th St (AKA Dr. MLK Jr. Hwy)
Gainesville, FL 32609
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