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PRESS RELEASE

From The Center for Capital Litigation
P.O. Box 11311
Columbia, S.C. 29211

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, November 29, 2005

CONTACT: Abe Bonowitz - 800-973-6548

CHARLESTON MEDIA AVAILABILITY
"VOICES OF EXPERIENCE" TOUR

In conjunction with the anticipated execution of Humphries and the 1000th execution in the US since 1977, 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

Bios on each of the speakers are available at http://www.sceja.org/voices.html

The "Voices of Experience" Tour will visit Charleston today.

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: The speakers are available to the media from 2pm to 3:30pm at the main branch of the Charleston County Public Library at 68 Calhoun Street - on the front plaza if it is not raining, inside the lobby if it is raining.

MAIN EVENT: TUESDAY, Nov 29th, 2005, from 7pm to 9pm at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 143 Calhoun St, facing Marion Square, in downtown Charleston. Everyone is welcome to this free event.

Please see http://www.sceja.org/pressreleases.htmbackground for press release entitled: SOUTH CAROLINA EXECUTION LOOMS / "Voices of Experience" SPEAKERS TO TOUR STATE All in the shadow of the upcoming 1000th execution....

More information about the 1000th execution is available 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

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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