Press Release

Eight days after the first federal execution since 1963, the U.S.
Government plans to strap down Juan Raul Garza and poison him to death in
revenge for his murder or involvement in the murders of Thomas Albert
Rumbo, Gilberto Matos and Erasmo de la Fuente. As with the McVeigh
killing, activists across the country and in other countries will gather in
protest of this unnecessary act of state sponsored violence. Listed below
are just a few of the actions planned (that we are aware of), along with
local contact information. See below for CUADP's statement on the Garza
killing. CUADP Director Abe Bonowitz will participate in an action at the
federal building in Daytona, Florida this evening and is available at
561-371-5204.

MONDAY, JUNE 18:
6:30 p.m. -- Gather at the Federal Building in downtown Terre Haute on the
corner of 7th and Cherry Streets in downtown Terre Haute.
7:00 p.m. -- March to Vigo County Courthouse at Wabash and U.S. 41 (Third
Street) for demonstration

JUNE 19
3:00 a.m. -- Fairbanks Park (on First Street between Farrington and Oak)
5:00 a.m. A two hour Circle of Silent Witness begins on the penitentiary
grounds.

Santa Ana, CA
On Monday, June 18th from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM, religious and civic leaders
will gather in public witness at the Ronald Reagan Federal Building in
Santa Ana.
From 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, a public witness will occur at MainPlace Mall (at
the corner of Main St. and Town and Country).
CONTACT:
DORINDA UPHAM (310) 518-1192
Cell phone: (818) 802-0723 during the event only

Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: Monday, June 18, 2001
Time: 4:00PM - 6:30PM EDT (GMT-04:00)
A protest of the execution of Juan Garza from 4-5:30 PM, and a community
vigil from 5:30 until 6:30 at the Volusia County Courthouse Annex on City
Island, 125 E. Orange Av., Daytona Beach.
CONTACT: 561-371-5204

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
There will be a demonstration in front of the Federal building on E.
Broward Blvd. between NE Third and Second Avenues (not between NE 3 and 2
Streets) in downtown Ft. Lauderdale on Monday, June 18 at 4:30 until about
6 pm.
CONTACT: 954-647-8379

Jacksonville, Florida
6/19: 7:30am to 8:15am, EDT
CONTACT:
DEBORAH A. SCHROTH at 904-333-2537
or BERNIE WELCH at 904-827-9100

Miami, Florida
6/19: 70:30am to 8:30am EDT
Federal Courthouse on North Miami Ave. at 4th.

Atlanta, Georgia
Amnesty International will be sponsoring a press conference at the Richard
B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta on Monday June 18th at 3 p.m. to
oppose the scheduled Federal execution of Juan Raul Garza on Tuesday June
19th.
CONTACT: Lauren Giles: 404-315-1005.

Chicago, IL
6/19: There will be a vigil and protest at the federal building in downtown
Chicago, from 6:30 a.m. thru 8 a.m.

Boston, MA
Monday, June 18, 5:00 to 7:00 pm
Join us on the eve of this execution as we gather with other area activists
on Boston Common near the Park Street MBTA station. We will be holding a
mock press conference at 6:00 pm with 20 black hooded federal "inmates"
present. We will also be passing out Amnesty flyers and bearing witness
with signs and banners.
Contact: Scott Langley
slangley2@hotmail.com
617.497.2565

Boston, MA
Circle of Silent Witness against the Death Penalty
Tuesday, June 19th @7:30 am
Park Street Station
The American Friends Service Committee has joined with the religious
community, citizens and abolitionist of Terre Haute Indiana to create a
Circle of Silent Witness.

MISSOURI
In Missouri, vigils will take place on June 18 unless the execution is
cancelled:
- Columbia: vigil, 5:00-6:00 pm, Boone County Courthouse. Prayer vigil,
6:30 pm, St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 204 E. Ash
- Jefferson City: vigil, Jefferson City: 5:00-6:00 pm, across from the
Supreme Court, High Street;
- Kansas City: vigil, 4:45-5:45 pm, J.C. Nichols Fountain in the Plaza.
- St. Louis: 8:30-9:00 pm, candlelight vigil, Federal Courts Bldg., 111
South Tenth St.

MO Contacts:
Bill Colbert, 314-361-5668 (St. Louis, Eastern Mo. Coalition to Abolish the
Death Pen.)
Margaret Phillips, 314-516-6864, 314-725-7527 (St. Louis; EMCADP)
Bob Williams, 314-367-7145 (St. Louis; EMCADP)
Kathleen Kennedy, 816-756-0911 (Kansas City; Western Mo. Coalition to
Abolish the Death Penalty)
Cathleen Burnett, 816-235-1600 (Kansas City, WMCADP)
Jeff Stack, 573-449-4585, 573-268-6151 (Columbia; Fellowship of
Reconciliation)
Brad Sheppard, 573-592-5269 (Williamsburg; Amnesty International)
Rita Linhardt, 573-635-7239 (Jefferson City; Coalition to Abolish the Death
Penalty)
Fr. Paul Jones, 417-852-4601 (Pittsburgh)

Olympia, WA
WHAT WILL HAPPEN: Vigils with abolition signs at high-traffic intersections.
WHERE and WHEN: Monday, June 18th: Intersection of Plum and Union Streets,
Olympia, 3-6 PM.
CONTACT FOR EVENT INFO: Alice Curtis (360) 943-4076 or Glen Anderson, (360)
491-9093.

"Juan Raul Garza is scheduled to be killed by the people of the United
States at 7am on June 19, 2001 in revenge for his murder of Thomas Albert
Rumbo, Gilberto Matos and Erasmo de la Fuente. But not really. Actually, he
was a drug dealer, and his skin is brown. True, he committed some murders,
but our government does not care about THOSE victims, who were also drug
dealers. In fact, because they thought the jury would also not see those
victims as being valuable enough to warrant an execution, the prosecutors
introduced information during sentencing about murders in Mexico that Garza
was alleged (but not proven) to have also committed.... Garza is being
killed not because "justice demands it," but because we CAN kill him, and
because his skin is brown."

POSTED BY:

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Abraham J. Bonowitz
Director
Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (CUADP)
PMB 335, 2603 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Hwy, Gainesville, FL 32609
800-973-6548 <http://www.cuadp.org> <abe@cuadp.org>
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