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GROUP TO PICKET COURTHOUSE
May 24, 2005
For Immediate Release
Contact Charles Sullivan 202-789-2126
cure@curenational.org
or Cluadia Whitman 888-255-6196
claudia@celldoor.com
or Kay Perry 269-383-0028 kayperry@aol.com
Complaining that judges are dragging their heels in a matter of life
and
death, a citizens group has announced a protest demonstration for
next
Tuesday, May 31st, from 9:30 AM to 6 PM at the federal courthouse,
100 East
Fifth St., in Cincinnati.
Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) will picket the
United
States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to protest the lack of
action
from the Court on a complaint of judicial misconduct. The Sixth
Circuit has
jurisdiction over the four states of Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and
Michigan.
"Claudia Whitman, our death penalty expert, and I filed this
complaint 15
months ago," Charles Sullivan, CURE's Director said, "and their rules
are
that is should be processed in a month."
The complaint states that Lewis Williams was illegally executed by
the
State of Ohio through an illegal act on the part of the 6th Circuit
Court
of Appeals. Chief Judge Danny Boggs violated the law by allowing
Senior
Judges Richard Suhrheinrich and Cornelia Kennedy to vote to deny
Williams a
hearing.
Federal law allows senior judges to participate in a vote by the full
court
only if the judges participated in the initial panel ruling on the
same
case. Without these two votes, the request for a hearing would have
been
granted. Five of the Sixth Circuit Judges filed a dissenting opinion
stating that Williams was executed illegally.
CURE's complaint is No. 04-6-351-14 and the phone number of the
Office of
the Sixth Circuit Executive is 513-564-7200. CURE is a national
grassroots
prison reform organization with chapters in most states.
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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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