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.

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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
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SENT BY:


Abraham J. Bonowitz
Director, CUADP
<abe@cuadp.org>

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