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