[DP-Announce] Update and vigils

[Rich Woodward]

FYI, I had an error in the message I sent on Sunday.  The showing of At the
Death House Door will be in the *Library *Annex room 417D.  Still at 7:00.

On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Rich Woodward <r-woodward at tcadp-bv.org>wrote:

> Friends in oppsition to the death penalty,
>
> As we've had a wonderful hiatus from executions lately, I've been keeping
> your in-boxes clear. But we have 2 executions scheduled this month, that of
> Michael Rosales this Wednesday, and
>
> Derrick Johnson on Thursday April 30.  We will hold our vigils from 5:30 -
> 6:00 on each of these days at the corner of Texas Ave & Walton.
>
> The A&M chapter of Amnesty International will be showing the film At the
> Death House Door this Thursday in Rudder Annex room 417D.  I'll be attending
> and I'm sure that they anyone else interested would be welcome.
>
> *There has been some good news* since I last wrote.  The biggest news is
> that New Mexico abolished the death penalty.  This is a huge victory and
> takes us one step closer to a nationwide acceptance of the insanity of
> state-sanctioned murder.  In Texas we have been making slow but definite
> progress.  A hearing was held on the abolition bill on March 12 and there
> are now 5 sponsors of the abolition bill.  That is a real accomplishment and
> the folks tirelessly working in Austin deserve a big round of applause.
>
> Speaking of which, *are you a member of TCADP*?  Broadbased grassroots
> support is so important to the success of our efforts and when donors think
> about whether to provide the big bucks, the first question that they ask is
> whether the organization has support from across the state.  So if you're
> not a member of TCADP, please consider going to http://tcadp.org and
> clicking on the Contribute button to join forces with the organization that
> is leading the way on our long journey to abolition in Texas.
>
> See you at the vigils.
>
> Rich
>
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