FLOOD THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE, DEMAND NO APPEAL TO STAY OF EXECUTION

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a stay of execution today for Kevin Cooper just a few hours before he was to be executed in San Quentin. This stay represents a temporary victory to people who are opposed to the racist death penalty and to all of those who are demanding a new trial for Kevin Cooper based on the mountain of evidence indicating his innocence.

The execution order is good for 24 hours starting 12:01 tonight Feb 10. The stay can be overruled by the courts at any moment during this time period so we must keep up the pressure by coming out to San Quentin tonight.

The state's Attorney General office is weighing its option to appeal the 9th Circuit Court's stay by petitioning the Supreme Court. We need to flood Bill Lockyer Attorney General's office with phone calls, fax, email RIGHT NOW. Send an email message, write a note and fax, and call state Attorney General Bill Lockyer's office and tell him: "I am calling to demand that the Attorney General does not appeal the stay of execution for Kevin Cooper to the Supreme Court. The Kevin Cooper case represents all of the flaws of the death penalty and should not take place."

CALL

1-916-324-5437

FAX

916-445-6749

E MAIL

bill.lockyer (at) doj.ca.gov

We know that it is not the courts who will gain the freedom of Kevin Cooper and the over 600 others on death row in California but the rising tide against the racist death penalty.