On Jan 19, 2005 at 12:01 a.m., the State of California will murder a human being, Donald Beardslee, with our tax dollars, unless we do everything we can to stop this barbarism, the death penalty, which has been abolished in Europe, and is rarely used except in the most backward countries, like the USA.

The Ninth Circuit, which has denied all appeals so far, has a special web page on the case at:

http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/Documents.nsf/54DBE3FB372DCB6C88256CE50065FCB8/F009FCA623B5BD1788256F7A0006550F?OpenDocument

The US Supreme Court docket on this case, Beardslee v. Brown, No. 03-10650, is at:

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/docket/03-10650.htm

Death Penalty Focus' page on Beardslee states that he still has the option of an appeal to the US Supreme Court and an appeal for clemency from death penalty Republican Gov Schwarzenegger, who loves the death penalty just as much as his predecessor, death penalty Democrat Gov Gray Davis, and just as much as another Austrian, with politics almost identical to him, namely Adolf Hitler.

The Death Penalty Focus page is at:

http://www.deathpenalty.org/index.php?pid=Executions

We saved Kevin Cooper's life just a couple hours before the execution. We will fight for Beardslee's life with the same determination.

The death penalty is a class weapon of the capitalist class against the workingclass, and the fact that it still exists in the US means labor is very weak. The 21st Century Abolitionist Movement demands the abolition of the death penalty and prisons, replacing them with a serious rehabilitation program for all who are actually guilty of a crime, so that they are productive members of society, earning a decent, living wage, in no less than 5 years of being found guilty. With such a program, we will effectively also eliminate the police departments, and they all can get real jobs, such as being retrained as social service workers if they are so inclined, or whatever other useful, socially productive work they can do. We do not need $80,000 a year armed police to fill out traffic accident reports or direct traffic.

As to the judges, district attorneys and attorneys general, such as the current death penalty Democrat Attorney General Bill Lockyer, who all run for office on the basis of being for the death penalty and related anti-workingclass "tough on crime" lying rhetoric, they are all by definition criminally insane. To be for the death penalty in the 21st Century is to be criminally insane. Both the Democratic and Republican parties are by definition death penalty parties. Please stop voting for any and all of their candidates. The socialist Peace and Freedom Party and the Green Party are anti-death penalty parties. Vote only for anti-death penalty candidates to put an end to these campaigns by criminally insane politicians promoting the death penalty.

Below are pending actions on this case:

TAKE ACTION!!

Please contact Gov. Schwarzenegger and ask him to grant clemency to Donald Beardslee.

A clemency petition has been filed. See:

The Habeas Corpus Resource Center at:

http://www.hcrc.ca.gov/

and in particular, the exhibits in support of the petition for executive clemency at:

http://www.hcrc.ca.gov/news/beardslee/beardslee_clemency_petition_exh_v4.pdf

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

State Capitol Building

Sacramento, CA 95814

Phone: 916-445-2841

Fax: 916-445-4633

To send an Email, please visit: http://www.govmail.ca.gov

Click here to contact a district office.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday, January 11th

San Francisco

Press Conference

4:00-5:00 PM

California State Building

505 Van Ness Ave.

January 14th

Clemency Hearing

10:00AM

Auditorium - Capitol East End Facility

1500 Capitol Ave.

Sacramento, CA

Open to the public.

Tuesday, January 18th

San Quentin State Prison

RALLY AT 8:00PM

EAST GATE OF SAN QUENTIN

You can park on Francisco Blvd. E. but expect to walk 1-1.5 Miles to get to the East Gate of San Quentin.

Contact: stefanie@deathpenalty.org or 415-243-0143

Los Angeles

RALLY AT 7:00 P.M.

WESTWOOD FEDERAL BUILDING

11000 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90024 (Corner of Veteran) MARCH AT 8:30 P.M. to ST. ALBANS CHURCH for a VIGIL (580 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024)

Contact: rohdevictr@aol.com

Sacramento

VIGIL FROM 11PM to 12:30AM

State Capitol Building

11th & L Streets

Contact: lyga@comcast.net

San Francisco

A group will depart from San Francisco's Palace of the Legion of Honor at 7:00AM and walk to arrive at the gates of San Quentin by 6:00pm. Please contact Rev. Lyle Grosjean for more information at 510-895-8203/510-368-3368 or Rfk40a@aol.com. Support drivers are also needed.

Santa Barbara

For more information contact: robertso@math.ucsb.edu

Monterey

For more information contact: rkoufax@aol.com

San Diego

Vigil from 4:45PM to 6:00PM

San Diego Hall of Justice

330 West Broadway

For more information contact: SGhelardi@aol.com

Orange County

Vigil at 5PM

Circle of Orange

For more information contact: janurban@adelphia.net

Riverside

For more information contact: iedpf@yahoo.com

Santa Cruz

Vigil - 8PM to Midnight

Meet at Town Clock

For more information contact: marilyns@cruzio.com

Marin

Vigil at St. Pauls Episcopal Church

For more information contact: sseverin@igc.org

El Cerrito

Vigil at 7:30PM and Carpool to San Quentin

Church of St. John the Baptist

11150 San Pablo Ave.

For more information contact: 510-232-5659