State Governors Grant Over 500 Pardons, Commutations (tags)
In what is typically a politically risky move, six state governors recently granted pardons and commutations to hundreds of current and former prisoners. In California, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Arkansas and Vermont, more than 500 pardons were granted along with another 20 commutations or grants of clemency.
Anti-Mall '16: Buy Back the Farm! / Stop DAPL / Free Peltier (tags)
The winter 2016 Anti-Mall was in solidarity with Stop the Dakota Pipeline and Buy Back the Farm! (and there were multiple ways for guests to support them). Clemency for Leonard Peltier was also promoted. And as always, the Anti-Mall was a chance for shoppers to put their money into the activist-artist community and practice sustainable living (e.g., repairing more and throwing away less).
Time To End Ohio's Racist Executions (tags)
Ohio is the only Northern state which has scheduled an executon for 2016
Judge Stays Terry Williams' Execution (tags)
police state
Terry Williams: A Life in the Balance (tags)
police state
Troy Davis Denied Clemency; Nazi USA Continues to Promote Death Penalty (tags)
Troy Davis was denied clemency. Nazi USA, led by the twin parties of the death penalty, war and fascism, the Democrat-Republicans, continues to promote the death penalty. We have a black president and black attorney general, supporters of the death penalty, who could easily get a federal injunction on the basis of civil rights violations but have done nothing. Amnesty International is asking everyone to sign their latest petition to the Georgia District Attorney, who could stop the Sept 21, 2011, 7 p.m. execution of an innocent man, another lynching in the backward USA that is now among a minority of nations that still has the death penalty.
PHILIPPINES: Estrada's pardon honor among thieves (tags)
AKBAYAN (Citizens' Action Party) condemned the granting of executive clemency for former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA), saying that it reflects not national unity but honor among thieves.
Like Paris, he will still do jail ime
SAT. 2/18: Rally Against Death Penalty: Schwarzenegger Denies Clemency for 5th Time (tags)
Gov. Schwarzenegger Denies Clemency For Fifth Time: Rally Against the Death Penalty and the Execution of Michael Morales WHEN: Saturday, February 18, 2006 at 12 Noon WHERE: Bethel AME Church, 7900 Western Ave., Los Angeles, CA
Little Hope Left For Morales (tags)
Michael Morales is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection early Tuesday morning; however there is little hope that he will be granted clemency. "Schwarzenegger is now playing his favorite role as governor and it's another version of the terminator", says Alexander.
9th Circuit, Supreme Court Fed & State, Democrats & Republicans Murder Tookie (tags)
With one clenched fist, the United Front of the Capitalist Class, namely the falsely labeled "liberal" 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Surpeme Courts of Cal & US, Democratic candidates for governor Phil Angelides and Steve Westley, and Republican Nazi Schwarzenegger murdered Tookie Williams. They need to be threatened to stop their murder with political labor strikes and by voting for anti-death penalty parties such as Peace & Freedom Party and the Green Party.
About clemency !!!
Denial of Clemency for Williams Cites Support for Class-War Prisoners (tags)
California Governor Arnold "The Terminator" Schwarzenegger's denial of "Tookie" Williams' clemency petition is an appalling document, showing not only Scwarzenegger's moral cowardice in hiding behind the jury's decision, (which the bourgeois press is emphasizing) but also that he is an extreme right-wing apologist for the frame-up trials and long incarcerations of political prisoners around the globe, from Nelson Mandela to Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Read Governor Schwarzenegger's Statement (tags)
The dedication of Williams’ book “Life in Prison” casts significant doubt on his personal redemption. This book was published in 1998, several years after Williams’ claimed redemptive experience. Specifically, the book is dedicated to “Nelson Mandela, Angela Davis, Malcolm X, Assata Shakur, Geronimo Ji Jaga Pratt, Ramona Africa, John Africa, Leonard Peltier, Dhoruba Al-Mujahid, George Jackson, Mumia Abu-Jamal, and the countless other men, women, and youths who have to endure the hellish oppression of living behind bars.” The mix of individuals on this list is curious. Most have violent pasts and some have been convicted of committing heinous murders, including the killing of law enforcement.
arnold REJECTS clemency for tookie (tags)
MON. 6PM: Vigil at Gov's Mansion in Brentwood If He Doesn't Grant Clemency for Tookie (tags)
Last-Ditch Emergency Protest and Candlelight Vigil to Save Stanley Tookie Williams Bring Tookie's Death to Gov's Doorstep...Don't Let Him Hide if He Does Not Grant Clemency WHERE: Governor Schwarzenegger's Brentwood Mansion WHEN: Monday, December 12th @ 6PM
Vigil for clemency at gates to Gov's estate (tags)
Saturday, Dec 10th - A vigil was held in front of the gates to the governors mansion in Brentwood today calling for clemency for Tookie Williams.
TODAY & SUN.: Emergency Protest for Stan Tookie Williams (tags)
Governor Schwarzenegger has not announced his decision about whether or not he will grant clemency, and so the Save Tookie Committee-LA wants to send him a clear message that the people of Los Angeles support clemency for Stan Tookie Williams. We would like him to grant clemency immediately, rather than prolonging the decision. We believe he has all the necessary information and evidence to make a decision in favor of clemency.
Take Action to Save Tookie Williams NOW (tags)
Now is The Key Time to Act to Save Tookie Williams: www.savetookie.org 1. Make your call TODAY (Schwarzenegger - 916.445.2841) 2. Rally for Clemency on Thursday, 10AM at the Capitol Building in Sacramento (other events at www.savetookie.org) 3. Send a Letter to the Editor under 250 words, include your address and phone # to triblet@angnewspapers.com, letters@sfchronicle.com and other papers (samples at www.savetookie.org)
Greens plead with governor to spare life of 'Tookie' (tags)
Green Party of California, the only major political party opposed to the death penalty, asks the governor to spare life of Stanley ‘Tookie' Williams at upcoming clemency hearing date.
Candlelight Vigil Against the Scheduled Execution of Stanley Williams (tags)
SANTA MONICA – 50 activists seeking clemency for Stanley "Tookie" Williams hold a candlelight vigil on Sunday, December 4, at 7 PM in front of the restaurant founded by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. A small press conference was held by the organizers and their supporters who urged the governor to grant clemency to death row inmate Stanley Tookie Williams.
SAT 12/3: March and Rally Calling for Clemency for Stanley Williams (tags)
WHAT: March and Rally Calling for Clemency for Stanley Williams WHEN: DECEMBER 3 at NOON WHERE: LEIMERT PARK South of Baldwin Hills Plaza where Crenshaw Blvd. meets Vernon Ave. LOS ANGELES, CA 90008
Demand Clemency for Stan Tookie Williams and an End to all Executions (tags)
Anti-death Penalty Activists in LA Organize to Pressure California Governor Schwartzenegger to Grant Clemency to Stan Tookie Williams and Call a Moratorium on all Executions
TONIGHT 7 PM: Protest Against Execution of Brain Damaged Man (tags)
Schwarzenegger Denies Clemency Protest Against Execution of Brain Damaged Man WHEN: Tuesday, January 18th 7PM RALLY WHERE: WESTWOOD FEDERAL BUILDING 11000 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA (Corner of Veteran)
Pending Actions & 9th Circuit Page on Beardslee Possible Execution 1/19/05 (tags)
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.
M24, Rally at Gov. LA office- clemency for Pamela Martinez (tags)
Los Angeles Greens join Assemblymember Goldberg and others asking Gov. Schwarzenegger to pardon Pamela Martinez. Attorney General Bill Lockyer has spent 2 million of taxpayers dollars to order her back to prison to serve an additional 65 days for that same, non-violent petty theft. If she is forced to fulfill his order, she will lose her hard-won job and home.
SEVEN YEARS FOR THEFT OF $30 TOOLBOX IS NOT ENOUGH, SAYS BILL LOCKYER (tags)
PAM MARTINEZ QUITS JOB AND PACKS BELONGINGS PREPARING TO RETURN TO PRISON FOR ADDITIONAL 65 DAYS. MARTINEZ AND SUPPORTERS STILL HOPEFUL THAT GOV SCHWARZENEGGER WILL GRANT CLEMENCY
Ripping Apart KNBCs Death Sentence Poll (tags)
The URL for the Kevin Cooper execution poll has been making the rounds of the lists. Go and vote against it if you feel this is important. Yers truly will now rip into the loads of bias written into the story and the poll.
Leonard Peltier - Action Alert (tags)
Free Leonard Peltier Demand that President Clinton grant clemency peition
Democratic Party of CA Passed Resolution for Peltier Clemency (tags)
The Democratic Party of California passed a unanimous resolution in support of Executive Clemency for Leonard Peltier (text below).