With August 30, 2007 execution date set, Nydesha Foster (11 years old) speaks out for her father's life at July 21 rally in Austin Texas. For more information visit: www.freekenneth.com
The death penalty has come under intense criticism of late. innocent people have been released from death row after years of wrongful incarceration. other innocents, such as ruben cantu in Texas, may have been wrongfully executed. Calls have been made to stop all executions and investigate the system or to abolish it once and for all. At the same time Murder Victim Families are organizing against the death penalty and say "Stop Killing in My Name." Democracy is animated when an informed public is engaged in the issues of the day. We hope this series will reach new and diverse participants and audiences and will stimulate public dialogue about this contemporary social issue and inspire action to make change. Video is a wonderful medium for the transformation and awareness of the world.
Aug 30, 2007 5PM Texas Governor's Mansion Kenneth Foster, the man sentenced to die this evening even though he did not pull the trigger that killed Michael LaHood Jr. in 1996, was spared by Texas Gov. Rick Perry. "After carefully considering the facts of this case, along with the recommendations from the Board of Pardons and Paroles, I believe the right and just decision is to commute Foster's sentence from the death penalty to life imprisonment," Perry said in a statement. "I am concerned about Texas law that allows capital murder defendants to be tried simultaneously, and it is an issue I think the legislature should examine."
Hundred's of UT Austin students skip class to attend a Rally in support of Jena 6 students.
Keith Hampton, Kenneth Foster's attorney talks during the Aug 30th victory rally at the Governor's mansion in Austin, Texas For more information on Kenneth Foster please visit: www.freekenneth.com
A group hoping to change Governor Rick Perry's mind about Kenneth Foster's execution, met him at his Tarrytown church. For more information visit: www.freekenneth.com
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Civil disobedience at governor's mansion to stop execution of Kenneth Foster
About 200 members of Kenneth Foster’s family, friends, and supporters rallied today in Austin to demand that Governor Rick Perry hear the Foster family’s pleas for clemency. In a dramatic turn, six activists sat down to block the gates of the Governor’s mansion in a physical demonstration of solidarity with Foster’s non-cooperation with the criminal justice system. In June 2000, a dozen activists were arrested during a similar protest of the execution of Gary Graham (a.k.a. Shaka Sankofa). In the face of the State’s unwillingness to engage the Foster family and other supporters, the crowd spread out across the street, blocking traffic for forty-five minutes.
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Hooman's video Petition to Gov. Perry: Don't Execute Kenneth Foster
Post you own video at: http://www.youtube.com/group/kennethf... For more information on Kenneth Foster please visit: www.freekenneth.com Send Gov. Perry the link to your video: http://www.governor.state.tx.us/contact
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Ben Cardenas - Intro to Youtube Petition Campaign to Save Kenneth Foster
Austin Musician Ben Cardenas introduces the first online video campaign to stop an execution. Post you own video at: http://www.youtube.com/group/kennethfoster For more information on Kenneth Foster please visit: www.freekenneth.com Send Gov. Perry the link to your video: http://www.governor.state.tx.us/contact
This is a video petition to Gov. Perry and the Board of Pardon and Paroles. Post your own video petition online at: http://youtube.com/group/kennethfoster
Mario Africa of Move talking during the Kenneth Foster Rally in Austin Texas. July 21, 2007 www.freekenneth.com
Joan Cheever talking during the 2006 Anti-Death Penalty Alternative Spring Break: www.alternativespringbreak.org What would happen if the United States abolished the death penalty and emptied its Death Rows? If the killers were released from prison? What would they do with their second chance to live? Would they kill again? Back From The Dead is the story of 589 former death row inmates who, through a lottery of fate, were given a second chance at life in 1972 when the death penalty was abolished; it returned to the United States four years later. In Back from the Dead, Cheever describes her own journey and reveals these tales of second chances: of tragedy and failure, racism and injustice, and redemption and rehabilitation.
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Protesting Justin Fuller's execution at the Governor's Mansion in Austin, Texas
Death by Texas performed by Vikki Panetti of Shemonster
Narrated by Phil DOnohue
Exonerated death-row inmate Shujaa Graham talks during Kenneth Foster's Rally
Mario Africa talks about Kenneth Foster on the July 21st rally in Austin.
This performance of his poetry was recorded on July 25, 2007 at the Polunsky Unit in Livington Texas by David Mass. Video is from the Rally to save Kenneth Foster on July 21st, 2007 in Austin Texas
With August 30, 2007 execution date set, Nydesha Foster (11 years old) speaks out for her father's life at July 21 rally in Austin Texas. For more information visit: www.freekenneth.com
Anti-Death Penalty Alternative Spring Break: http://www.springbreakalternative.org
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