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vox

27th April 2002, 01:13

Published on Friday, April 26, 2002 by CommonDreams.org

Let's Stop the Killing of an Innocent Person

by Tom Turnipseed

You can help stop the killing of an innocent person.

Richard Charles Johnson was convicted on the testimony of a person who later admitted she lied at his trial and is scheduled to be executed by the state of South Carolina on May 3, 2002. Governor Jim Hodges is empowered by the state to grant executive clemency and commute his death sentence.

The killing of innocent people is a national issue, so wherever you live, please send a message to Governor Hodges by e-mail, fax, or letter urging him to save the life of a man unjustly convicted of a murder committed in 1985. Understanding she could be prosecuted for the murder herself, Connie Sue Hess made a sworn confession that she committed the murder just hours before Richard Johnson's first scheduled execution in 1999.

Full Story (http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0426-01.htm) (including contact information)

vox

Fires of History

27th April 2002, 01:22

I already read this, and the e-mail has already been sent. But good idea posting it here.

C'mon people! Write! You'd appreciate the same if you were Mr. Johnson!

Send it to: [email protected]

And read the article...another good example of amerikkkan 'justice.'

James

27th April 2002, 16:54

i done so now

revolutionary spirit

27th April 2002, 18:19

me also

Fires of History

27th April 2002, 18:21

Right on you guys. Remember that both business and government realize that a single letter represents much more. Your single letter, in other words, COUNTS BIG TIME!

revolutionary spirit

27th April 2002, 20:12

would i be correct in assuming i won't be getting a reply?

27th April 2002, 21:46

I have already read the article and and send the e mail an I cant belive this situation. I feel extremly sad for this man and wish that our calls for clemency are heard.
FUCK THE U$$$$$$$!!!

(Edited by Ho at 9:47 pm on April 27, 2002)

vox

7th May 2002, 07:15

A Travesty of Justice
by Tom Turnipseed

Governor Jim Hodges of South Carolina turned "thumbs down"and allowed the State of South Carolina to kill an innocent man. In doing so he lied about crucial facts to make himself look good to the public as a tough-on-crime candidate for reelection in November...Hodges denied Richard Charles "Ricky" Johnson's application for clemency and he was killed by the State of South Carolina on Friday, May 3, 2002. Despite requests to grant clemency from retired S.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Ernest Finney, 13 past presidents of the S.C. State Bar, 25 former state and federal prosecutors, many state legislators and civil rights leaders, and an estimated 7,000 concerned citizens, Hodges rejected Johnson's clemency appeal.

Full Article (http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0506-08.htm)

The moral depravity encouraged by the political system in the United States needs no further evidence, as far as I'm concerned. This is typical of a capitalist "me and only me" mindset, where the most terrible are rewarded by a corrupt and corrupting system.

vox