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face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><B>EMERGENCY: 4 DAYS LEFT TO <BR>STOP
THE TEXAS EXECUTION OF <BR>FRANCES NEWTON <BR>ON SEPTEMBER 14!
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<DIV align=center><BIG><BIG><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><B>JOIN
WITH FORMER ATTY. GEN. RAMSEY CLARK, THE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSN. AND
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL<BR>SEND A FINAL APPEAL TO DEMAND THE EXECUTION BE
STOPPED!<BR><BR><SMALL>FRANCES IS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN <BR>SCHEDULED
TO BE EXECUTED BY TEXAS IN MODERN HISTORY.
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<DIV align=center><BIG><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><B>NEW EVIDENCE
AFFIRMS HER INNOCENCE.</B></FONT></BIG><SMALL><BR></SMALL></DIV><BR><FONT
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Go to<BR><BIG><A
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an updated urgent letter to be sent in your name. you will be able to
review and modify the text to put in your own final appeal for Frances, even if
you have already sent the original letter. (The updated appeal letter text
appears <B><U><FONT color=#3333ff><A
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href="BLOCKED::#LetterText">HERE</A></FONT></U></B> lower down in this
message).</FONT><BR><BR><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><B>4 days
remain</B> before the scheduled execution of Frances Newton, an innocent African
American woman, by the state of Texas. Thousands of people have taken up the
appeal, sending over 200,000 email messages and thousands of letters and
postcards and faxes and phone calls to Texas Governor Rick Perry, President
Bush, legislators and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles urging the
execution be stopped. <B>WE MUST INTENSIFY THE PRESSURE!</B><BR><BR><B>Former
Attorney General Ramsey Clark</B> has written to the President, the Governor and
the Pardon Board. Here is what he wrote:<BR><BR>"Every element of law, morality,
human dignity and reverence for life compel commutation of the death sentence of
Frances Newton scheduled to be executed in Texas on September 14, 2005.
<BR><BR>Evidence not presented at trial, but now known to have existed, would
have caused an acquittal. Her trial attorney was not competent and can no longer
appear in death cases, but too late for her. A person of financial means would
never have been convicted and probably never even tried in such a case.
<BR><BR>At 22, Frances Newton lost her husband and two children and, most
cruelly, has been condemned as their murderer. Her mother and father-in-law, the
parents of her dead husband and grandparents of her dead children, could have
testified in her behalf at her trial, but no one called them. They pray everyday
that her life be spared. <BR><BR>Frances Newton, a poor African-American woman
unable to defend herself, who lost her family to violent death, has now spent
seventeen years in prison on a conviction unsupportable in law and fact.
<BR>Surely if there was ever time, now in the wake of Katrina with its
devastating exposure of the fate of poor Americans caught in calamity, American
officials can find the understanding, courage and compassion to commute this
damnable death sentence. I ask you to use all your authority and persuasion to
see that happens. <BR><BR>Sincerely, <BR>Ramsey Clark"<BR><BR>And <B>Michael
Greco, President of the American Bar Association,</B> wrote in
part:<BR><BR>"..significant and and compelling new evidence .. has not yet been
evaluated by the Texas courts. .. This evidence was not discovered earlier
because of the negligence of her appointed lawyer.. He did no investigation
whatsoever, and therefore, did not place before the jury the evidence that now
casts doubt on Ms. Newton's involvement in this crime. .. We believe that
carrying out the execution of Frances Newton without a full review of this new
evidence is inconsistent with principles of fundamental fairness and due
process. Because reasonable doubt exists, we urge you to vacate her execution
date so that the newly discovered evidence can be tested and properly evaluated
by Texas courts."<BR><BR>Please join the online campaign to <B>STOP THE
EXECUTION OF FRANCES NEWTON!</B><BR><B>YOUR EMERGENCY FINAL URGENT APPEAL IS
NEEDED NOW!</B> <BR>Send emails to Texas Governor Rick Perry, Attorney General
Greg Abbott, President Bush, Congressional leaders and Senators and
Representatives from Texas and the Texas State Legislature, the Mayor of Houston
and Houston City Councilors, The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, U.N. Secy
General Kofi Anan and your senators and representative, DEMANDING that Frances'
execution be stopped IMMEDIATELY!<BR><BR>If you have already sent an email, do
it again! The letter (see below) has been updated to refer to the two letters
just mentioned, and you can modify it to put in your personal appeal with all
the urgency required by the execution date this Wednesday.<BR><A
name=LetterText></A><BR>Go to<BR><BIG><A
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the following letter to be sent in your name: <BR><BR>Sample Text (you will be
able to edit it on the
website):<BR>........................................................<BR>Governor
Perry, Attorney General Abbott, President Bush, Senators and Representatives,
Houston Mayor White, Houston City Councilors, and Texas Board of Pardons and
Paroles: <BR><BR>IN A MATTER OF DAYS, on September 14, 2005, Frances Newton, AN
INNOCENT WOMAN, is scheduled to be executed by the state of Texas. If the jury
had known the facts that are presently known, they would not have found Frances
guilty nor given her the death sentence. The dubious motive, unrealistic
timeline, the police's refusal to follow important leads, and most of all, her
incompetent counsel, all point to the compelling evidence that proves Frances
Newton is innocent. <BR><BR>Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark has written to
President Bush and Goveror Perry that "evidence not presented at trial, but now
known to have existed, would have caused an acquittal." And Michael Greco,
President of the American Bar Association, also wrote to the President, Governor
and Pardons Board that because "significant and compelling new evidence has not
yet been evaluated by Texas courts, we urge you to vacate her execution
date." She has been on death row for 18 years, and you have already
granted her a 120-day stay. But on the basis of new evidence, Frances needs to
finally have her day in court. We plead to you in good conscience to ACT
IMMEDIATELY TO STOP THE EXECUTION OF FRANCES NEWTON.
<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR><BR>-------<BR><BR>For more information and to order DVD's
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