The State of Texas plans to execute Kenneth Foster, Jr, TODAY for the 1996 murder of Michael LaHood, Jr, although the state agrees that he didn't kill anyone. We are told that the Death
Penalty is reserved for "the worst of the worst", so how is this possible?
In Texas, the "Law of Parties" allows the state to hold everyone involved in a crime legally responsible for the actions of every other person involved in the crime. The actual killer was riding in a car driven by Kenneth Foster. He got out of the car to talk to a young women, got in an argument with her boyfriend, and shot the man. Kenneth had remained in the car 80 feet away with the radio on and the windows rolled up. The shooter testified that Foster couldn't have known that he had a gun when he left the car. But Kenneth Foster was a poor young black man with an inexperienced attorney, and he didn't stand a chance in a Texas courtroom.
Texas has just executed its 400th person since 1982. The case of Kenneth Foster, Jr--a black man sent to death row for driving a car--is testament to how rotten Texas' death machinery really is.
PLEASE ACT TO STOP THIS INJUSTICE
CALL ON GOV. RICK PERRY TO GRANT CLEMENCY FOR KENNETH FOSTER
Phone 512-463-1782
(You can just leave a message on a recording)
FAX a letter to 512-463-1849
DO IT TODAY !
INFORM YOURSELF
For more information on what you can do to help Kenneth and on the struggle of Texas death row prisoners against executions and rotten conditions, go to: www.freekenneth.com or www.drivemovement.org.
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