Alderman clemency denied; please attend vigils tonight, Davis vigil Thurs.

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Debbie Shew

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Sep 16, 2008, 2:20:49 PM9/16/08
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Hello, all.  Some of you will get this via GFADP directly, but others not.  Note below is about Alderman vigil tonight.  But there is also an important rally at Capitol on Thurs., for those of you near enough to Atlanta.  Also, a new petition circulating, as well as place on Amnesty website to send email or get template for a letter.  If you have ANY time, please try to do one or both.  There is also a new clergy letter, which I will forward to this list, for you to share w/ any clergy you know who will sign.  I've told Laura Moye already to keep both our bishops and myself on the new version. 

Thanks so much.  With a heavy heart,

Debbie Shew

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Date: Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 2:11 PM
Subject: [GFADP] Alderman clemency denied; please attend vigils
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GFADP friends,

We just heard the bad news that the Parole Board denied clemency for
Jack Alderman and that the execution will go forward tonight. Please
plan on attending one of the vigils (listed below). I'm also
including the article from the Associated Press about the Board's
decision.

With hope for better days,
Sara T.

Vigil Schedule

Jackson Georgia's Death Row, 6:30pm
Contact: Laura Moye, 404-876-5661x12, lm...@aiusa.org

Atlanta State Capitol on the Washington St. side, 6:30pm
Contact: Laura Moye, 404-876-5661x12, lm...@aiusa.org

Americus Across from US Post Office, Prince St./Forsyth St.,
6pm - 7pm Contact: Elizabeth Dede, 229-591-0114

Athens UGA Arch on E. Broad St., 6:30pm
Contact: Robbie Buller, 706-783-5131,
jupi...@igc.org

Augusta Public Library (902 Greene St.), 6:30pm
Contact: Pat Seaborn, 706-860-2721

Marietta Cobb County Courthouse, Cherokee St./Roswell St.,
6:30pm
Contact: Brian and Debbie Freel, 404-641-7719

Savannah City Hall, Bay St./Bull St., 5:30pm-6pm
Contact: Sister Jackie Griffith, 912-201-4067

Condemned killer Jack Alderman denied clemency
Scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Associated Press

Monday, September 15, 2008

The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles denied clemency for
convicted killer Jack Alderman, clearing the way for his execution.

Unless the courts intervene, Alderman will executed at 7 p.m.
Tuesday. The 57-year-old is the longest-serving prisoner on Georgia's
death row.

On Monday, a Fulton County judge said Alderman's execution could not
proceed until the five-member pardon board listened to supporters who
want to spare his life.

His legal team has also filed a request for a stay of execution with
the Georgia Supreme Court. Alderman was sentenced to die in the 1974
slaying of his wife, Barbara, in Chatham County. Alderman and an
accomplice beat her with a wrench and choked her in order to get
$20,000 in life insurance money.

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