TODAY : National Call in Day for Rodney Reed!

[Stefanie Collins]

Rodney needs you today!  Help bring this injustice to an end NOW!

Please Circulate Widely. Please Circulate Widely. Please Circulate Widely.


494-0667 or cedpa...@gmail.com

MONDAY AND TUESDAY: NATIONAL PHONE JAM FOR RODNEY REED.

March 17 & 18: Demand a new trial for Rodney Reed!

Oral arguments in Rodney’s case are being heard Wednesday, March 19 by the notorious Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.  We are asking everyone to phone and email the CCA and the Texas Attorney General to ask for a new trial for Rodney Reed.  The presiding judge of the CCA, Judge Sharon Keller, has come under fire recently for denying the appeal of Michael Richard -- the last person to be executed in Texas as national de facto moratorium on executions took effect -- because she was unwilling to keep the court open after 5 PM.  With the life of an innocent man in the hands of this court, we need to ratchet up the pressure.

Rodney Reed deserves a new trial, where evidence of his innocence can finally be heard in court.  Evidence was hidden by police and prosecutors that implicate another suspect in the murder of Stacey Stites.  Read the attached fact sheet for an overview of the case.  Rodney’s defense has long posited that Jimmy Fennell, the fiance of Stacey, is the more likely suspect in this crime.  For recent developments surrounding Jimmy Fennell check out:  http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/01/07/0107fennell.html and http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/03/09/0309fennell.html

PLEASE CONTACT:

TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
(512) 463-1551
      OR FAX at 512-463-7061

ATTORNEY GENERAL GREG ABBOTT
(512) 463-2100

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ATTEND ORAL ARGUMENTS IN THE CASE OF RODNEY REED
WEDNESDAY MARCH 19, 9 AM
TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS 201 14TH STREET

Enter through glass doors on plaza which face out to Congress on north side of Capitol.  The courtroom should be on the right, or ask at the desk for directions.

Freerodneyreed.org, myspace.com/cedpaustin

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Coming in April:

CEDP’s 2007 – 2008 National Speaking Tour
A Broken System – Crying out For Justice
In Austin, April 9, 2008
At UT, The Texas Union, Chicano Culture Room

Featuring Mothers of Texas Death Row Prisoners:

Anna Terrell - mother of Reginald Blanton
Lee Greenwood – mother of Joseph Nichols, killed March 7, 2007
Sandra Reed – mother of Rodney Reed

Also a “Live From Death Row” Event, with a live call from a death row prisoner.

So Save the Date!

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Campaign to End the Death Penalty Weekly Meeting
Wednesdays at 7PM
In NOA Rm. 1.116 on UT Campus (on Wichita a block N of Dean Keeton)

The CEDP will be building the panel event “A Broken System – Crying Out For Justice”, coming up on April 9 and featuring mothers of death row prisoners.  A lot of our work will center around ongoing campaigns, such as the case of Rodney Reed, and of D.R.I.V.E. - the group of death row prisoners organizing for better prison conditions.  With no executions happening, this is a good time to seize the momentum on this issue and get involved in ending executions forever!

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Justice for Rodney Reed -- an innocent man on Texas' death row
www.freerodneyreed.org

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