Campaign Update - Week of 01/18/2010
Posted on January 21, 2010
Clemency Petitions
Special thanks to the team that completed half-filled petition sheets at the MLK events so that we can do a petition count for 2009. The team included: Debra White (Justice for Reggie), Barbara Finch (Women’s Voices Raised for Justice) and Maxine Johnson (Life Victory Church).
If you have any completed sheets, please get them to us by January 31. You can drop them in the mailbox at the Rowan Center (1401 Rowan Avenue) or mail it to the Rowan Center.
Legislative Update
Mark your calendar: March 17 is the Moratorium Now! Rally & Lobbying Day.
Details coming.
State Representatives
Do you know who your state senator and state rep is? It’s time to find out because we must at least pass a moratorium bill this session.
–House Bill 1683 to create a moratorium was introduced by Rep. Bill Deeken.
–Senate Bill SB 591 (Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis) would repeal the death penalty.
–House Bill HB 1413 (Rep. Mike McGhee, R-Odessa) would compel counties to cover the cost of prosecuting death-penalty cases and create greater overview of which homicide cases could qualify for seeking a death-sentence.
–House Bill HB 1415 (Rep. Mike McGhee, R-Odessa) would open the Parole board clemency hearing to the person scheduled to be executed and his/her attorneys and require the Board’s findings be made public.
–House Bill 1550 (Rep. Don Calloway, D-St. Louis) would strive to prevent race from playing any role in pursing death sentencing
“Enough Already!”
Jamala Rogers, Coordinator
JUSTICE for Reggie Campaign
P. O. Box 5277
St. Louis, MO 63115
(314) 367-5959
www.justiceforreggie.com
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Campaign Update - Week of 01/11/2010
Posted on January 13, 2010
MLK Day…We need you
Join the contingent to march in the Martin Luther King parade. Meet us at the Old Courthouse downtown by 10:00 am on Monday, January 18, 2010. Let’s kick the year off right for Reggie!
Gathering Petitions
We are getting half-filled petitions completed on this day. If you will be at the Old Courthouse or at Powell Symphony Hall and can get signatures for Reggie’s Clemency Petition, please seek us out. On Monday, January 18, 2010, we will be in front of the Courthouse at 10:00 am and in front of Powell Symphony Hall at 12:00 noon. You will be collecting signatures on the INSIDE of those structures as we don’t know what the weather will be like.
Reggie…the struggle for justice continues in 2010.
“Enough Already!”
Jamala Rogers, Coordinator
JUSTICE for Reggie Campaign
P. O. Box 5277
St. Louis, MO 63115
(314) 367-5959
www.justiceforreggie.com
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Campaign Update - Week of 11/09/2009
Posted on November 10, 2009
Borrowed Time
Central Baptist Church will host the documentary, Borrowed Time, showing this Friday, November 13, at 7 pm. The church is located at 2943 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, MO. If you haven’t seen the documentary on Reggie’s case or know someone else who hasn’t, I strongly encourage you to come check it out.
Juveniles & the US Supreme Court
Today, the High Court will review whether it is constitutional to sentence a child to Life Without Parole (LWOP). A wrong decision could erode the legal protections for children that some of us have worked so hard for over the last several years. We will keep you posted on this.
“Enough Already!”
Jamala Rogers, Coordinator
JUSTICE for Reggie Campaign
P. O. Box 5277
St. Louis, MO 63115
(314) 367-5959
www.justiceforreggie.com
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Campaign Update - Week of 10/19/2009
Posted on October 20, 2009
October 22 - National Day Against Police Brutality
Vera Thomas, Reggie’s mother, will be a panelist at the upcoming community forum this Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 7:00 pm. Vera will discuss the role of police brutality in cases like Reggie’s. For more information, or to download a leaflet go to
http://www.obs-onthemove.org/Happenings.htm
“Thanks for Giving” Tour
Reggie has requested that the Campaign facilitate a radio tour for him to thank people for their overall support, especially for their involvement in stopping his June 17th execution. The tour will happen between October 25, 2009 and November 22, 2009. We will let you know about radio show appearances as they are finalized.
Juror holds back on death penalty vote
Governor Rick Perry’s shut down of the state’s Forensic Science Commission is already having consequences. Just as the investigation into the wrongful death of Todd Willingham was about to heat up, the governor who is running for re-election, could not allow the truth to surface. Meanwhile, one juror in the recent Lubbock, Texas trial of Levi King couldn’t bring herself to vote for the death penalty. This means that King will get life without parole.
Wrong, Wrong, Wrong
Popular radio personality Tom Joyner and his family received justice late but it still felt good. Joyner’s two great uncles received a pardon from South Carolina 94 years after they were wrongfully electrocuted for the 1913 murder of a white Confederate Army veteran. Two other innocent black men were also electrocuted. The defense attorney had 24 hours to prepare for the case. (Sound familiar?) The injustice was discovered by Dr. Henry Louis Gates while doing a documentary on black family genealogy. The real life story reads like a movie so who knows what will happen in the future.
Yancy Douglas and Paris Powell were exonerated last week for a 1993 shooting. The pair has served 14 years on Oklahoma’s death row.
“Enough Already!”
Jamala Rogers, Coordinator
JUSTICE for Reggie Campaign
P. O. Box 5277
St. Louis, MO 63115
(314) 367-5959
www.justiceforreggie.com
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Vera Thomas to Receive Roy Wilkins Award!
Posted on September 29, 2009
Vera Thomas, Reggie’s mother, will receive the prestigious Roy Wilkins Award at the NAACP-Jefferson City Branch Dinner. The NAACP will acknowledge her passion and relentless fight for her son’s life as well as to make a moratorium on the death penalty a reality.
We know this is short notice for some of you who would love to be there but others may be able to make the trip. Information on the event is below.
The 46th Annual NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner & Centennial Celebration
Saturday, October 3, 2009
5:45 pm Silent Auction and Reception
7:00 pm Dinner & Awards Banquet
Capitol Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City, Mo
Guest Speaker, Dr. Jerome Reide,
National Field Organizer of The NAACP, Washington, D.C.
Tickets: Adults-$50.00 Students-$15.00 Children-$10.00
Live Entertainment Provided by the Lincoln University Jazz Band
For Information or Tickets Contact Nimrod Chapel Sr. @ 573-659-3560
“Enough Already!”
Jamala Rogers, Coordinator
JUSTICE for Reggie Campaign
P. O. Box 5277
St. Louis, MO 63115
(314) 367-5959
www.justiceforreggie.com
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