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Mtg. 5/25: It's time to stop the Death Penalty! (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aimee L Smith)
Thu May 25 17:08:15 2000
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Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 17:08:03 EDT
From: Aimee L Smith <alsmith@MIT.EDU>
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From: ISO Boston <isoboston@yahoo.com>
Subject: Mtg. 5/25: It's time to stop the Death Penalty!
IT'S TIME TO STOP THE DEATH PENALTY!
DATE: Thursday, May 25
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
PLACE: Blackstone Community Center
50 W. Brookline St, Boston
DIRECTIONS: **See Below**
FEATURING:
Lawyer Johnson - one of 3 innocent people released
from Mass. prisons wrongly convicted for murder.
Mary Rogers - Mass. attorney and member of The
Campaign to End the Death Penalty
Jackie Hanner - International Socialist Organization
In January of this year Illinois Governor George
Ryan, was forced to concede that Its clear that
the system is broken. and to pass a moratorium on
executions in that state. Since then 5 states other
have proposed legislation with Maryland and New
Hampshire passing them to put a halt to executions.
As recently as last week, the New Hampshire Senate
voted 14-10 to stop the death penalty in that state.
The current U.S. death row population stands at
3,625 inmates. The racism and bias of the criminal
injustice system have taken more and more people into
the streets in recent months. Activists around the
country have been demonstrating demanding a moratorium
on the death penalty. Presidential candidate George
W. Bush who is responsible for the executions of
more than 200 people in Texas alone has been forced
off the stage by death penalty opponents. But Al Gore
is also a supporter of the death penalty and has faced
protests.
What can activists do next to win the fight
against the racist death penalty and ? Come to this
meeting for a discussion of how we can take the gains
we have already made further. All are welcome!
T DIRECTIONS
Orange Line to Back Bay Station Go out to Dartmouth
Street go LEFT. Walk past Warren Ave and Tremont
Street Dartmouth St. becomes W. Dedham St. go one
block turn RIGHT onto Shawmut Ave and LEFT onto W.
Brookline St. On your left is a schoolyard, cut
through this yard for the main entrance for the
school.
[Please call the number below for more information,
rides or childcare.]
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International Socialist Organization
781.551.6649 isoboston@yahoo.com
