[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----FLORIDA

[Rick Halperin]

November 17, 2006

Hon. Jeb Bush
Governor of the State of Florida
Office of the Governor
400 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399

Honorable Governor Bush:

This communication has the purpose to request your intervention to save
the life of the Puerto Rican national ngel Nieves Daz, who was sentenced
to death by this State of Florida over twenty years ago, and at this time
is waiting to be executed.  You have ordered ngel's execution for this
December the 13th.  All judicial appellate procedures have been exhausted.

I am firmly opposed to the application of the death penalty.  The
circumstances of this case deserve your immediate intervention.  There are
plenty of reasons that convince me that prompt action has to be taken.
Among those reasons, we have to consider the age of ngel and the long time
that Mr. Nieves Daz has been imprisoned -taking into account the terrible
confinement circumstances of being in death row.  Besides, a series of
anomalies were observed in the judicial process, raising serious doubts
about the fairness of the judicial process and even over the guilty
verdict in Angel's case.  I, humbly but firmly, request of you the
immediate commutation of the death penalty for Mr. Nieves Daz. In the
alternative, we request a moratorium of the execution until all aspects of
the case can be cleared, including further DNA tests.

Sincerely,


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