> > Please distribute widely! > > As many of you know, the Bush administration is using > the 1994 Clinton crime/anti-terrorism bill to bring > the death penalty back to states such as Vermont that > have abolished capital punishment. In fact, right at > the moment when states like Illinois and Maryland were > declaring moratoriums, releasing exonerated prisoners, > and clearing death row, Ashcroft selected 12 cases to > try as capital cases--including the case, currently > underdoing jury selection at the federal building in > Burlington, of Donald Fell. Please help Vermonters > Against the Death Penalty fight this assault on our > rights and stand up for the abolition of the death > penalty everywhere by signing our petition at > > http://www.petitiononline.com/vadp/petition.html > > We're also petitioning each Saturday at the Burlington > and Montpelier farmers' markets. If you'd like to help > out - the response has been terrific! - our Burlington > teams meet at 10:30 on Saturdays at the City Hall Park > water fountain, for petitioning from 10:30-noon. (We'd > love to have more people to add additional shifts!) > You can also get involved with Vermonters Against the > Death Penalty by joining our (low-traffic) listserv at > > http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/nodeathpenaltyvt > > and by joining us each Wednesday, noon-1, for a picket > in front of the federal building (corner of Pearl St. > and Elmwood Avenue) and 1-2 pm for our planning > meeting in the Peace and Justice Center. Stay tuned > too for a June 22 "Keep Vermont Death Penalty Free" > panel at Contois Auditorium, 7 pm, featuring Sandy > Baird (mother of murder victim Caroline Baird > Crichfield and anti-death penalty activist), Alice Kim > (of the national Campaign to End the Death Penalty), > David Kaczinsky (of New Yorkers Against the Death > Penalty and brother of "Unabomber" Ted Kaczinsky), and > (still to be confirmed) either exonerated former death > row inmate Delbert Tibbs or Madison Hobley. > > Though petitioning will continue through July, we're > looking to get as many signatures as we can by June > 20th, our next press conference. Help us spread the > word! Tell Bush we won't go back - No death penalty in > Vermont! > > Nancy Welch > For Five Reasons to Oppose the Death Penalty visit, > the web site of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty: > > http://www.nodeathpenalty.org/fiveRs.html > > > > __________________________________ > Discover Yahoo! > Find restaurants, movies, travel and more fun for the weekend. > Check it > out! > http://discover.yahoo.com/weekend.html > >
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