Rissie Owens is the Chairman of the Board of Pardons and Parole. Her phone number is 512-936-6351.
The Guardian of London's article:
Texas defies federal court with plan to execute man who did not kill
· Controversial state law led to murder conviction
· Accomplice had sat in car 25 metres from shooting
Texas is poised to execute a man for a crime he did not commit. While the perpetrator of the murder in San Antonio was executed last year, Kenneth Foster, who was sitting in a car 25 metres away at the time of the shooting, was sentenced to death under the "law of parties".
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I just called Texas Governor Rick Perry 1-800-843-5789
who has the authority to give this innocent man clemency.
We need to call the parole board
The matter now rests with the Texas parole board, which can recommend the governor commutes the sentence if at least five of the seven board members agree. But Mr Perry has never commuted a death sentence, even on such advice.
In Texas 398 people have been put to death since capital punishment was reinstated in 1974, more than in any other state.
The perpetrator of the crime was executed last year. Foster was in a car 25 meters away.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/...
Foster's lawyer is dismayed. "We're caught by this procedural glitch. Every court that has looked at this [concludes] his execution would be unconstitutional. It's maddening," Mr Hampson said.
This lawlessness cannot be allowed to stand.
We cannot kill innocent people.
Please call Rick Perry
1-800-843-5789
Please call
Rissie Owens
Chairman of the Board of Pardons and Parole
1-512-936-6351
Remind these oficials that the eyes of the world are on Texas and this country and that innocent people should not be killed by the state.