Stop the execution of Frances Newton

Stop the Execution!
Frances Newton Should Not Die!

Frances Newton is on death row in Texas and scheduled to be executed on Sept.14. Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, but it was the callousness, disorganization and racism that resulted in countless lives being lost--lives that never needed to be lost.

Protest the Execution of Frances Newton! Clog the governor's phone and fax line and flood him with e-mails to demand a halt to the execution of Frances Newton.
Governor Perry's fax number: 1-512-463-1849
Governor Perry's phone number: 1-512-463-2000
Governor's opinion hotline number: 1-512-463-1782
Texas Board of Pardons and Parole fax number: 1-512-467-0945
To send an email, click here .

Wednesday, Sept.14, 5:30 PM
Meet at the Governor?s Mansion in Austin, 11th and Lavaca
Visit freefrances.org to e-mail petitions to stop the execution.

And now the state of Texas is set to add one more casualty--Frances Newton. Frances is set to be executed in Texas on Sept.14th. She, like many of the victims in Louisiana, is a poor, Black woman who has been failed by our inept and racist government. So many of the victims in Louisiana could have gotten out IF they had money, IF they had a car, IF they had help and support. One could say the same of Frances. IF she had a decent trial attorney, she most likely never would have been convicted, let alone sentenced to death. IF she had the money to have had a full investigation done prior to trial, and IF she wasn't left prey to the forensic lab that took a main piece of evidence and contaminated it by sticking it in with a bunch of other clothing, Frances would likely not be facing an execution date.
Now, Frances' new attorney has unraveled the case and shown that Frances is- by all accounts- innocent. So why is Governor Perry going forward with the execution? Hasn't there been enough death already? What's more, the reasons that compelled Perry to grant Frances a stay back in December 2004 have only grown.

Fighting the Death Penalty: A New Civil Rights Struggle Fifth Annual Convention in Chicago on Nov. 12 & 13.

Chapters should consider doing a meeting on this case and possibly an action on the 14th to coincide with the demonstration in Texas. To make up flyers and for more information about Frances' case go to.

From this site, you can send e-mail petitions to various representatives, including Gov. Perry. We should flood these politicians with as many emails as possible, urging a halt to this execution.