Subject: **EXECUTION ALERT**
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MARCH 21, 1994
**EXECUTION ALERT**EXECUTION ALERT**EXECUTION ALERT**
TEXAS MARCH 31, 1994 12:01AM LETHAL INJECTION
FREDDIE LEE WEBB SR., (Black), age 33 has been on death row
since October 1986. He was convicted of the robbery/murder of a
white male.
TEXAS **CONSENSUAL** APRIL 4, 1994 12:01AM LETHAL INJECTION
RICHARD LEE BEAVERS, (White), age 38 has been on death row since
August 1988. He was convicted of the kidnapping/robbery/murder
of a white male.
TAKE ACTION, CONTACT: Richard Lee Beavers #916, Ellis Unit 1,
Huntsville TX 77343
TEXAS APRIL 8, 1994 12:01AM LETHAL INJECTION
PEDRO MUNIZ, (Latino), age 37 has been on death row since October
1977. He was convicted of the rape/murder of a white female.
TEXAS APRIL 15, 1994 12:01AM LETHAL INJECTION
LESLEY LEE GOSCH, (White), age 38 has been on death row since
September 1986. He was convicted of the kidnapping/murder of a
white female.
TEXAS APRIL 26, 1994 12:01 AM LETHAL INJECTION
LARRY NORMAN ANDERSON, (White), age 41 has been on death row
since January 1983. He was convicted in Harris County of the
robbery/murder of a white female.
TEXAS MAY 24, 1994 12:01AM LETHAL INJECTION
WILLIE WILLIAMS, (Black), age 38 has been on death row since
February 1981. He was convicted in Harris County of the
robbery/murder of a white male.
ON TEXAS DATES PLEASE TAKE ACTION, CONTACT: Gov. Ann Richards,
PO Box 12428, Austin TX 78711-2428 or phone 512/463-2000, or
512/463-1780 or FAX 512/463-1849.
Texas Board of Pardons & Parole, Jack Kyle, Director, PO Box 1776
2503 Lake Rd. Ste 9, Huntsville TX 77340 or phone 409/291-2161 or
FAX 409/291-6852.
MARYLAND **CONSENSUAL** WEEK OF APRIL 25, 1994 GAS CHAMBER
JOHN F. THANOS, (White), age 44, has been on death row since
March 1992. He was convicted of the robbery/murder of 2 white
males and 1 white female. Thanos has been actively trying to drop
his appeals since he was convicted. A death warrant was signed
despite pleas by Thanos's family to delay the execution order
until after federal public defenders get a hearing to renew
arguments that Thanos suffers from a severe mental disorder and
was not properly represented at his murder trials.
TAKE ACTION, CONTACT: Gov. William Schaefer, State House, 100
State Circle, Annapolis MD 21401
phone (410) 974-3901
VIRGINIA APRIL 27, 1994 11:00PM LETHAL INJECTION
TIMOTHY W. SPENCER, (Black), age 31 has been on death row since
November 1988. He was convicted of the rape/murder of 3 white
females and 1 Asian female. Spencer was diagnosed as emotionally
disturbed at age 10.
TAKE ACTION, CONTACT: Gov. George Allen, State Capitol,
Richmond VA 23219
or phone (804) 786-2211 or FAX (804) 786-3985
ILLINOIS MAY 10, 1994 12:01AM LETHAL INJECTION
JOHN WAYNE GACY, (White), age 53 has been on death row since
March 1980. He was convicted of the murder of 12 white males.
TAKE ACTION, CONTACT: Gov. Jim Edgar, State Capitol, Springfield
IL 62706
or phone (217) 782-6830 or FAX (217) 782-3560
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IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE EXECUTED
Johnny Watkins, Virginia, was executed March 3, 1994.
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John Satterwhite, Texas, received a stay.
Bruce Callins, Texas, received a stay.
John Glen Moody, Texas, received a stay.
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UPDATE ON GARY GRAHAM's CASE in Texas from the Gary Graham
Justice Coalition
On March 17, 1994 at 9:00 am in Houston, Texas an oral
argument on Gary Graham's federal habeas petition was held.
Richard Burr, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, argued for a full
evidentiary hearing for Gary Graham before a three judge panel of
the Fifth circuit. The arguments lasted 2 hours before a packed
courtroom where Graham supporters outnumbered the opposition
"Justice For All", calling for Graham's immediate execution, by
at least 2 to 1. Attorney Burr fielded question from the three
judges: Gadwood, King and Jolly in an intense 55 minute volley of
why Gary's case demands a hearing. The five crime scene
witnesses, four of whom have never been heard in a court of law,
were the most compelling of the arguments setting forth that
Graham was not the man they saw that May 1981 evening in a
Houston Safeway parking lot.
The state acknowledged that their entire case rested on one
witness who sat in her car in the dimly lit parking lot 33-44
feet from the shooting. The witness identified Graham as the
shooter from a highly suggestive photo-based lineup. Graham was
the only man in both the photo arrays and the lineup and the only
man who had both a "short afro and no facial hair", the two
characteristics all the witnesses agreed upon.
The three-judge panel has no deadline for making a decision,
but is expected to rule on the request for a full and fair
hearing in three to four months.
Meanwhile the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals ponders over
the civil suit brought by Graham's attorneys that the Texas Board
of Pardon and Paroles must meet and hold a fair hearing into
Gary's case. The hearing in that case was held December 1, 1993.
A ruling is expected anytime from the 9 justices in that court.
WHAT YOU CAN DO!
We need "fresh" new individual and group letters of support sent
to:
Gov. Ann Richards, State Capitol, Austin TX 78701 FAX (512) 463-
1849 and Texas Board of Pardon & Paroles 2503 Lake Rd. Ste 9, Huntsville
TX 77340 FAX (409) 291-6852
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There have been 229 executions in the United States since the
reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976.
3 of those executions have happened in 1994.
National Execution Alert Network
c/o NCADP
1325 G St. NW LL-B
Washington DC 20005
