URGENT update from Houston, Texas

March 11, 2000

A friend of the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement has uncovered an important legal flaw in the state's planned execution of Kamau Wilkerson March 14. Activist Ward Larkin discovered that the Harris County District Clerk cannot produce a Warrant for Execution. This is a public document that is supposed to be open to review by the public. Ward believes this missing document could be the basis of a stay of execution of 31 days or more!

It is urgent that a lawyer be found this weekend to file the necessary papers and go into court Monday and Tuesday. The Abolition Movement and other supporters around the country are following up on several leads, but so far we have no commitments. If anyone can pull strings with a progressive lawyer, this is the moment!

A struggle around a revolutionary prisoner like Kamau Wilkerson could mark a turning point in the fight for a moratorium.

The complete info is available at: http://www.adelante.com/wilkerson/index.html

Flood the phones of Texas officials to demand a stay for Kamau and freedom for Njeri Shakur, who was locked up for supporting him:

Judge Jan Krocker
184th District Court
1201 Franklin
Houston, TX 77002
(713) 755-6358

(She issued Kamau's execution date and also sentenced Njeri for contempt
of court!)

John B. Holmes, Jr.
Harris County District Attorney's Office
1201 Franklin, Suite #600
Houston, TX 77002
(713) 755-5800

Tommy Thomas
Harris County Sheriff's Department
1301 Franklin
Houston, TX 77002
713-221-6000

Judge Michael McCormick
Court of Criminal Appeals
P.O. Box 12308
Capitol Station
Austin, TX 78711
(512) 463-1551

John Cornyn
Office of the Attorney General
PO Box 12548
Austin, TX 78711-2548
(512) 463-2100

George W. Bush
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, TX 78711-2428
512-463-2000

for more info contact:
Greg Butterfield
theredguard@hotmail.com
Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement
c/o SHAPE Center
3903 Almeda Road
Houston, Texas 77004
Phone (713) 521-0629 (office)
(713) 503-2633 (cell phone-24 hours)

International Action Center
39 West 14th Street, Room 206
New York, NY 10011
email: iacenter@iacenter.org
http://www.iacenter.org
phone: 212 633-6646
fax: 212 633-2889