Thursday, August 30, 2007

Governor Perry Grants Last-Minute Reprieve to Kenneth Foster


It still hasn't sunk in... that Kenneth Foster will live. In a last ditch appeal from supporters around to world to save Foster's life, along with recommendations from the Texas Pardons and Parole Board, Governor Rick Perry stayed the execution, which was scheduled for this evening, and commuted Foster's sentence to life... Read more

"After carefully considering the facts of this case, along with the recommendation from the Board of Pardons and Paroles, I believe the right and just decision is to commute Foster's sentence from the death penalty to life imprisonment," Perry said in a statement.

"I am concerned about Texas law that allowed capital murder defendants to be tried simultaneously and it is an issue I think the legislature should examine."

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6 comments:

  1. YobachiAugust 30, 2007 at 11:14 AM

    Wow, this is great news. I can't believe it. I was just coming here to get the number to call Governor Perry.

    Praise the Lord on the Throne in Zion.

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  2. YobachiAugust 30, 2007 at 11:15 AM

    And i think you forgot about the Day of Blogging For Justice. You haven't done your post: http://www.blackperspective.net/index.php/day-of-blogging-for-justice/

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  3. AHAugust 30, 2007 at 1:20 PM

    awesome effort. it's glad to know such dedicated individuals such as yourself never sleep.

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  4. plez...August 30, 2007 at 6:22 PM

    Eddie,
    you are a true trooper... it is nice to see the commutation of this young man's sentence from death's door. i join others in saying, "THANK YOU!"

    plez...

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  5. Eddie G. GriffinAugust 31, 2007 at 12:23 PM

    Thank you all for your support and help in this campaign. I'm sure the family of Kenneth Foster thanks you also.

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  6. faculty for workplace justiceSeptember 2, 2007 at 11:36 AM

    i wonder if there is any way of knowing how the board voted. i am appalled that there was one member who voted in favor of executing foster! who is this person and what on earth what he/she thinking????

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