Day of Action for Reginald Blanton!

 Wednesday, October 14th 

Dear Friends,

The Campaign to End the Death Penalty is calling for a Day of Action for Reginald Blanton on Wednesday October 14th. Please write your letters today and be ready to bombard Rick Perry and the Bord of Perdons and Parols' offices with phone calls and faxes next Wednesday. Together we can save Reginald Blanton's life! Please spread the word sending this letter to all your friends, family, email lists, forums and blogs.

We thank you for your help!

DRIVE support

   NOT ANOTHER LEGAL LYNCHING! SAVE REGINALD BLANTON!

Reginald’s case, like many other Texas death row cases, is riddled with injustices. He was convicted based on coerced testimony with no physical evidence; his court appointed attorney did not provide adequate defense; he was convicted by an all-white jury and subjected to a jury shuffle which purposefully excluded African-American jurors. Reginald has an execution date of October 27th, but with enough public outcry and pressure, we can save his life!

Hear Reginald’s mother, Anna Terrell's powerful plea for the life of her son at a rally at the Texas Capitol on Sept 26, 2009. Video here.

Reginald’s case is important not just because he is innocent; not just because the death penalty targets people of color and the poor. Reginald is also an activist and a leader on death row. He help found the DRIVE Movement which has held numerous hunger strikes and protests on death row. He is an inspiration to both death row inmates and human rights activists.

Now is the time to put the pressure on. The Texas Death Penalty and Rick Perry, in particular, have come under public scrutiny because of the 2004 execution of Cameron Todd Willingham. Willingham was executed for a fire that killed three of his children. The Texas Forensic Science Commission recently discovered that the fire was accidental, making Cameron Todd Willingham INNOCENT. Perry has since tried to cover up this state-sponsored murder by changing around the personnel on the Commission. We cannot let Perry kill another innocent man!

Day of Action to Save Reginald!

Wednesday, October 14th

Make phone/fax calls to Gov. Rick Perry’s Office:

Call  +(512)-463-1782

Send faxes to: +(512)-463-1849.

Office of the Governor Main Switchboard: +(512) 463-2000 (office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST)

Contact the Texas Board of Pardons & Paroles and tell them to grant Reginald Blanton clemency:

Phone: +(512) 406-5852

Fax: +(512) 463 8120467

By email: http://governor.state.tx.us/contact

If you live outside the U.S., you can also use the form, but his form is set up to only accept U.S. addresses, so you have to choose a U.S. state, such as TX, and then in the body of your letter, put your full actual address, including your actual country, so that he knows where you actually live.