[WCADP-list] National Execution Alert -- October 2006 -- 7 Men Scheduled to Die

Tue Oct 10 10:37:18 PDT 2006

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October 2006

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Seven Inmates scheduled for execution in October

Seven inmates are scheduled to be executed in October.  The first execution
is scheduled for Oct. 18, with three final executions scheduled to occur on
Oct. 25.  Those scheduled to be executed include one man whose trial
depended upon testimony from an unreliable man and another who suffers from
alcoholism and possible post traumatic stress disorder from his service in
Vietnam.

Michael Johnson, who maintains his innocence, is scheduled to be executed by
the state of Texas on Oct. 19.

Arthur Rutherford is scheduled to be executed on Oct. 18 by the state of
Florida, despite the fact that his counsel failed to present his mental and
psychological problems during his trial.

Read more about these and the other cases below -- and ACT!

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Do Not Execute Michael Johnson!

Michael Johnson maintains that his accomplice, David Vest, is responsible
for the murder of Jeff Wetterman.  Vest confessed to the crime, yet the
prosecutor withheld this information from the defense counsel.  The
prosecutor then called Vest as a witness, who stated under oath that Johnson
killed Wetterman.  In return, Vest received a lighter prison sentence for
his confession.  The state illegally withheld this confession, and also
allowed Vest to commit perjury by making two different statements under
oath. 

This demonstrates that death row inmates often do not receive effective
counsel.  One judge even acknowledged the "troubling record of the State's
inconsistent pretrial and trial strategy with respect to the two
codefendents."

ACT NOW by contacting Gov. Rick Perry requesting that he stop the execution
of Michael Johnson! 

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Do Not Execute Arthur Rutherford!

Convicted of killing a woman for money, Rutherford's counsel decided not to
present evidence on his mental state to the jury.  Rutherford suffers from
what has been diagnosed as an anxiety disorder similar to post traumatic
stress disorder.  Also, he endured abuse during his childhood and is an
alcoholic.  While the defense had reason not to present this evidence during
the trial, it should at least have come up during the sentencing phase as
mitigating factors.  His psychological state could have affected his
judgment the day of the murder.

Arthur Rutherford's counsel failed him, and the state of Florida should not
execute him.

ACT NOW by contacting Gov. Jeb Bush requesting that Arthur Rutherford's
execution be halted! 

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October 18: Arthur Rutherford, FL

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741 

October 19: Michael Johnson, TX

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October 24: Jeffrey Lundgren, OH

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October 25: Gregory Summers, TX

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October 25: Donnie Johnson, TN

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October 25: Danny Rolling, FL

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October 26: Larry Hutcherson, AL

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