New Ways to Support the Lucasville 5!

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via: Susan Schnur (pfcenter@sbcglobal.net)
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New Ways to Support the Lucasville 5!

Saturday, June 21, 2:00 PM: Rally at Ohio State Penitentiary at 878 Coitsville-Hubbard Rd., Youngstown, OH where most of Ohio's death row prisoners are held. Make your voice heard against the resumption of executions in Ohio. Support the campaign for regular contact visits for families of death row prisoners. A hug should be a human right! Transportation will be provided from Cleveland. To reserve a seat or for more information, call (216) 481-6671 or email pfcenter@sbcglobal.net.

Donate to the Charles K. Murray Memorial Billboard Project of the Cleveland Coalition Against the Death Penalty. Three billboards with slogans opposing the death penalty will be raised in the Cleveland area for at least one month or longer if enough donations are received. Make your check payable to CCADP and write "Billboards" on the memo line. Send it to CCADP, 4628 Ammon Rd., Cleveland OH 44143-2810.

Write letters of support for a prisoner coming up for parole who has been in solitary confinement after refusing to give false testimony against members of the "Lucasville 5". Derrick Mathews aka Kweisi Mugabe (Ohio prisoner # R142 546) needs letters of support sent before June 15 to the Adult Parole Authority, Attn: Eric Griffith, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, 1050 Freeway Drive North, Columbus, OH 43229. You may choose to touch on any of these points: In 1987, he was sent to prison at age 18 for stealing a jacket and sentenced to 5-25 years. After more than 20 years of incarceration, Mugabe is far beyond the maximum guidelines for release by the Parole Authority. After refusing to give false testimony against Lucasville uprising prisoners, he was put in solitary confinement for 15 years and transferred to Ely, Nevada, far from family and friends. He has worked hard to rehabilitate himself and has many certificates for anger management and other
positive programs. He has the support of family, friends and the community. For more information, call (216) 939-8888 or email bspringer06@peoplepc.com.

Sign the electronic petition to Governor Strickland for the Lucasville uprising prisoners. Go to the ACLU website at American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and click on the Lucasville Justice Project on the left side. Scroll down to the petition. We are aiming for 1000 signatures. Tell everyone you know to do the same.