Texas Set to Execute INNOCENT woman!

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Texas Set to Execute First African-American Woman Since Civil War<br><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>AMY GOODMAN: What is the key issue that you feel needs to be raised right now for people to understand about Frances Newton?<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>DAVID DOW: Well, I think that there are really three key issues, and two of them are more important legally than the third, even though that's -- that's ironic, because the issue that I think people need to understand that we're certainly including in everything that we file but that is very difficult to raise at this stage of her case is simply the fact that<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> she's innocent</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> and the fact that there isn't any evidence that suggests that she was guilty.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>Watch this segment of today's DemocracyNow!<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/25/1342238">www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/25/1342238</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><br>FRANCES HAS BEEN ON DEATH ROW FOR 18 YEARS FOR A CRIME SHE DID NOT COMMIT<br><br>§ Frances’ husband and two small children were murdered execution-style, likely by a drug dealer, in 1987.<br><br>§ Frances’ conviction rested largely on the results of ballistics testing conducted by the now-discredited Houston Police Department crime lab, which said that it was her gun that was used to murder her family.<br><br>§ Frances’ court-appointed trial attorney, Ron Mock, did nothing to prepare for trial. He interviewed no one & investigated nothing. He is the same attorney that sent an innocent Shaka Sankofa, a.k.a. Gary Graham, to his execution. The State Bar of Texas has sanctioned Mock many, many times.<br><br>§ There was no blood found on Frances Newton's clothing, gun, hands, or car, despite the fact that the victims had been shot at close range. No gunpowder residue was found on her hands or sweater. There was also no evidence that someone had undertaken a cleanup at the apartment. <br><br>if there are any Texans here, please help keep this innocent person from being MURDERED by the state of Texas!<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.freefrances.org/">www.freefrances.org/</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.freefrances.org/images/francesPoster.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <p></p><i></i>