TEXAS - 200th Impending Execution

Thursday: 200 Minute Vigil - 200th Execution
April 30, Houston
Posted by: vicki

What: 200 Minute Vigil to mark the impending 200th Execution under Governor Rick Perry

Where: Harris County Criminal Justice Center, 1201 Franklin @ San Jacinto, Downtown Houston

When: Thursday, April 30, 2009, 4:00 to 7:20pm, 5:30pm Rally

Who: YOU!

4:00 to 5:30: Reading of the names of those who have been executed during the Perry administration and the victims of these crimes. All are invited to participate.

5:30 to 6:30: Rally featuring Sam Millsap, former Bexar County D.A.; Jared Feuer, AIUSA; Kristin Houlé, TCADP; Dr. D.Z. Cofield, Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church/Houston NAACP; Lee Greenwood, mother of executed inmate Joseph Nichols; Ron Carlson, brother of murder victim Deborah Ruth Carlson Davis Thorton

There will be a moment of silence at 6:00 PM to mark the execution of Derrick Johnson, which is scheduled to take place that evening. Mr. Johnson's execution would be the 198th under Governor Perry.

6:30 to 7:20: Continued reading of the names of murder victims and those who have been executed since 2001.

For more information or to help, please contact Nancy Bailey at houston@tcadp.org or 281.933.4925.