[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----URGENT ACTION----TEXAS

[Rick Halperin]

Urgent Action



TEXAS EXECUTION SET FOR SHOOTINGS AT AGE 18

Clinton Young is due to be executed in Texas on 26 October. He was convicted of 
capital murder in
2003 in relation to two fatal shootings which occurred over the course of two 
days in November 2001.
He was 18 at the time of the crimes. He maintains his innocence.

Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet and reference inmate #999447:
  *  Calling for clemency to be granted to Clinton Young and for his death 
sentence to be commuted;
  *  Noting continuing doubts about the reliability of his capital conviction 
and basis for his death
     sentence;
  *  Pointing out that Clinton Young was only 18 years old at the time of the 
shootings

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forwarding this one!

Contact these two officials by 26 October, 2017:




Clemency Section, Board of Pardons and Paroles
8610 Shoal Creek Blvd., Austin, Texas 78757-6814, USA
Fax: +1 512 467 0945
Email: bpp-pio at tdcj.state.tx.us
Salutation: Dear Board members

Governor Greg Abbott
Office of the Governor, P.O. Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711-2428, USA
Contact form: https://gov.texas.gov/apps/contact/opinion.aspx Phone: 
512-475-2615
Fax: +1 512-463-1832
Salutation: Dear Governor