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il ere. he You OLR and the great lvork yor o/o Him esty
Inkerahicng | and your ior k Qsainst the death Penalty,
Tt even Wrote so ee erce about Sox Years O7O when
LE os get te eats, a. eS wanted To give Ve Fae
Appeals » and £ Wrete f ask Yoo net Lo ynteccede
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OF Something like thet. At the fme, T was trying To
Cover All my lbase's So fo one Coule/ Step pte trom
Giving up my Appeals. Marie. deans was fhe
One FW Underestimated — She stormed ots the
death sacs in icch mond! and for Two weeks She |
Chipped Cre ot me ontt/( ZT ho pick up my oppeals,
Fs been @ lon(- Strange. - trip, Ever Since then,
ty not at all Surprised +h cat OV leHfter fo
Met ofeas months O was feterrnedl fo You pooter KE!
"Deces sed, Tay if You Shj/ have thot Chrelye —
Can yeu pase Send i# fe say lawyer { Bis pame
and address Ve “ Gerald 7. Cerkin
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thet . Since rv Lacie here, La, bite Jaheied Qe
“Persistent Critie of clesthros Condtors” - the Jebel &
Valid Bill, Dver the years, zv¥ Worked with phe
ACLU. and the Virgin bs Casal dears ads Yt Pr ijars On
cleats Nou ISSUTS, and the orricl Condi#tronS we five
Under,
Well iv Seems the Strow that rote He Camels
bone Came last ty. wher Z overdesed on jenny heron,
Err news Sterys aboot phat, if wes off blared on He
Conditions here - ano OV”) Secority, a Ge” Dunc
Cmbarrassment Fo the Cle partment ef Corvepten -— = mean,
the Ce portent of Cotrection$ (Some thing iS go they
pele transtercd me to Greersu/le, x spent a
Year there in wheat Can only be descnbed as hell,
They have c buildin +here Caled "“D buildiAy ee oes
1S night b the death hovse. ZT Was there with Quother
death row imate - wile Tyener Cam sure you Acard
of him, (714 4) ey, they transfered me beck Sa
Peck len bus about Ga week before they pioved Torner
ty the death hoese , ;
Thats wha your letter to me here Oftw months are
Was Sent back to You. Lt Sholtv~e been f rtcctaedl
+ Greensville = look the pias! room thoosh+ + twocu/d be.
Cute +o torte, “becesed” of ,F+ -— Wishful thintirry
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| Subjected te their petaiation e-toc the embacrassment
les Cuused them lost year. The mail foom has heen
the Most Vindiittive — they Jese yny mail (+ hepe you Set
this) they help vp ail my Newspaper and mapa zene
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Verity foie - Reilly Stone ~ espoire |) — bot the mail room held
them all Up for the usthele penth - and Swore +hut they
ever Showed yp Aere. Then , oftec fries me threglt
i hewl Getting intouck with all the publications - they
te/d me x had +o prove thet © pad for Sse Scbscrypst 07s
- before they tow Send them to me. The whsle fime Z
i had ail He Opp C0 vel tonms filed in the madroom,
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a0 have to fe throesh th és again next proth, Somer hing mS
look forward +o -hoh Px
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Sleeping right en the meta! bunks,
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Teyiny, They to)d me f¢here IS Neo Yasitiag list for me
here , and that Z have fo Er // out @ Newoe, Tr
takes Months to get A of Spfose Ahi29S Yipee f Ania |
Dw vnole has beer pening to visit me tor my bicthdey
Next month, /Ny he ase) all jive yn New fark >.
tis QA 500 mifes trip Ai them to get Aerc - then S00
miles back. Ms unole has wised here atet ever the
Years | L_+ Now GA\ of CL Sudden he ‘s hot on PAY |
Vist in Tae & ees FPA ra! O -or they have a
big - +ime. \Venderka Jounq OA against me? rH mest $e.
Me , righ Bil?! Aad behve me-Lam not fre
Only one FO24 throxh her( here — Yeu Wo/d really
be. Shoc k-ed by the herrid way we, Qil Gre,
a\eected, And things ust ket getting Worse and worse
- haven't even word Ae Crbes She petty stuf€ thet
Wwe have +o je throug On a Jo ly basis,
DZD Just want sare to frown that when ee peal aboot
US having > hot preals , TVs and Laie q 9000
Ife heme — please know thors pere bulls,
— Zz
on
ee eis letter Yeu asked obeot the iNcadlent ates
— Menths OF0 invelvin®) Some of the Geys here being ee,
down With no Clothes and no Contact with their
i lawyers. T was in Greensville lumning the time ot
thet vicdent — a heard aboot it ond know the guys
Ut hoppened To , bot at this pout, the ACLU; ane!
- Jereq “Cerin are working On G Settlement about
thet Incident, Se, theres rot much li ght ZT Can SR Shed
i en + hat Seas es Sorcy, DP GL. rough time, tA oech
and Seme of the Seys are stif! in Segresation ,
Another thing 2 want to tel/ Yeo io ~ Aftew menths ago
when yes Started Sending these leHers aot Fo the
Guys on the haus Get OC a lt from & law yer O65 Ferns
ck eC knew yoo and iohuke are you up too. The
Fear wes thee yey rere. Some Sort of Qgent for
the Commenw ealkh , er Q prosecctol Workin for the
| OHonney Ceneral, Ct Aine me. “Hey Oo resort Lo Titty
— Teycks Ook J iieee) Ond Wwe. have to be Yeoy Careku// fere.
) Qi \omyers warn there Chents not to Ta/k Fo Ghyene.
| Geo t theie cape Or any thing: | |
Se when this lawyer Called me and asked sf £
ever heard of fe oes Said “Hell Yeah . Bill Menec js
One of the most hardest Lvor ers Qpainst the death perl
Sin Virgie: Zo byes Surprised thet She hadot heard of
H You « And i8\ my Opinjen Bill -<£ thik that what
| One ae the Problems with CU hovement and £13 At
BAAAING the cleat penalty, Ail the, Organieqticns
— Seem <— o fresmented ,
———
NO one Knows eachother, And Bill, Tm pet Sby.+9
4heits Your fosik - THs dust my opinion that We Cou/o
he ale’y Steenger oak peop le Would Werx Tesether More...
And x Knews hou hued Fo tee Aave fre Same
Problem here - its hard to Sef one fod of Ceautt houd
pnmates to “Gree with crother prod , oS Se Shame Teo
becoacse Lshen +hey Keep US Cpart Like Phis =z A hats how
they win their bothles Agowst 7s:
Frnyuy ) the teasen # bring this un 45 Lecosse if in the
Fe ie for want to Set in tocoh with ae + on the oud
whe Moy not Know = 4a Short 90 throvps the
lawyers ee fh Great place ton You to be toch
with wold be tHe Virgin & Capital hepresentgtron Center”
Their tddeess is- /00/ East main ST pop Soe
Richmond YR 23204-0506
tv Spcken Te Fur lawyers Phere abet you and let then
knows Who Your ok to talk fo, Theil Names Are.
“D eird re Ep tight and ISéy Cheatham — Also another
ood Person ter fe to juene Contict with js ray) Lee —
tr. PuAniAg the t@ource Center Now -L// make Gapat
Te Mention Your flame to him the next Aime % Spek F
him. their Phone powmber there 1s S04 EY3 Wo Kee Ss
OK , Now To Grswer Some of the Questens gn asked
In Your lether; Trial + Sentenciny Judge Nn me Case
is William ae, Se eS ol eee tal ell fou that ZI
Never had O tr vel m3 my lawyers advice At phat Sime LIAS
To pled Quilty —So all x reall, had wes o Sentencing
hearing
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This sas in Redford Circuit Court, the Prosecutor 5
Name wus James Updike (Che's a Sedge there nous — and
We teted to ron +o He ney General When Mary SUe
Ht Teeny WAS running for Gov. ). Ny defense fittocneg 5
frames are Hveh Senes Ca really Great dd vore-< lawyer
Out ook Lynchbueg ) Cind ae Grody Donaidsen ( GQ Oneest
Ht Ce el estate. lawyer Qlse cot of Lynchbory), The Froth is:
Sh didnt have. defenée Attorneys wor = Aod defense less
ptrorneys a Nos+ dike Cvergon€. else on the. OHS ;
Relwe me T2i1f ~ 15 pot fhe pepe wth the worse
i Ce Crimes thot Come +6 Seats rods - sb the ones
ik With the werse lawyers, Thats Fact,
li The ee Otterney in the Cttor ney Generals othic< thats
Loecking te merdern me 15 Cusine Plo rphy. My Jawyel
(ure ricing Cat this Pomt fer NG rheney ) to Save my I-be
here Getaid T, Zerkin ~- whe in my Opinisn is the best
| Jawyec inothe word» “Ae A rcally preat persen Hor.
Ruaht Vous my Qepeal is in front of Sedze Turck im
| Reanoke and Ty Ckessla have. his decision. ray early
Done, Then hs nm to He dreaded 4 Crrégs?,
Well “Sve, a Nope this interme or tnt! be otf Some,
i hele +o Your = want thank Yoo from the hofhom of
tH My heart for all the Ache You and’ Gmnesty are tO
US here, Please dive My regards To" Group 1 my See
Sex Vhcie meus letter and Always look fonwacd te it, hes all
de dering Great werk aad © appreciate it.
Peace.
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He pleaded guilty on the first day of
his trial last June, and during his hear-
sistance since he was arrested on mur-
ing said he killed because he was driven
der and robbery charges.
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person died at my hands and in sucha_ don’t havea fight in me,” he told police.
horrible way.”
Savino confessed to killing McWaters,
“This wasn’t a stranger I murdered, it
64-year-old retired engineer from Con-
was someone I knew,” he said.
BEDFORD — Joseph John Savino
wants to die for his crime, and he wants
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By Leslie Postal
Staff writer
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taking the easy way out.
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life like this. The conditions here are Jud
final moment of fame (he doesn’t even W!}
horrible,” he said. “I’m going to go toa _ ced
McWaters to Virginia in early 1988 after
better place.”
years earlier on a construction site in a
he was paroled fram prison.
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New York, and Savino had followed
“And I think I’m prison.
in the death of Thomas
lified to say that because I have
murdered someone, and I know how hor-
rible it is.”
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“IT just know that it’s very wrong,” Sa-
last
like the press), but because he thinks a
return to public executions might finally
vino said Monday in a telephone inter-
convince Virginia the death penalty is
immoral.
view from Mecklenburg Correctional
Center’s death row.
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quest that it be public.
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in the state’s electric chair and will also
Savino, a one-time drug addict who hearhisre
served six years in a New York prison
for armed robbery, has put up little re-
year
wants to die because it is better than
was his lover and benefactor — said he
having to live with what he did.
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Hi, Tz receved Varera Jeffer aes Seys
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+<\\ yor the truth — Zz hafe buri7irg Jeffers. Bet L ds
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INSEraH Sg | ) and peer wor kK Qsainst the death Penalty,
tT ever) Wrote to ln ORrCék¢ about Sox Years FO WwAtn
oD xwest Jet te death rows. ZL wanted To Give wp my
appeals , and £ Wrote Fo a5K Yoo net Fo ynteccede
On my beha G, Fibs Q tend of the Court” appeal,
00 Something [ike thet. At the fme, T wes try 5 To
Cover all my Lhase's So fro one Col Steg pte from
1 Giving up my Qppeals. Mare. deans Loas the.
One WT Underestimated -— She stormed ynts the
death house in Richmond and for 4+Wo poeeKS She
Chipped Caran at Mme ont FE aio pick Up my oppeals,
rts been & lon{-Strange. - tip ever Since then,
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| me afes months Cfo Was returned to You poarked
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“and address is! Gerald T. Zerkin- |
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Richmond , yA 23219
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Prove the Veneta that is cerns Woped Cai nst+ me
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thet. Sinte wl been here. Ly beén labeled Co
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Valid Bill, Dyer the yeas , zy¥ Wwerked with phe
ACLU an ce phe Virgin Cooliatron on Jails SY Pr sens On
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_ hack Came Last ay wher Z overdosed on pewesn heron,
En news storys aboot phat, sf wes elf Sfomed on he
Condens here - and OV”) Secority, ZH was a bu 2
Embarrassment ty the Cle partment et Corvpton -— = Pea ,
the de paowtmech of Cotrection$§ (Some thing '\ . So they
_. Pee transtered me to Greensville, xX spent a
.. YCar there in wheat can only be descnbed as hell,
«They have, Ce buildiAy +here Called “D “Buildiny “ + hat
: 1S night by the Ceeth hose, LZ was there with another
ay death row immate -— Wwilhé Tyener (sm Sure you heacd
of him). Anyway, they transtered me hock 4
A Mecklenbors abet A Week fLetore they paored Turner
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. Thets why yorr letter to jie here often Prerths Cpe
z Was S6ont back to You. Lt Sholdve been forwarded
to reensuifle - loot +he pail room thousht mM vwwov/d/ be.
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Subjected te theie retaliation efor the embarrassmer
~S caused them lost year. The mail feom has heen
the Most VWinditive — they Jose my mail (+ hese you get
this‘) they help Yo C\( WY Yyewspeper and NAPE BIS
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have & large Subsceiphen )ist (Uoaredey - Village voce
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befere they tod / Send there to me. The whsle fime Z
ms had all the appro val dsumg filed in the madreom,
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look forward to -hoh Px
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VIRGINIA PRISONER KILLINGS PLANNED---PLEASE SPEAK OUT
AGAINST THEM---WRITE TODAY! (by Bill Menza)
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Virginia judicial and other officials plan to kill JOSEPH
SAVING on June 29, RICHARD BOGGS on July 19, and BUDDY
JUSTICE at the end of the Summer. Savino was sentenced
to death in 1989 and has refused to appeal his death
sentence so that he can be killed as soon as possible.
He has requested that his killing be televised, but
Governor Wilder and his sentencing Judge William Sweeney
of Bedford, VA., say they can not grant his request.
Please consider sending the following letter or using it
as a guide to write your own.
Governor Douglas Wilder
State Capitol
Richmond, VA., 23219
Dear Honorable Governor Wilder:
This is to request that you commute the death sentences
of JOSEPH SAVINO, RICHARD BOGGS, AND BUDDY JUSTICE, who
Virginia government officials plan to execute, because
the killing of defenseless prisoners is not only cowardly
savagery, but also teaches that violence and killing
produces a social good. Prisoner killings are cruel and
inhuman. They are a form of torture and they violate
international human rights standards. They are founded
on hate, revenge and malevolence that do nothing to
address the cause of violent crime. Please show us that
working to end pain and suffering is more important than
violence and death. Thank you for your consideration. |
look forward to your reply.
Sincerely yours,
If Joseph Savino is killed before you receive this
request, please write to Governor Wilder to voice your
opposition to his execution. You may also want to write
to Savino to urge him to appeal his death sentence. His
address is Death Row, Mecklenburg Prison, P. 0. Box 500,
Boydton, VA., 23917
NCADP
The National Execution Alert Network is a project of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty July 1996
Joseph Savino
July 17 (VA)
Although intoxicated on cocaine at
the time of the arrest, Joe was
coerced into confessing to the
murder of his lover. The viciirnm was
an older man who tended toward
relationships with teenagers and
very young men. (The police found
pedophile videotapes in his closet.)
Joe was physically abused as a child,
and had never been convicted of
causing harm to another. Joe's
attorney had him plead guilty to
capital murder, thereby denying him
a right to a tral by jury. Joe was
sentenced to death on the basis that
he killed while in the commission of
a robbery. However, the robbery
in question (forged checks) did not
happen until after the murder had
occurred and Joe maintains that it
was not his motive. Joe's lover was
extremely jealous and controlling;
the crime was the result of
domestic abuse. Moreover, while
mental health experts have
determined that Joe was suffering
from "cocaine psychosis" at the time
of the incident, this information was
not made available to the judge.
Joe's case remains surrounded by
questions of police coercion and
incompetent legal representation.
Short of intervention by the
Supreme Court, only the Governor
of Virginia can stop his execution.
PLEASE WRITE:
Governor George Allen
State Capitol
Richmond, YA 23219
(804) 371-6351--fax
(804) 786-2211--phone
FOR MORE INFO:
Contact Virginians for Alternatives to
the Death Penalty @ 804-263-2184.
Emmett Nave
July 31 (MO)
Unless public protest persuades
Missouri officials to reverse their
course, this month America will
witness the first non-consensual
execution of a Native American
since the Court's decision in Furman
v. Georgia. \n addition to the
genocide of their people, 354
Native Americans have been
executed in the US since 1608.
Emmett Nave will be the 355th.
Sent to the row for killing his
landlord during a drunken dispute, -
he is widely considered to be the
victim of incompetent legal
representation. In 1990, a Federal
District Court judge reversed
Emmett's sentence on grounds of
ineffective counsel. However, the
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
struck down the decision, saying
that three of his ten claims were
without ment and seven were
procedurally barred because one of
Emmett's state appellate attorneys
had failed to raise them in his
original appeal.
PLEASE WRITE:
Governor Mel Carnahan
Box 720
Jefferson City, MO 65102
-Thomas's conviction to corroborate
(573) 751-3222
Cranston Mitchell, Chair
Board of Probation and Parole
117 Commerce Street
Jefferson City, MO 65109
FOR MORE INFO:
Contact Western Missouri Coalition
to Abolish the Death Penalty @
(816) 235-1600.
Thomas Battle
August 7 (MO)
Fearing their state is on the verge of
killing an innocent Afncan American,
a movement is building in Missouri
to save Thomas Battle. At the heart
of the controversy is a bed sheet
that officials removed from the
crime scene. Thomas's supporters
believe it contains DNA evidence
that will exonerate him of the
crime. This assertion ts supported
by the testimony of two witnesses
who have come forward since
his claim that although he did help
to burglanze the victim's house, he
was not present when she was
raped and murdered. On June 19,
in response to local protests,
prosecutors agreed to release the
bedsheet. However, citing
fingerprints left on a window sill at
the crime scene and a confession
Battle gave to police (but has since
recanted), Missouri's attorney
general, Jeremiah Nixon, says he
already has all of the evidence he
needs and will proceed with
execution-- even if the DNA
\
2 Execution Alert
evidence points to Thomas's
innocence.
PLEASE WRITE:
(See NAVE)
FOR MORE INFO:
(See NAVE)
Stephen Hatch
August 9 = (OK)
Oklahoma State Senator Brooks
Dougalss says he'll be watching
when the man who was convicted
of being an accomplice to the
robbery and murder of his family
over |5 years ago is put to death
next month. “I found closure with
[Glen] Ake when | met with him
face to face," Douglass told USA
Today. “I believe I'll find closure
with [Stephen] Hatch watching him
die." Not coincidentally, last spring
Douglass succeeded in passing a
controversial bill that allows families.
to witness the execution of people
who are convicted of participating in
the murder of their loved ones.
The irony of course is that the
sentence of the man who was
convicted of actually killing
Douglass's family-- Glen Ake-- has
been reduced to life. Moreover,
there is significant evidence that
Stephen had already left the house
when the shootings took place.
PLEASE WRITE:
Governor Frank Keating
State Capitol Bld, suite 212
Oklahoma City, 73105
Fax- (405) 521-3353
Senator Brooks Douglass
2300 N. Lincoln, Room $33 C
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
FOR MORE INFO: |
Contact Oklahoma Coalition to
Abolish the Death Penalty @
(405)525-3002
William Frank
Parker
Date TBA (AK)
In an attempt to avoid further
controversy, disgraced Arkansas
Governor Jim Guy Tucker is
postponing the execution (onginally
set for July 11) of Frankie Parker
until after he leaves office on July
15. Local actvists anticipate that the
execution will happen sometime in
August. frankie has received
support from several international
religious leaders-- including the
Dalai Lama-- who see him as a
shining example of the possibility for
spintual transformation amongst the
condemned. In 1984, after two of |
his siblings committed suicide,
Frankie began abusing drugs and
alcohol. Shortly thereafter, the
miltary veteran suffered a psychotic
break, shot and killed his in-laws,
kidnapped his wife and wounded a
law enforcement officer. On death
row, Frankie came across the
teachings of Buddha and taught
himself Buddhist practice and
mediation. Today, seven years
later, his spiritual transformation is
so complete that even prison
guards have offered to plead with
the clemency board on his. behaif.
A Buddhist priest who
ministers to inmates at New
York's Sing Sing State Prison told
the New York Times that the
Arkansas will be committing a
grave injustice if it kills Frankie
Parker. "He has the most
impressive understanding of
Buddhism of any inmate I've ever
met... The man belongs in a
monastery, not on death row."
PLEASE WRITE:
Governor Jim Guy Tucker
)
July 1996
[Gov. Mike Huckabee (after 7/15)]
250 State Capitol
Little Rock, AR 72201
Arkansas Board of Parole
1421 East 9th St.
Little Rock, AR. 72202
FOR MORE INFO:
Contact Arkansas Coalition to Abolish
the Death Penalty @ (501)374-2660
phone, (501)374-2842 Fax.
RECENT EXECUTIONS
James Clark (DE) 4/19
Ben Brewer (OK) 4/26 ©
Keith Williams (CA) 5/3
Robert South (SC) 5/31
Daren Bolton (AZ) 6/19
Our thoughts and prayers are with
the murdered victim's families and
the families of those executed, both
unnecessary victims of violence.
There have been 331 executions in
the United States since the
reinstatement of the death penalty
in 1976.
As of June 2 Ist, 18 executions have
been carried out in 1996.
NCADP, 918 F. St. NW,
Ste 601
Washington, DC 20004
(202)347-2411 Phone
(202)347-2510 Fax
An Annual Subsciption to the
National Execution Alert Network is
$15.00. Please contact the NCADP
at the above address.
1976-1996
NCADP
‘20 Years of Saving Lives”
AROUND THE REGION
Malfunctioning
Drawbridge Stalls
Beltway Traffic
Potomac River traffic sailed
on, but cars and trucks on the
Capital Beltway were halted for
more than 80 minutes yesterday
when the draw span of the
Woodrow Wilson Bridge became
stuck after opening to accom-
modate a passing sailboat.
An electrical short prevented
the span from being lowered,
said Tara Hamilton, spokes-
woman for the D.C. Department
of Public Works. The problem
occurred at 10:04 a.m., and it
wasn’t until 11:25 a.m. that
workers were able to lower the
drawbridge that carries Inter-
state 95 over the Potomac Riv-
er between Alexandria and
Prince George’s County.
Police reported that traffic
was backed up for more than
two miles on either side of the
bridge. On the Virginia side, the
backup extended to Telegraph
Road; in Maryland, the tie-up
reached to Route 414 (St, Bar-
nabas Road). 4-A7-FO
6-37 9G
Va. Execution Stayed
we A Virginia judge yesterday
stayed convicted killer Joseph
Savino’s Friday night execution,
stopping the quick trip to the
electric chair Savino had been
demanding for.months.
Savino, who changed his mind
and decided to appeal, now will
ask the U.S. Supreme Court to
review his case. Neither his at-
torney, Gerald Zerkin, nor oth-
ers involved would discuss the
grounds for the appeal.
Savino said he changed his
mind Sunday night after he saw
the negative effect his refusal to
fight execution was having on
his family, and after death pen-
alty opponents persuaded him
he had a good case for appeal.
Savino. was sentenced to |
death-for the 1988 hammering
death of his lover, 64-year-old
Tom McWaters, with whom
Savino shared a house in Bed-
ford County, Va.
D.C. Patient Missing
w A 66-year-old man suffering
from Alzheimer’s disease has
been missing since June 13,
when he walked out of the Vet-
erans Administration Hospital in
Northwest Washington, police
said.
Francis Nichols Sr., of
Hyattsville, was in the hospital
because of chest pains. Police
said he walked away before rel-
atives arrived to pick him up.
Nichols requires daily med-
ication to control his blood pres-
sure. Anyone with information
should call the department’s
missing persons unit at
576-6771.
From news services and staff reports
VAADP
VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION
AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
6 NORTH 6TH STREET, LL2
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23219 TELEPHONE (804) 64VAADP
ATTENTION! ! ATTENTION!! ATTENTION! !
| Mr. Joseph Savino is scheduled to be executed on Friday
night, June 29th for the 1969 murder of Mr. Thomas
McWaters. The Virginia Association to Abolish the Death
Penalty in association with the National Association for the
Gdvancement of Colored Feople, The Virginia Interfaith
Center for Fublic Folicy, Amnesty International, The
Virginia Coalition on Jails and Frisons, The Catholic
Diocese of Richmond, Gur Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic
Church and many others is organizing vigils in Roanoke,
Newpart News and Richmond to coincide with the execution.
Flease send urgent requests for clemency to The Honorable L.
Coe ere
Douglas Wilder, The State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia 23219
(804) 786-2211
The schedule of events is as follows:
Monday, June 25th- A press canference will be held at 10:00
a.m. im the capitol press room, Richmond, Virginia.
Thursday, June 28th- We are trying to schedule a meeting
with Governor Wilder to ask for clemency for Mr. Savino.
Friday might, June 29th-
Richmond (Call Julie McConnell at (804) 648-2237):
|
|
—-9:50 FLOM. a candlelight service will be held at St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church 815 E. Grace St.
-10:00 PLM. a short rally at the Capitol on the sidewalk at
Sth & Grace St..
—-{O1i5 PLM. we will march down to the State Penitentiary at
300 Spring St.
Newport News:
-8:00 F.LM. a candlelight vigil will be held at Gur Lady of
Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, 100 Harpersville Road, Newport
News, VA 23601. Call Fr. Mike McCarron at (804) 395-0385.
Roanoke:
—1{O:00-11:00 P.M.
Flaza in frant of
between
(70S)
985-0803 or
more information.
a candlelight vigil will be held at Lee
the Commonwealth Bldq.
Sts. in Roanoke. Call
David & Faye Nova at
(703)
on Church Ave.
Folly Brown at
989-9755 for
¥**Mr. Savino has dropped his appeal and could decide to
pick it up again so watch for
Father asks
commutation
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> die next month in Virginia’s electric - of
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|‘? drug overdose will make it especially
_\ difficult to bear the execution of his
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VAADP
VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION
AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
6 NORTH 6TH STREET, LL2
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23219
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“If they were sick ... of cancer or
’ something, it’s somehow bearable,”
said Joseph Savino Sr. of Pelham, said.
“ NY. “But the sudden thing with my .
daughter and now my son, it's veryer; |
hardtobear.” -'
Savino’s daughter, Donna,
ye age of 24.
written Gov. L. Douglas
that Wilder ot let his
d Joseph Savino Jr., die.
died five
= years ago at ”
=, _ Savino has
= Wilder asking
s son, 30-year-ol
in the electric chair. The younger Sa-
CL vino, convicted of robbing and beat- .
his 64-year-old male lov-
County in November
1988, is scheduled to die June 29 at the
State Penitentiarv in Richmond.
er in Bedford
on death row. ~
Savino does not
he killed MeWaters.
esbedecbdessel {daadeasdads
any changes.
“Pm asking just to show compas- °
sion to Joe and convert his sentence
to life,” the elder Savino said.
He also sent a similar letter to
President Bush, although only Wilder
has the authority to commute the sen-
tence to life in prison.
The younger Savino requested an
early execution date because he did
not want to go through the uncertain
months and years waiting for appeals —
believe his son
should have been convicted of capital
murder — punishable by death — in
the killing. “It was a killing between ~
lovers,” as opposed to the killing of a
police officer or a mass murder, he ©
Last year, Savino Jr. pleaded guilty
to the bludgeoning death of Thos
“Tom” McWaters, a 64-year-old man .
who had sent Savino letters and mon- —
ey while Savino was serving @ prison _
sex when “something snapped” and |
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