Alaskans Against the Death Penalty Winter 2010 Newsletter

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Annual Chili FeedSaturday, March 6th

Featured Speaker:

Curtis McCarty� �

Where: Home of Hugh & Lanie Fleischer(1401 W. 11th Ave., Anchorage 274-2453)

We are honored to host Curtis at our Annual Chili Feed. Curtis EdwardMcCarty was exonerated in 2007 after serving 21 years – including 19years on death row – for a 1982 Oklahoma City murder he didn’tcommit. McCarty was convicted twice and sentenced to death threetimes, based on prosecutorial misconduct and testimony from forensicanalyst Joyce Gilchrist, whose lab misconduct has contributed to at leasttwo other convictions later overturned by DNA evidence.

For more information about Curtis, go to:http://www.innocenceproject.org/Content/576.php

Curtis Edward McCarty:Sentenced To Death, Then Exonerated

Food & Refreshments provided regular & veggie chili

Cost: Free - Donations encouraged

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Mark your calendar and bring friends!

Donations gratefully accepted.Call Sue for information at 276-5753.

@ 5:30 p.m.

AdditionalMcCartyAppearances:� Curtis will be giving

talks in variouschurches in Anchorageon March 7th andMarch 14th.

� He will be in HomerMarch 8th-10th.

� There is a public eventon Saturday, March14th at 7:00 p.m. at theAnchorage SeniorCenter that is co-hostedby Call to ActionAlaska.

Check our Websitefor details or call Sueat 907-301-5005.

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AADP Website

www.AADP.info/

AADPBoard ofDirectors

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Hugh Fleischer

Kathy Harris

Cara McNamara

Jamie McGrady

Blanche Crandall

Bill Pelke

Rich Curtner

Erika Kahill

Salli Burgin

Sue C. Johnson,

Coordinator

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Congratulations to AADP Board President Hugh Fleischer for receivingthe Charlie Parr Lifetime Achievement Award at the recent 2010 ACLULiberty Awards Event. What a wonderful honor. We are proud of you,Hugh!

Hugh Fleischer Wins Award

Lanie Fleischer, Bill Pelke, Hugh Fleischer and KathyHarris at the 2010 ACLU Liberty Awards Event.

AADP Recognizes Kathy HarrisAAAADP Board

member and TreasurerKathy Harris wasrecognized by the

Board in January forall the work she doesfor Alaskans Against

the Death Penalty.Kathy has served as

Treasurer since AADPwas formed. Kathy

was awarded withflowers and a Certifi-cate of Recognition.

Thanks, Kathy!

No news is good news regarding House Bill 9. TheBill has not yet been scheduled for a hearing. We haveexperts standing by (Sam Millsap and Richard Dieter)to travel to Alaska should the Bill be scheduled.

No News Is Good News on HB 9

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AADP Annual Day of Faithin Action Held October 18thThe AADP Annual Day of Faith in Action was held atTurnagain United Methodist Church on October 18th.The program included the video,“Murder Up Close...From Furyto Forgiveness” by MennoniteMedia. AADP Board Memberand cofounder of Journey of HopeBill Pelke is in the film and held adiscussion after the viewing.Channel 11 covered the event.

Bill Pelke to Speak inSwitzerland February 24thAADP board member Bill Pelke is scheduled tospeak at the World Congress Against the Death

Penalty in Geneva, SwitzerlandFeb 24th on the subject of “Elabo-rating arguments to convincepublic opinion.” Bill will sharehis experiences with the Journeyof Hope...from Violence to Heal-ing and how Journey storytellershelp change public opinion on thedeath penalty.

NCADP Annual Conference Shows Movement toOppose Death Penalty Grows Broader and Deeper

Elaine Jones presenting the Lifetime Achievement Award toProfessor Anthony G. Amsterdam.

Political conservatives joined progressives, lawenforcement officials joined exonerated former deathrow inmates, families of death row prisoners joinedfamily members of murder victims and leaders from amultitude of faith communities at the National Coali-tion to Abolish the Death Penalty’s annualconference in Louisville, Kentucky earlierthis month.

The conference, entitled, “Training forthe Long Run: Building Bridges to WiderAudiences,” convened more than 400participants from 40 states in a unitedeffort to end capital punishment —NCADP’s largest annual conference inrecent years. The energy was palpable andthe momentum of the movement clearerthan ever. The tone for the conference wasset with a panel discussion on “The Stateof the Death Penalty,” and an exceptionalopening address by Executive DirectorDiann Rust-Tierney that focused on theneed to continue to build common groundacross diverse political parties, racial

backgrounds, and faith communities, and to be part ofthe overall criminal justice solution that addressesvictims’ and society’s needs.

Rich Curtner, NCADP Chair, Hugh Fleischer,Bill Pelke and Sue Johnson attended the conference.

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Death Penalty Awareness WeekFebruary 26 - March 7

People gather in hopes of savingTroy Davis, an innocent man, fromexecuton in Georgia. Read moreabout Troy:

http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=12763&news_iv_ctrl=0