From: "ROWAN WILSON" <Ajxrw-AT-NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK>
Date:          Wed, 11 Nov 1998 15:52:36 GMT0BST
Subject: AUT: URGENT Doby Williams EXECUTION IMMINENT


 URGENT--URGENT--URGENT
 
 Hi
 Dobie Williams is due to be executed 6:30 pm central time 
(11.30am UK) this Thursday (today/tomorrow) . I'm getting no response 
from the e-mail number but fax or phone the board of pardons to 
register your protest
Cheers Rowan

 > > > Dobie Gillis Williams (LA) > > November 12, 1998 .......7:00pm
> > Louisiana's death row for the July 7th, 1984 stabbing death of Sonja
> > Knippers.  His is another classic case of the death penalty being used
> > disproportionately against disadvantaged minorities in the Deep South.
> >  Born in 1960, Dobie has had a rough life from the start.  He often
> > ended up in the middle of violent arguments between his mom and dad.
> >  His mother once held him up as a shield while his [father] tried to
> > shoot her,  according to Nick Trenticosta, Dobie s defense attorney.  In
> > and out of prison from the age of 18, Dobie was on weekend furlough when
> > he killed Mrs. Knippers.
> >  Defense attorneys have hammered away at the apparent racial bias in
> > Dobie s grand jury investigation.  As is often the case in Louisiana,
> > prosecutors went after Dobie aggressively with the knowledge that the
> > crime in question involved a black perpetrator and the attempted rape
> > and murder of a white woman.  The grand jury that sent Dobie to trial
> > for his life was almost all white and was guided by a white foreperson.
> >  Sr. Helen Prejean, S.J. has served as Dobie s spiritual advisor for
> > many years.  She sees more in him than just his crime.  She says  she
> > loves the child she found buried in him long ago for reasons as horrible
> > as his crime.
> >  Dobie has had to suffer through almost a dozen execution dates since he
> > has been on death row.  Your help is needed now as he faces yet another
> > one.
> > PLEASE CONTACT:
> >
> > Murphy J. Foster, Jr.
> > P.O. Box 94994
> > Baton Rouge, LA  70804-9004
> > (504) 342-7015 Phone
> > (504) 342-7099 Fax
> > LAGOV-AT-linknet.net  E-mail
> >
> > Board of Pardons
> > 504 Mayflower Street
> > Baton Rouge, LA  70802
> > (504) 342-5421  Phone
> > (504) 342-2289  Fax
> >
> > Thank you for your willingness to help.
> > Peace
> > Jackie


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