Information below was provided by Charles Thompson
HELLO FROM TEXAS DEATH ROW, LIVINGSTON, TEXAS. MY NAME IS CHARLES THOMPSON
AND I AM A PRISONER ON TEXAS DEATH ROW. I AM LOOKING TO CORRESPOND WITH
PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE ABOLITION MOVEMENT WORLD WIDE TO STOP THE
SENSELESS KILLING OF HUMAN BEINGS. SOMEONE WHO WILL NOT JUDGE ME, BUT ACCEPT
ME AS A PERSON WHO REALLY CARES ABOUT LIFE.
THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE ANY QUESTION ABOUT MY GUILT OR INNOCENCE SHOULD
CONTACT ME DIRECTLY AT THE ADDRESS LISTED BELOW. THE FACT IS THAT MY CASE
SHOULD NEVER OF BEEN TRIED NOR IS IT A CAPITAL MURDER. IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE
I HAVE MAINTAINED MY INNOCENCE AND I STILL DO. I DON'T DESERVE TO DIE FOR THE
MISTAKES OF A TRIO OF DOCTORS WHO COULDN'T PERFORM A ROUTINE PROCEDURE
PERFORMED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TIMES IN HOSPITALS ACROSS THE NATION.
THE DEFENSE I GOT TO BEING ATTACKED BY A LEGALLY DRUNKEN MAN WAS NONE. FACT &
I QUOTE FROM THE MEDICAL EXAMINER "HAD AT THE TIME A BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL OF .16
TWICE THE LEGAL LIMIT AND WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF NARCOTIC WITH A LEVEL OF
COCAINE IN THE SYSTEM TO IMPAIR ONES ABILITIES".
THE FACT THAT THE VICTIMS FAMILY IS SUEING THE HOSPITAL FOR MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS AND WANT ME DEAD ALSO, RAISES MUCH CONCERN AS TO WHO IS REALLY
AT FAULT HERE? THE HOSPITAL OR OUR CORRUPT CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM???
THERE IS SOLID REVERSABLE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT VIOLATION OF MY RIGHTS
AS A CITIZEN AND I FEEL CONFIDENT I WILL OBTAIN A REVERSAL. SUFFICE IT TO SAY I'VE BEEN TRYING HARD TO RAISE MONEY FOR A "ADEQUATE LEGAL DEFENSE"
I AM A MATURE MAN, 30
YEARS OLD WHO IS VERY GOOD AT BEING RESPONSIBLE ABOUT HIS PRIORITIES IN LIFE.
MAINLY BEING THE PRESERVATION OF MY LIFE. MY FAMILY AFFORDS ME MORE FUNDS THAN
MOST MEN GET PER MONTH, FOR HYGIENE & SOME BASIC NECESSITIES TO AFFORD MY
CONTINUING STRUGGLE UNDER IMMANENT FEAR OF DEATH. DON'T THINK FOR A MINUTE
THIS HASN'T BEEN HARD ON EVERYONE INVOLVED, BECAUSE IT HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO
BE.
ALTHOUGH PUBLIC SKEPTICISM ABOUT THE DEATH PENALTY IS GROWING, IT WILL TAKE A
MORAL REVOLUTION, THAT SUPORTS JUSTICE WITH OUT VENGEANCE TO CHANGE THINGS.
SIMPLE SOLUTIONS RARELY ADDRESS DIFFICULT PROBLEMS. WHAT IS NEEDED INSTEAD IS A
MORAL REVOLUTION THAT SHOWS RESPECT FOR ALL HUMAN LIFE, ESPECIALLY THE
UNBORN AND THE POOR, THE CRIME VICTIMS AND YES, EVEN THE VIOLENT OFFENDER.
HUMAN DIGNITY IS NOT QUAALIFIED BY WHAT WE DO. IT CAN NOT BE EARNED OR
FORFEITED.
THE IRREPARABLE PAIN AND SORROW CAUSED BY VIOLENCE IN OUR SOCIETY, WHETHER ITS
SENSELESS KILLING OP SYSTEMATIC KILLING THE PAIN OF THOSE LIVES ARE FOREVER
AL TERED BY THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE TO DEATH. THEIR OWN STRUGGLES HAVE TESTED
NOT ONL Y THEIR FAITH BUT THE FAITH OF THOSE WHO WALK WITH THEM. THE DESIRE FOR
VENGEANCE IS BEHIND MOST PEOPLES SUPPORT FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. PEOPLE (WHO
HAVE LOST SOMEONE TO MURDER) SAY THERE WILL NEVER BE CLOSURE UNTIL X, Y OR Z IS
KILLED, AS IF CLOSURE OF A LOSS IS GOING TO BE MADE BY THE DEA TH OF SOMEONE
ELSE. ADDRESSING THAT DESIRE FOR REVENGE IS SOMETHING WE AS A SOCIETY NEED TO
DEAL WITH. GOD EXPECTS PEOPLE TO ER RESPONSIBLE FOP THEIR OWN ACTIONS, AND
THAT SOCIETY IS MADE SAFER, THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE MADE WHOLE, OR THAT OUR
SOCIAL FABRIC IS STRENGTHENED BY KILLING THOSE WHO KILL OTHERS, INSTEAD, THE
DEATH PENALTY PERPETUATES AN INSIDUOUS CYCLE OF VIOLENCE THAT, IN THE END,
DIMINISHES ALL OF US.
PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT HAS DIMINISHED. ACCORDING TO RECENT
POLLS, SUPPORT FOR THE DEATH PENALTY HAS DECLINED FROM 70% OF THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC A FEW YEARS AGO TO 64%. 43% OF THE PAPTICIPANTS SUPPORT ABOLISHING
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. THE CHANGE IS EVEN MORE REMARKABLE CONSIDERING THAT THE
NATION'S ELECTED LEADERS SUPPORT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND THAT RECENT AND
CURRENT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES HAVE GONE OUT OF THEIR WAY TO SHOW SUPPORT
FOR THE DEATH PENALTY.
EVEN SOME SUPPORTERS OF THE DEATH PENALTY ARE BECOMING UNCOMFORTABLE WITH
THE WAY IT IS APPLIED IN THE UNITED STATES. ILLINOIS GOV. GEORGE RYAN SUSPENDED
EXECUTIONS EARLIER THIS YEAR AFTER COLLEGE JOURNALISM STUDENTS PROVED THAT
SOME OF THE 13 FREED PEOPLE WERE INNOCENT WHILE ILLINOIS HAD DISPATCHED 12
SOULS TO THE GREAT BEYOND, WHICH LEFT A DOUBT OF THEIR GUILT.
I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS TO ENSURE THAT
DEFENDANTS HAVE ACCESS TO POTENTIALLY EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE AND DNA TESTING
AND REQUIRING STATES TO PROVIDE COMPETENT DEFENSE ATTORNEYS. OTHER BILLS TO
SUPPORT THE REFORM OF THE CRIMINAL JUDICIAL SYSTEM ARE BEING CONSIDERED ALONG
WITH ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY AND OR REVIEW WHILE A MORATORIUM IS
IMPOSED.
I ALL THESE INITIATIVES TAKEN TOGETHER, ARE SIGNS OF GROWING SKEPTICISM ABOUT THE SYSTEM, BUT THE LONG TERM GOAL IS NOT SIMPLY TO MAKE THE APPLICATION OF THE
DEATH PENALTY FREE FROM BIAS, INEQUITY OR HUMAN ERROR. INSTEAD THESE EFFORTS
SHOULD BE STEPS TOWARD A PUBLIC DIALOGUE THAT UL TIMATELY BRINGS A PERMANENT END TO STATE EXECUTIONS.
THE VIOLENCE OUR SOCIETY IS FOSTERING AND TEACHING HAS IRREVERSABLE EFFECTS ON EVERYONE INVOLVED, IT IS TIME TO START THE HEALING AND STOP TEACHING THAT
REVENGE AND VIOLENCE IS ACCEPTABLE IN OUR CULTURE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONCERN, FOR THOSE OF YOU INTERESTED
IN CORRESPONDING OR MAKING DONATION FOR MY LEGAL DEFENSE FUND PLEASE
CONTACT ME AT THE ADRESS BELOW. DUE TO RECENT HATE MAIL AND UNJUST ONE SIDED
ARTICLES INFLUENCED BY VICTIMS JUSTICE "PRO DEATH PENALTY GROUPS" I HAVE
REMOVED THE TRUST FUND INFO, IN HOPES THAT THEIR PETTY ATTACKS ON MY
CHARACTER
WILL BE SATISFIED, I DON'T WISH TO ADD TO OR FUEL THAT KIND OF SENSELESS
VINDICTIVENESS. IT IS TIME FOR ACTION TO CORRECT OUR INJUSTICES IN OUR CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM. FOR MORE INFOMATION ABOUT THE ABOLITION MOVEMENT PLEASE USE
YOUR APPROPRIATE INTERNET SEARCH VEHICLE.
GOD BLESS AND GODSPEED
REC.'ON.CIL.'A.'TION (N):
MURDER VICTIMS FAMILIES FOR RECONCILIATION TEXAS
SINCERELY IN CHRIST,
LIKE OTHER THINGS, FASTIDIOUSNESS IS OFTEN INCONSISTENT WITH ITSELF, THE
COARSEST THINGS ARE DONE, AND THE CRUELEST THINGS SAID BY THE MOST FASTIDIOUS
PEOPLE….
I URGE YOU TO READ "ACTUAL INNOCENCE"
YOU BE THE JUDGE, ABOLITION NOW!
BRINGING TO A SETTLEMENT, RESOLVING;
BECOMING HARMONIZED OR RESTORED
TO BALANCE; RESTORATION (OF A RELATIONSHIP);
BRINGING ONESELF TO ACCEPT.
For More Information Contact: PO Box 1286, Tomball, Texas 77377 USA
MR. CHARLES THOMPSON
12002 F .M. 350 SOUTH
LIVINGSTON, TEXAS 77351
by attorney Barry Scheck, Peter Neufeld, and Jim Dwyer