Sentenced
to death - Execution set on August 7th 2003
Execution
postponed
His
story
Rickey
Lynn Lewis is an afro-American man. He was sentenced to death in
1997 for an alleged murder committed seven years before. Today he is
detained in the death row of Livingston, Texas.
He
has always been claiming his innocence, saying that the DNA test was
tainted. Afterwards it came to be the main starting point of his
charge. Meanwhile, heavy circumstantial proofs weighing on other
people were not considered. Besides, Rickey was arrested after some
witnesses just based on circumstantial proofs and on some other ones
released by two drug smuggler, reasonably not so reliable. Moreover,
he says now he could prove that during his trial some witnesses on
his behalf written on policemen reports were mishandled and used
against him. Rickey's execution, that was earlier set on August 7th
2003, has been postponed. No new date is stated at the moment.
Everybody
interested in mailing with him or helping him to uphold his legal
expenses may contact:
The
Community of Sant’Egidio invites everybody to share its appeal
aiming to spare Rickey’s life from the death penalty sending the
following text to the Governor of Texas and to the Commission of
Board and Paroles of that State by fax or e-mail.
URGENT
APPEAL BROUGHT OUT BY THE COMMUNITY OF SANT’EGIDIO TO SAVE THE LIFE OF
RICKEY LYNN LEWIS, SENTENCED TO DEATH
Your
Excellencies
Most
Honourable Governor
We
are writing to express our deep concern over a ruling that sentenced to
death Mr. Rickey Lynn Lewis after a trial of doubtful rightness which we
look forward to being revisited.
We
urge you to intervene on his behalf to prevent this cruel and inhuman
punishment from being meted out against him.
We
implore you to ensure that this cruel and inhuman sentence is not carried
out.
Rickey
Lynn Lewis is an afro-American man. He was sentenced to death in
1997 for an alleged murder committed seven years before. Today he is
detained in the death row of Livingston, Texas.