> >From: "Abraham J. Bonowitz" <abe at fadp.org>
> >Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 13:57:01 -0400
> >Subject: [fadpupdate] PRESS RELEASE: WILL THEY USE THE SAME NEEDLE HOLES?
> >
> >Greetings!
> >
> > FYI, the lawyers are appealing to SCOTUS (Supreme Court
> >of the US) again because the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals indicated
> >that maybe SCOTUS should look at this case.... We will not know until
> >late again tonight. If you are the praying type....
> >
> >paz!
> >
> >--abe
> >
> >>Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 13:38:11 -0400
> >>To: media at fadp.org
> >>From: "Abraham J. Bonowitz" <abe at fadp.org>
> >>Subject: PRESS RELEASE: WILL THEY USE THE SAME NEEDLE HOLES?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> FLORIDIANS
> >> F O R A L T E R N A T I V E S
> >> TO THE DEATH PENALTY (FADP)
> >>
> >>
> >>PRESS RELEASE
> >>
> >>Monday, 21 June 2000
> >>
> >>CONTACT: Abe Bonowitz / Pager 888-319-1369
> >> 800-973-6548 or <abe at fadp.org>
> >>
> >> WILL THEY USE THE SAME NEEDLE HOLES?
> >>
> >> Anti-Death Penalty Activists Speak Out
> >> in SIMULTANEOUS VIGILS Across the State
> >>
> >>Thomas Provenzano, who was given a last-minute reprieve last
> >>night, has been re-scheduled to be killed at 6:30pm TODAY,
> >>Wednesday, June 21, 2000.
> >>
> >> "Mr. Provenzano had requested no spiritual advisor,
> >>and as had been predicted by psychologists, the last few
> >>hours were especially troubling," said Abe Bonowitz,
> >>director of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death
> >>Penalty. "He did not recognize his attorneys. He was
> >>extremely delusional. As you know, he thinks he is being
> >>killed because he is Jesus, and here it was, actually
> >>happening. With eleven minutes before killing time he
> >>was on the gurney, needles in his arms, and they snapped
> >>him back. Now, he and his family get to go through it
> >>again? Will they use the same needle holes? When will
> >>Florida get it right by getting out of the business of
> >>killing people?"
> >>
> >>SIMULTANEOUS VIGILS ARE PLANNED for 6pm to 7pm today.
> >>
> >>STARKE
> >>Florida State Prison at STARKE
> >>Gainesville Citizens for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
> >>Contact: Rev. Glenn Dickson: 352-378-4032
> >>
> >>JACKSONVILLE
> >>Friendship Fountain in Friendship Park on the Southbank
> >>of the River. This is Near the Museum of Science and
> >>History and the River City Brewing Company Restaurant.
> >>Contact: Karen Jefferson
> >>Home: 904-757-3392
> >>Office: 800-237-2774 x-8284
> >>
> >>MIAMI
> >>The County Courthouse in Miami
> >>South Florida Committee Against the Death Penalty
> >>Contact: Len Kaminsky: 305-754-9884
> >>
> >>ORLANDO
> >>The County Courthouse in Orlando
> >>Contact: Ben Markeson: 407-263-7768
> >>
> >>PALM BEACH COUNTY
> >>The intersection of Prosperity Farms & PGA Blvd.
> >>in Palm Beach Gardens
> >>Contact: Abe Bonowitz: 561-743-8878
> >>
> >>TALLAHASSEE
> >>The Governor's Mansion (Begins at 5:30)
> >>Contact: Walter Moore: 850-877-1609
> >>
> >>TAMPA
> >>The County Courthouse in Tampa
> >>Contact: Elke Leinwand: <Ladybug779 at aol.com>
> >>
> >>
> >>*****
> >>
> >>Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP)
> >>
> >> 800-973-6548 http://www.fadp.org <fadp at fadp.org>
> >> PMB 297, 177 U.S. Highway #1, Tequesta, FL 33469
> >>
> >>Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty works for restorative
> >>justice in the form of effective alternatives to the death penalty. It
> >>does so by
> >> # supporting and coordinating the work of organizations and individuals
> >> # educating and energizing the general public and state legislators
> >> # supporting the many persons affected by capital crime and punishment
> >> # advocating specific legislative improvements
> >>
> >>PS: For fiscal & legal purposes, FADP is a project of CUADP
> >><http://www.cuadp.org> until FADP is incorporated as it's own
> >>entity.