AIM Support Group of Ohio & N. KentuckyUpdates and Announcements
Thursday, September 04, 2003From "Leonard Peltier Defense Committee" info@leonardpeltier.org Date Wed, 3 Sep 2003 11:19 PM Subject Stop Hunt's Execution Henry Lee Hunt's new execution date is now scheduled for September 12. We ask you to take the time to visit the following Web site and take action on behalf of Mr. Hunt. http://www.PetitionOnline.com/bs5q5341/ Henry Hunt had a stay from the North Carolina Supreme Court, to hear his appellate arguments about whether the indictment form used in his murder trial violated the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution, when his execution set for last January 24. These same arguments could empty N.C. death row if the conviction was overturned, since all death row prisoners are convicted and sentenced on short- form indictments. Last month the court refused to overturn Hunt's conviction, saying the "short- form" indictment that listed the charges against him was fair, but the aggravating factors that warranted the death penalty were not. Henry Lee Hunt is a Lumbee Indian with 58 years, arrested in Raleigh. He was sentenced to death on December 1985 in Robeson County for the murders of Jackie Ransom and Larry Jones. Henry Lee Hunt has consistently maintained his innocence. Hunt's lawyers said new information undermined the state's case for his guilt. That information included Hunt's passing 2 recent lie-detector tests in which he denied killing Ransom and Jones. It also included the mysterious appearance of an affidavit said to be from one of the actual killers, kept secret for 14 years, purporting to clear Hunt. They also argued that prosecutors improperly withheld information that undercut Hunt's alleged motive for the 2nd murder. And Lumberton police discarded investigative files that might have pointed to someone else as the killer. If this execution is carried out, Henry Lee Hunt will be the first American Indian to be executed in North Carolina since the death penalty was reinstated in 1977. ACT NOW !!!! Because Henry Lee Hunt has not had right to a fair trial, Because there is serious doubts about his guilt, Because the death penalty is barbaric. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe, send a blank message to lpdc-on@mail-list.com To unsubscribe, send a blank message to lpdc-off@mail-list.com To change your email address, send a message to lpdc-change@mail-list.com with your old address in the Subject: line posted by Webmaster@ AIM Support 10:33 AM Last updated:
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