Association Struggle For Justice
c/o Colette Berthes
216 Chemin de Figarol
82170 Pompignan
FRANCE
tel:33 5 58 51 75 62
email: Lutte Pour la Justice
Presentation and life of the association
History.
Struggle For Justice has been created in 1999 to support Odell barnes Jr,
young afro american who received a death penalty sentence in 1991 at
Huntsville (TX) for a crime he didn't commit.
He has beeen executed on the 1st of March 2000 when he was about to be 32.
In respect of his memory, Struggle For Justice try to enforce struggle against death penalty
in the US and particularly in Texas using partnership with texan abolitionnist
groups.
Who are we?
An association under the french status "loi 1901", opened to everyone without
political or religious links.
Our actions briefly
We are working with abolitionnist texas lawyers (some have defended Odell), to obtain a
moratorium in Texas, this is the Moratorium Movement Project.
We support the Texas Innocent Project which will contribute to investigations
directed by students in law for prisonners in the death row or who
received a life sentence.
We contribute to investigations that are necessary to reopen files of somes
who received a death sentence:
mentally sick ;
minor when the crime was committed ;
who received a trial which has been intentionally faked ;
Situation on the 02.18.2000: the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals dismissed the Successor
Application for writ of habeas corpus and Mr Lang (former French minister) visited Odell, for more details:
Situation on the 03.01.2000.
As you know, Odell was executed on the 1st of March at 6.25 pm. A general assembly will decide on the futur actions of the association.
Situation on the 04.07.2000.
A meeting about Death Penalty in Texas'll be organised at the CICP, 20 Ter rue Voltaire, 75011 Paris-France on the 04.12.2000 at 8H30 P.M.
Lisa Milstein (main investigator) and Bob Burtman (texan journalist) will be with us.
If you want to support our action
The different things done...
Talk about this site and talk your friends about Odell's situation .
If you write him , never say something bad against Texas justice because its mail is readen conseqently it can be use against him.
Write to the association at the following address:
Association Lutte pour la Justice
Colette BERTHES
216 Chemin de Figarol
82170 POMPIGNAN
FRANCE
You can also send an email :
Lutte Pour la Justice.
A meeting is organised every evening from the 19th to 25th of February 2000 on Human Rights square - at the Trocadero, in Paris (France) from 6 to 8pm.
These meetings are organised by the "Association for Odell Barnes", which is a group of all the associations concerned with the release of Odell Barnes.
The aim is to collect as many signatures as possible for the release of Odell and to make his case more and more known and popular. The Human Rights Ligue, a very famous French association whose aim is to protect Human Rights, as well as Amnesty International and many others, will partipate to the "Association for Odell Barnes".
A meeting at Place de la Madeleine (Paris-France) is planned for the 26th of February at 3pm. Join us !!!
Robert Badinter, Albert Jacquard, Mgr Gaillot and many other personalities will be there with us.
Since the 03.21.2000 the "Association for Odell Barnes" had become the International Committee Against Death Penalty (ICADP):
ICADP
124 avenue Philippe Auguste
75011 Paris
France
Telephone: 33.01.43.79.43.67
Email : ICADP
The theatre company Art Studio Theatre presents "Lethal Romance" wrtitten by Jocelyne Sauvard and directed by Kamzem Sharyari, if you want some information, please connect on the site.
"Odell Barnes Blues", CD written by Jim Rowland will be available on the 04th of September
Some demontrations against Death Penalty will take place in France from the 21th of September. Among the different demontrations, a meeting about Death Penalty in La Mutualité (Paris-France).
Support Sister Helen Prejean for her application to the Nobel Price by writing to:
Francis Sejersted
President
Norway Committee For The Nobel Price
Drammensveien 19
N-0255 Oslo
NORWAY
Email: Norway Committee For The Nobel Price
Explain why it is necessary that she gets the price for our struggle.
The association publishes the DEATH/LIFE LIST of the main companies supporting
George W. Bush and his barbarism on one side, and alternative companies
on the other.
Exemple:
Dell and Compaq are major contributors to the Governor's campaign fund
and we're asking our supporters worldwide to buy computers from
companies in states that do not have a death penalty, such as GAteway
2000 in Iowa and SAG in Massachussetts.
The death list reads as follows:
Compaq
Dell
AT&T
Coca-Cola
Fina
Texas Instruments
Pepsico Inc.
Fruit of the Loom
South West Airlines
Perrier
Tupperware
Texaco
Shell
Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
We call this action "preferential purchase" or "first refusal".
We're also asking employees and managers of these companies to do
everything they can to make Bush stop executions and protest against the
unfair nature of the Texas Death Penalty.
A ways back Canadian Citizens Against the Death Penalty started a tourism
boycott of Texas . The TCADP continues to promote that boycott. As of the
end of August, we have had 231 executions in Texas since the death penalty
was resumed in 1982. 144 of those executions have occurred under Gov.
George W. Bush. This year we are up to 32 executions and 8 more are
scheduled before the end of the year, which will make a new record for
Texas.
We encourage you to contact as many people and organizations as you can and
ask them to support the boycott. Individuals can email or fax the Texas
Chambers of Commerce listed below and tell them that they will be unable to
visit their city as a tourist until the executions in the state are
stopped.
This is something that people can do as individuals. You don't have to
wait for a corporation or government entity to act. Please spread the word
to others who may be supportive.
Austin: info@austin-chamber.org
Clear Lake City: chamber@clearlakearea.com
Corpus Christi: Fax 361-888-5627
Dallas: Fax 214-746-6799
Ft. Worth: Fax 817-877-4034
Galveston: gcc@galveston.com
Houston: Fax 713-651-2299
San Antonio: infostore@sachamber.org
South Padre Island: Fax 956-761-2739
Support Charles Flores.
Charles Flores 31, is AMERICAN LATINO. He has been arrested on January 1999
for a murder during a burglary, there is no physical evidence prooving that he
has been involved in this murder.
He is supported by a group of Struggle For Justice which address is:
Comite local 64 -LUTTE POUR LA JUSTICE
Le Kiosque 15, rue de la République 64000 PAU
33 5 59 82 98 38 or Danielle Raucoules 33 5 59 92 01 37
France
His address is:
Charles DON FLORES #999 299 Texas Death TRow
12002 FM 350 South Livingston
Texas 77351 USA
Anthony Graves
You can be his penpal , his address is:
Anthony Graves #999127
Polunsky Unit
12002 FM 350 South
Livingston, TX 77351.
