Cross-posted from Brave New Films Blog.

Do you know who Kenneth Foster is? Well, today you know him as a living man instead of a dead one. His death sentence was commuted to a life sentence today by Texas Governor Rick Perry.

This is significant not only because it is practically historic when someone is not excited in Texas, but because it brings attention to what the Governor refers to as “…Texas law that allows capital murder defendants to be tried simultaneously…” What he’s talking about is Texas’ “Law of Parties,” which imposes the death penalty on any person involved in a crime where a murder occurs.

So what now? Use this link to send a message to Governor Perry, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, and other members of the Texas legislature to ease/eliminate the use of the Law of Parties going forward.

While we’re on the subject, I wish this guy could have gotten clemency too.

One Love. One II.

August 30th, 2007 | Action-Item, Capital Punishment, Death Penalty | No comments

Kids at a school in Jena, Louisiana can no longer wear t-shirts supporting the Jena 6. I guess that’s kind of like wearing an anti-George Bush shirt to the State of the Union speech.

This isn’t a school dress code issue, since Jena High School has no dress code. This is simply the administrators at the school being scared to deal with the realities of a situation that they allowed to become a bonafide tragedy right under their noses.

One Love. One II.

August 30th, 2007 | Jena 6 | 1 comment