| Some of the information on this webpage was compiled by the CCADP without the previous knowledge or consent of the prisoners. We're refusing to remove any Arizona prisoner materials from the internet until the law banning prisoners from the internet has been challenged and defeated, to ensure ALL Arizona death row prisoners are allowed to have their voices heard... Prisoners contacting the CCADP for removal under threats from the DOC receive a copy of the following: CLICK HERE |
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| Arizona Death Row Prisoner Pages |
| Canadian Coalition Against
the Death Penalty v. Terry L Stewart The ACLU is representing the CCADP and two other plaintiffs Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty and Stop Prisoner Rape in this action. |
WHY WOULD ARIZONA RESORT TO SUCH DRASTIC MEASURES ?
There was a serious controversy several years ago surrounding Beau Greene's pen pal request on a commercial pen pal website.
As a result of pressure
put on local Arizona politicians by Stardust Johnson
the victim's wife
in this case, the State of Arizona passed legislation (HB 2376) that deprives prisoners,
human rights and advocacy groups like the CCADP
of their First Amendment
rights under the U.S. Constitution.
The CCADP has created a webpage for Beau Greene to provide background information about the history of Arizona's efforts to keep prisoners information off of the internet and out of the public eye...
| Beau Greene - Banned
From Seeking Pen Pals on the Internet Visit webpage for news about his case, information on attempts to ban prisoners from the internet, and his address. |
WHY DID CCADP PUT ARIZONA'S DEATH ROW ONLINE ?
The CCADP's Directors
Dave Parkinson and Tracy Lamourie write on why the CCADP maintains prisoner
webpages.
The
Conditions in which prisoners are housed at Arizona's SMU II are widely
documented.
Deprivation
and extreme isolation that deprives many prisoners of not just their sanity
but the very will to live, causing many to give up their appeals and seek
death over life at SMU II.
The
CCADP is not prison babes.net or some other for profit pen pal service,
we are a not
for
profit organization, all the work is volunteer - no one gets paid for the
work we do.
This is not about 'Crime
and Punishment" or about "Justice" as many would have you believe,
this is about state sanctioned
murder, an international human rights issue simply and plainly.
We provide a forum by which
the citizens of the US (and international observers) can see the men and
women the United States Government (and others represented on our pages)
are putting to death.
For those who would advise
international observers such as ourselves not to meddle in domestic affairs
- the effect of this legislation is an international issue. There
are currently six foreign nationals detained on death row in Arizona, none
of whom were allowed their Vienna Conventions Rights to Consular Assistance
before trial. ( See: Vienna Convention on Consular
Relations adopted by the U.N. )
This is a serious violation
of international law that Arizona has already been condemned for at the International
Court of Justice in the Hague regarding the execution of the LeGrand brothers
from Germany in 1999. ( See: LAGRAND
CASE (GERMANY v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA )
In other states, Florida,
Texas, Illinois and Pennsylvania in the past we have highlighted issues
of abuses taking place against prisoners, in direct violation of DOC regulations.
Names of Staff are mentioned, times, dates, etc... detailing abuses taking
place...
( See: ABUSES IN TEXAS - ABUSES IN FLORIDA - ABUSES IN ILLINOIS - ABUSES IN PENNSYLVANIA )
This is the sort of thing
we try to show the world, the plight of these individuals who are condemned
to die and subject to horrendous circumstances daily. Why are state
officials so eager to cover up what
goes on in these 'Death Camps'
like Arizona's SMUII isolation / deprivation / torture unit - not to mention
the legal issues in so many of the cases that contribute to these people being
sentenced to death in the first place.
ISSUES OF INNOCENCE...
Although we provide this service for all condemned men and women who write us, one of the most important aspects of our work is empowering individuals who feel they have been wrongfully convicted to have a chance to communicate this with the outside world. Lacking any proper funds for a real legal team capable of overturning a capital case, in many instances we (and others like CUADP, ECADP, etc...) are the ONLY means by which the prisoner can garner assistance, whether it be moral, legal or financial support to try and save their lives. ( See: Exonerated / Re-Sentenced Prisoners Released From Death Row )
Regardless of guilt or innocence issues - These people are all going to die at the hand of the government and so it is not just our right, but our responsibility to ensure that the American public and international observers can read their words, see their faces and hear their cries before they are silenced by a barbaric and outdated practice known as 'capital punishment'.
This is not a crime and punishment
issue, this is a human rights issue - we don't do pages for lifers,
or other prisoners who are
not facing execution... If these individuals were not sentenced to death,
the
victims family members and
friends would not be bothered by any of this, and these prisoners would
not have the attention of the
international community (groups like ours, and also the European Union,
The Vatican, Amnesty international
etc.,).
If they are or have been under sentence of death we will provide them a forum until the time comes for the state to murder them. If they are executed, their webpages remain online as a memorial to the person, and as a permanent record of the state murder of that individual. (See: Memoriam Pages 1 - 5 )
And as far as Arizona - there are many issues of concern, whether in individual cases - juveniles sentenced to death, foreign nationals, allegations that homophobia contributed to a death sentence; one case where his original defense lawyers has since become prosecutor and is now seeking his death; cases of mental illness; as well as the general conditions at SMU II, and prisoners who claim issues in their cases. All of this the state has an interest in keeping quiet. ( See: Arizona Death Row Prisoner Pages )
None of this would ever have happened had this bill not been made law.
When
we first heard about HB 2376 near the end of 1999, before the legislation
was passed,
we
had less than a dozen pages/pen pal requests for Arizona prisoners.
As a result of hearing such
laws were in the making we purposely had our members contact all
Arizona death row prisoners
to let them know of our free services to ensure those who wished to,
could be heard. We received
about 40 responses back, and those became the pages / pen pal
requests we had on our site.
Since the enforcement of
this law in May/June 2002 we have begun to make at least informational /
compilation webpages or pen pal requests for all the prisoners on death row
in Arizona and we will
be encouraging our members
to contact all these prisoners who may not have been in touch with abolitionist
groups/prison support groups, and to make them aware of the actions being
taken.
Arizona
prisoners who we've heard from fully endorse the actions the CCADP has
taken
to uphold their rights to be heard, and have congratulated us on this action.
Below are some comments by death row prisoners in other states who we maintain webpages for, giving their reasons why the CCADP's work is so crucial that HB 2376 must be challenged and defeated as soon as possible.
FROM
A TEXAS DEATH ROW PRISONER:
"And I want to thank you.
I do not dramatize or exaggerate when I tell you I believe you have served
as a conduit that saved my life. In the despair that can overwhelm us here,
I was very seriously considering suicide or waiving my appeals.
Because of you I have found reason for fighting, reason for living, and
happiness beyond measure... My cellie at the Ellis Unit was going to submit
his pen pal ad to you and suggested I 'ride with him in the envelope he mailed.
I didn't think anyone would want to write me and so I jotted the goofy little
message you still have posted, thinking nothing would come of it, but the
response has blown me away and changed my life tremendously. I feel
like I can say that I know you must have been informed of how horribly the
conditions at Texas death row have deteriorated, and because of these conditions
I do not believe I would have otherwise been able to stand these last few
years. Thank you for giving me legs, a person whose country has decided
to kick off the planet. Actually, no what they propose to do is worse than
that because that implies life on another planet or something. You didn't
even know me!!! That's what blows me away the most."
FROM
A NEW JERSEY DEATH ROW PRISONER:
"Your site has changed my life,
it taught me to love to write, except when it gets over 100 degrees in my
tiny cell. But it helped me hang on to life, most times while on death
row I wanted to give up and die, not
only cause someone was gone
because of me or cause I lost everything. But I felt like I was worthless.
I never felt that way before and didn't know how to accept it. But
I prayed and cried every single night, and
my prayers were finally answered,
I was blessed with another chance, and a beautiful woman who loves me and
I love her.........Thank you for letting _______ look for me and find me,
A good thing has just happened. Thank you Tracy and Dave,"
FROM
A FLORIDA DEATH ROW PRISONER:
"I can't thank you enough,
I've found both my sons only because of your webpage you put up for me....
I received many letters from
people willing to help me in my search...thank you again for all your help.
The difference you're making in our life on death row, is more than can be
put in writing. Thank you."
FROM
ANOTHER DEATH ROW PRISONER:
...the service you provide
does make a difference in our lives, sometimes its the difference between
ones staying grounded in reality and ones losing it mentally and never returning.
what you do counts!"
A
New Iron Curtain is emerging around America's
Death Camps . . .
What's next, banned from
speaking to newspapers, radio, T.V.? Why are inmates not allowed to
tell the world their story ?
| CLASS 1 MISDEMEANOR - Prisoners banned
from the internet The above statue went into effect on July 18, 2000 |
| DOC letter to prisoners ordering removal from the internet |
| CCADP letter responding to ADOC's prisoner removal requests |
| ACLU letter to ADOC regarding litigation if enforcement continues |
| ACLU Press Release: ACLU
Warns Arizona Officials on Law That Punishes Prisoners Whose Names Appear Online " There can be no doubt that the purpose and effect of this legislation is to suppress the flow of information from prisoners to the outside world, and to chill the advocacy of CCADP and other anti-death penalty and prisoner rights organizations " - From The ACLU's Press Release |
| CCADP's July 18th press release on our lawsuit against the Arizona DOC |
| ACLU's July 18th press release on our lawsuit against the Arizona DOC |
| The Other Plaintiffs:
Citizens United for Alternatives to
the Death Penalty and Stop Prisoner Rape
both have joined the CCADP in the action taken by the ACLU against the State of Arizona. |
| CUADP's Press Release | SPR's Press Release |
Important Note to Families, Friends and Pen pals of AZ Prisoners
If you are a pen pal/family
member/friend of an Arizona prisoner THEY
are affected by this legislation. Please let them know that legal action
is being taken. If they have information they would like the
ACLU and the lawyers acting in this action to know (i.e.. documents sent
to them by prison administration, reports of threats of action, etc. to : ACLU in Arizona. Az ACLU, Legal
Department, Post Office Box 17148, Phoenix, AZ 85011-0148 Please also email: info@ccadp.org
to let us know !
| CCADP's Pages Now
Mirrored on European Server As a result of Arizona's actions in attempting to suppress the flow of information between Arizona prisoners and the public, advocacy groups around the world are committed to duplicating these pages, to ensure Arizona realizes they cannot hide their actions... The eyes of the world are watching now |
As a direct result of HB 2376 and the actions now being taken against
prisoners by ADOC, the CCADP has placed ALL Arizona death row
prisoners online, to ensure they are not effectively silenced by this law.
Pen Pal Requests from Arizona's Death Row
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