Richard Cartwright and his daughter Ricki during visits

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Richard Cartwright being abused and beaten by guards

Richard Michael Cartwright - An innocent man on Death Row in Texas                                  ANOTHER WEBPAGE WITH INFORMATION ON RICHARD AND HIS CASE

The State of Texas has given this loving father, son, husband, and friend an execution date of May 19, 2005.  His time is running out.  YOU can make a difference in the outcome, if you care enough to get involved and help.

We need to become emotionally and physically involved in a battle to save a man’s life and save his family from suffering a terrible loss.  The man we need to save is Richard Michael Cartwright, currently incarcerated on Texas Death Row at Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas. Richard Cartwright is awaiting lethal injection for the 1996 murder of Nick Moraida in Nueces County.  His Death Row number is 999224. On his web site is a picture of  Richard Cartwright, the Father, holding his baby daughter, Ricki Marie Cartwright one last time on the same day he was sentenced to death.  If you view this picture, it will touch your soul in ways I cannot even begin to describe. It is a picture that you will carry in your heart until the day you die. This picture and the emotional story of a Father’s love for his Daughter can be accessed at:
http://ccadp.org/richardcartwright-daddy.htm

We need committed people to devote time praying for this innocent man, for his little girl and for his family, but most of all to dedicate time in trying to find resources that could help save THIS INNOCENT AND PRECIOUS LIFE.  You can begin by signing the petition to stop the execution of Richard Michael Cartwright at:
http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/Richard_Cartwright/

Richard Michael Cartwright is INNOCENT of the crime he as been convicted of.  He has been sentenced to die for the actions of others.  His friends and family continue to hold on to the hope that someone will care enough to look at Richard’s case and INTERVENE before another life is taken. There is a trial exhibit on Richard’s website at:
http://www.deathrow.at/rmc/home.html.  It is a handwritten letter from one of the co-defendants to his girlfriend, admitting he killed the victim.  In the letter, he states, “There is a lot I can’t explain about my life and my ways.  I sometimes do things I don’t really mean to do, I usually do these things when I am high.  I have always hated faggots but I didn’t mean to kill the little “queen.”  I was pretty high that night, and I guess my rage overcame my ass.  I guess that is what being a skinhead is all about.”  But yet, Richard Cartwright sits waiting to be executed and this man will one day walk the streets again. And by the way, the man that wrote this letter testified against Richard at his trial, stating that Richard was responsible for the murder.

Richard’s friend and family believe in justice and trying to help those in need. This story is about an innocent man that was deprived of his freedom.  This story is about pain, sorrow and suffering, but above all it is a story of injustice.  It is also a story of a Father that has been deprived of his Daughter. The story is about Ricki Marie Cartwright, a little girl who at only two months of life was forced to live a life away from her father’s touch.  The only time she felt her father’s touch was for five minutes that same day Richard Cartwright was sentenced to death.  It was only then that Richard held his daughter and it was only then that little Ricki felt her father’s warmth and his caring embrace. This story is about Richard Cartwright, the Father, the Son, the Husband, the Friend, but most of all it is about an innocent man convicted of a crime HE DID NOT COMMIT.  Richard’s time is running out as he’s set to meet with death on May 19, 2005.  At that time, little Ricki, the light of his life, will become half orphan, and she will continue growing up without her father’s presence and his love. How do you begin to explain to an 8- year old child that her father is no longer alive? How do you comfort this little girl when she asks to visit her father? Little Ricki’s life will be crushed.  As any daughter can tell you, it is unimaginable what life would be like if something like this would happen to their dad.

Further information on Richard Cartwright’s case could be accessed through the following addresses:
http://www.deathrow.at/rmc
http://www.richardcartwright.org/
http://www.1prison.com/rcuncensored1.html
http://www.ccadp.org/richardcartwright.htm
http://www.1prison.com/rcuncensoreddate.html
http://www.1prison.net/richpics.html
http://www.1prison.com/ricki.html

We are pleading for YOUR help in saving an innocent life, in saving a Father and a Son.  Please help this little girl get her daddy back. Please help Richard’s mom, who in just two months, if the State of Texas will have it its own way, will begin a life of mourning for her innocent son killed at the hands of others for a crime HE DID NOT COMMIT. How can anyone explain this UNJUSTICE???

Richard’s friends and family are praying and hoping that this case will see the light of day and that with YOUR help, Richard’s family and people like us who care will have a chance to save him before it is too late. We continue to believe and pray that there is someone out there, someone with a caring heart who can help. People should know about this case and they should be aware of all those terrible things that Death Row inmates go through once the TV is turned off and once they are hidden from the rest of the world. Richard Cartwright is a man that has gone through so much, he has suffered beatings at the hands of prison guards (there is an article about this incident on the “Uncensored” page). 

Please take a moment to reflect on life as a whole.  Reflect on those who surround You and how much they mean to You.  Life is precious.  It is not ours to take.  We are asking You to help in any way You can.  Please help Richard! Please help Him! He is a Father, he is a Son, but above all he is an innocent man.  He is a HUMAN BEING just like we all are.

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January 14, 2002 - Fellow Death Row Prisoner Paul Colella Writes:
You want some evidence on what's been going on here on Polunsky Unit, get an attorney or someone down here with a camera and call out Richard Cartwright #999224..His face should be good and black-and-blue by then..  Last night 1-11-02 about 9pm a 5 man extraction team ran in on him. After he was handcuffed and shackled a Sgt. Griggs punched him several times in his face splitting his lips, other officers kicked and hit him.  I'm sure as usual the video camera was conveniently off to the side but there is no denying the evidence of the brutality upon Rich's face.  Sgt. Griggs has been known to hurt several people while at the same time him as supervisor should not be on the team anyway..He suits up only when it's certain inmates.  Ya'll all wanted evidence get down here before he heals up.  Things are getting out of hand here and if someone doesn't act NOW it will escalate and an officer or inmate will end up in a fatality. The ball is now in your court.

Message Of Thanks From Richard Cartwright March 2002 (Passed on through Paul Colella):
“Once again I feel the need to put my thoughts on paper! I heard someone saying ‘Look out your window.’  I climbed on my bunk, stood on tip toes and to my utter delight I see a picket line, protesting the horrid conditions on Death Row. Yes right in the main entrance to Polunsky.  To all of you who participated or helped organize the protest, I truly thank you from the bottom of my heart. The hardest emotion to keep hold of in here is hope! You have lightened my despair with so often overwhelms my hope.  I truly believe changes will come. Not quickly, but it will come. You have renewed my hope in that. It will be a long hard struggle but together we shall overcome. Thank all of you from all of us here on the row.  Mom, if your reading this. I love you. Stay strong and keep hope alive. Also a big thanks to my friend “Mouse”! Your friendship really made a big difference in my life! In hope Rich Cartwright # 999224

    
Photo: The only day Richard was ever able to hold and feed his daughter - March 17, 1997.
On the day he was sentenced to death, the judge allowed him 5 minutes with his daughter.

RICHARD CARTWRIGHT'S CCADP PEN PAL REQUEST:

I'm a 29 year old male who was born and spent 24 years in the beautiful city
of Chicago.  I came down to Texas at the age of 25 and was on Texas death
row one year later.  I am looking for an open minded person to correspond
and hopefully build a meaningful friendship with.

Death row can be a very lonely and depressing place and reaching out to someone in the free world is one of very few ways to escape the mental
and physical torment.  When I was in the free world I made my living as an automobile technician.  I had many hobbies such as building muscle cars, riding motorcycles, fishing, walking on the beach at night, listening to rock
and roll, and playing hockey.

As a matter of fact in 1984 through 1988 the hockey team I played for out of Chicago (The Huskies) were invited to play in the friendship tournament in Kitchener Canada.  I also played for a triple A hockey team in 1988 that made
it to the Silver Stick tournament in Ottawa Canada !!

I don't recall the name of the river in Kitchener, but it was froze over and we
all went skating down the river and the sides were covered with absolutely beautiful ice sculptures.

Maybe I should of moved to Canada instead of Texas !  HA HA!

Thank you for your time and concern.

Send letters to:

Rich Cartwright  999224
Polunsky Unit D.R.
3872 FM 350 South
Livingston Texas
77351 USA
  

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