The CCADP has re-posted this basic webpage in light of Stephen's serious
execution date of August 5th, to try and raise awareness at this critical time...

Stephen Mobley - Scheduled Execution Date and Time: 8/5/02 7:00 PM EST

         Stephen Mobley, a 35-year old white male is scheduled to be executed in the State of Georgia on Aug. 5 for the 1991 murder of John Collins. Mobley’s first trial resulted in a mistrial; his second trial resulted in a serious error during the punishment phase.
          In the punishment phase of Mobley’s second trial, Georgia Superior Court Judge Andrew Fuller was brought to testify for the prosecution on Mobley’s character. Among other things, Fuller commented on Mobley’s lack of remorse and the financial cost of his trial to taxpayers. “I’ve handled many cases with heinous facts of a killing, but I have never, never seen a
defendant like Mr. Mobley,” Judge Fuller said. The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that, while these comments were inappropriate, they did not rise to the level of constitutional error.
          However, at least one Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court dissented in the affirming of Mobley’s death sentence. In his strongly-worded dissent, Justice Hunstein noted, “[His testimony] constituted a recital in testimonial form of the essence of the State’s closing argument, replete with the imprimatur of the judicial branch.” Justice Hunstein wrote that a jury should not be exposed to the fundamentally unfair testimony of Judge Fuller and that such testimony should reverse the death sentence of Stephen Mobley.
          Mobley’s case is remarkable for the fact that so many courts have chosen to completely overlook the constitutional error in his case and instead focus on the egregious nature of the crime. All defendants, no matter the crime, should receive a fair trial with lawyers and judges
working to ensure a fair result. Please contact the State of Georgia and ask for further review and a reversal of Mobley’s death sentence.

Please Contact

Governor Roy Barnes
State Capitol Building
Constituent Services
Room 111
Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: 404-656-1776
Fax: 404-657-7332
e-mail: www.gagovernor.org/governor/contact.html
 

Board of Pardons and Paroles
Contact: Walter Ray
MLK, Jr. Drive
Floyd Veterans Memorial Building #2
East Tower, 4th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: 404-656-5651
Fax: 404-651-6723
e-mail: webmaster@PAP.state.ga.us

Write Op-Ed:

Atlanta Constitution-Journal
PO Box 4689
Atlanta, GA 30302
Phone: 404-526-5151
Fax: 404-526-5746
e-mail: conedit@ajc.com

The Augusta Chronicle
PO Box 1928
Augusta, GA 30903
Contact: Suzanne Dowling
Phone: 706-823-3366
Fax: 706-722-7403
e-mail: letters@augustachronicle.com

For More Information
Southern Center for Human Rights
83 Poplar Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
Contact: Stephen Bright
Phone: 404-688-1202
Fax: 404-688-9440
e-mail: rights@schr.org

Southern Region of Amnesty International
131 Ponce de Leon Ave.
Suite 220
Atlanta, GA 30308
Contact: Laura Moye
Phone: 404-876-5661
Fax: 404-876-2276
e-mail: lmoye@aiusa.org

                                                
                  Stephen Mobley
                      EF 326725
                    PO BOX 3877
                    Jackson, GA
                     30233  USA

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