Rally for John Byrd, Jr. (Jan. 7, 2002)

[Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1@xxxxxxx>]

Rally For John Byrd, Jr.
Fountain Square
5th & Vine St.
Cincinnati, Ohio
January 7, 2002
Starting at 12:00 Noon.

Help stop the execution of an innocent man.

Fountain Square is next to the Federal Building where the 6th Circuit
Federal Court is preparing to make a final decision on John Byrd's
appeal.

For more info on John Byrd, go to the following sites:
ACLU-Ohio's death penalty page:
<http://www.acluohio.org/issues/death_penalty/death_penalty.htm>
Bob Fitrakis & Martin Yant's articles on John Byrd:
<http://www.columbusalive.com/2001/20010906/090601/09060104.html> &
<http://www.columbusalive.com/2001/20010913/091301/09130103.html>

John Byrd, Jr. needs all the support he can get now.  Help us spread
the word and bring all the people you can.  PAN-Ohio (Prisoners'
Advocacy Network-Ohio -- for more info on PAN-Ohio, visit
<http://www.pan-ohio.org/>) and CURE-Ohio (Citizens United for
Rehabilitation of Errants-Ohio -- for more info on CURE-Ohio, visit
<http://www.cureohio.org/>) are organizing this rally with the help
of John Byrd's family and local activists in Cincinnati.

Let's show the Federal Court in Cincinnati and the entire state of
Ohio how much support John has.  Spread the word and put this notice
out on the listservs and activate the phone trees for this rally.

If anyone needs rides down to Cincinnati, please contact Dan Cahill.

Dan Cahill
Director
Prisoners Advocacy Network - Ohio
PO Box 218453
Columbus, Ohio 43221

Phone: (614)261-7140
Email: PanOhio3@xxxxxxx

For a map of downtown Cincinnati, go to
<http://www.daap.uc.edu/library/archcinci/maps.html>.
--
Yoshie

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