OpEdNews - Diary: Kenneth Foster sentenced to death in Texas for a murder that his friend committed

August 14, 2007 at 06:15:37 Permalink
Kenneth Foster sentenced to death in Texas for a murder that his friend committed

Diary Entry by Mary Shaw (about the author)

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Picture this: You're in your car with a friend. The friend jumps out of the car and tells you to wait. 20 minutes later, he comes back and you drive off. Later you learn that your friend had just killed someone. Then you are sentenced to die for that murder, because the jury decides that you "should have anticipated" that your friend would commit that murder. Sound stranger than fiction? It should, but it's real. And later this month, Texas will execute Kenneth Foster for driving that car unless Governor Rick Perry takes action to stop the execution. What you can do: >> Write to Gov. Perry and ask him to stop the execution of Kenneth Foster. >> Read more about the case. -----

Mary Shaw is a Philadelphia-based writer and activist, with a focus on politics, human rights, and social justice. She is a former Philadelphia Area Coordinator for the Nobel-Prize-winning human rights group Amnesty International, and her views (more...)

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