| howard guidry justice committee |
| 18 year old howard guidry was forced by lying, intimidating police to confess to a crime he did not commit. with this forced confession as well as hearsay testimony from the suspected killer's girlfriend, the state of texas locked up howard for a crime he did not commit. howard spent ten years on texas death row, during which howard educated himself, becoming a born again afrikan, poet, panther, and activist. in 1998, he and 6 others attempted an escape from ellis unit. one of the brothers "drowned" in a nearby river. in early 2000, guidry and another panther, ponchai "kamau" wilkerson took a guard hostage to protest the horrific conditions in the new max security unit in livingston, texas. a comedy of errors has now put howard on the track towards freedom. in 2003, federal judge vanessa gilmore threw out the "evidence" used to convict howard and declared that the state of texas had to retry or release him within 180 days. |
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| i get mad when we say we're down to get down but get gone when it goes down and i throw down alone |
| d.r.i.v.e. (death row inner-communalist vanguard engagement) |
| alive-koalition gegin die todesstrafe e.v. (german coalition to abolish the death penalty) |
| coalizione italiana contro la pena di morte (italian coalition to abolish death penalty) |
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| UPDATE! howard's retrial is set for january 29, 2007! judge hill appointed tyrone moncriffe as lead attorney to assist loretta muldrow. howard was not beaten or humiliated by the SWAT team before court today, though the cops did ask his attorney whether or not he "needed" to be in court. too lazy to do their job? or were they paying attention to us last friday? also, howard is STILL not getting mail, and we're still not getting his letters. call sheriff tommy thompson at 713.755.6044. (more numbers here) contact us to get involved. act now, don't let texas kill this man for a crime he didn't do! |