Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 12, 2006 20:39:03 GMT -5
Murder Victim's Mother, Death Row Exoneree to Hold Death Penalty Forums
Across New Jersey
News Advisory:
WHAT: "Journeys Through Violence and Injustice: A Death Penalty Forum
Tour" As a Study Commission continues to review New Jersey's death penalty
system, New Jersey residents are invited to participate in a week-long
series of open forums on the issue of capital punishment in the state.
Leading the discussion will be Vicki Schieber and Juan Melendez. Schieber,
whose daughter was brutally raped and murdered eight years ago by the
"Center-City Rapist," and Melendez, who was found innocent after more than
17 years on Florida's death row, testified before the commission at its
hearing in Trenton on Sept. 13.
The forums are sponsored by local organizations (see below) and New
Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty; they will be held in
Vineland (Sept. 15), Pitman (Sept. 16), Asbury Park (Sept. 17), Rahway
(Sept. 18), Manasquan (Sept. 19), Perth Amboy (Sept. 20) and Rutherford
(Sept. 21).
WHO:
-- Vicki Schieber, whose daughter was murdered by the "Center- City
Rapist" in 1998
-- Juan Melendez, who was exonerated from Florida's death row after
evidence of his innocence was discovered.
WHEN and WHERE:
-- Friday, Sept. 15 at 7 p.m., Sacred Heart High School, 15 N. East Ave.,
Vineland
-- Saturday, Sept. 16 at 8:30 a.m., Pitman Baptist Church, 30 N. Broadway,
Pitman
-- Sunday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m., Holy Spirit, St. Peter Clavell Catholic
Church, 705 2nd Ave., Asbury Park
-- Monday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m., Rahway Ministerium, First Presbyterian
Church, 1731 Church St., Rahway
-- Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m., Manasquan Ministerium, Holy Trinity
Lutheran Church, 6 Osborn Ave., Manasquan
-- Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m., Grace Lutheran Church, 600 New
Brunswick Ave., Perth Amboy
-- Thursday, Sept. 21 at 7:30 p.m., Rutherford United Methodist Church, 56
W. Passaic Ave., Rutherford
For more information or to schedule an interview with Schieber, Melendez
or a tour spokesperson, please contact Abe Bonowitz at 609-278-6719 or
Toby Fallsgraff at 202-478-6184.
(source: US Newswire)
Across New Jersey
News Advisory:
WHAT: "Journeys Through Violence and Injustice: A Death Penalty Forum
Tour" As a Study Commission continues to review New Jersey's death penalty
system, New Jersey residents are invited to participate in a week-long
series of open forums on the issue of capital punishment in the state.
Leading the discussion will be Vicki Schieber and Juan Melendez. Schieber,
whose daughter was brutally raped and murdered eight years ago by the
"Center-City Rapist," and Melendez, who was found innocent after more than
17 years on Florida's death row, testified before the commission at its
hearing in Trenton on Sept. 13.
The forums are sponsored by local organizations (see below) and New
Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty; they will be held in
Vineland (Sept. 15), Pitman (Sept. 16), Asbury Park (Sept. 17), Rahway
(Sept. 18), Manasquan (Sept. 19), Perth Amboy (Sept. 20) and Rutherford
(Sept. 21).
WHO:
-- Vicki Schieber, whose daughter was murdered by the "Center- City
Rapist" in 1998
-- Juan Melendez, who was exonerated from Florida's death row after
evidence of his innocence was discovered.
WHEN and WHERE:
-- Friday, Sept. 15 at 7 p.m., Sacred Heart High School, 15 N. East Ave.,
Vineland
-- Saturday, Sept. 16 at 8:30 a.m., Pitman Baptist Church, 30 N. Broadway,
Pitman
-- Sunday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m., Holy Spirit, St. Peter Clavell Catholic
Church, 705 2nd Ave., Asbury Park
-- Monday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m., Rahway Ministerium, First Presbyterian
Church, 1731 Church St., Rahway
-- Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m., Manasquan Ministerium, Holy Trinity
Lutheran Church, 6 Osborn Ave., Manasquan
-- Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m., Grace Lutheran Church, 600 New
Brunswick Ave., Perth Amboy
-- Thursday, Sept. 21 at 7:30 p.m., Rutherford United Methodist Church, 56
W. Passaic Ave., Rutherford
For more information or to schedule an interview with Schieber, Melendez
or a tour spokesperson, please contact Abe Bonowitz at 609-278-6719 or
Toby Fallsgraff at 202-478-6184.
(source: US Newswire)