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OCR Page 1 of 37BLACK LEADERSHIP FORUM, INC.
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Chairman
November 21, 2000
Dr. Joseph E. Lowery
Member-at-Large
Vice Chairman
Eddie N. Williams, President
The Honorable William Jefferson Clinton
Joint Center for Political and
Economic Studies
President of the United States
Secretary
Hugh B. Price, President
The White House
National Urban Leugue
Treasurer
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Dr. Ramona H. Edelin
Washington, DC 20500
Member-at-Large
Executive Director/COO
Dr. Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich
Dear Mr. President:
A. Philip Randolph Institute
Norman Hill, President
The Black Leadership Forum, Inc. (BLF) and our member
Blacks In Government
Geruld R. Reed, President and CEO
organization, the Congress of National Black Churches (CNBC),
Coalition of Biack Trade Unionists
William Lucy. President
strongly urge you to declare an executive moratorium on Federal
Congress of National Black Churches
executions immediately. We believe that your executive leadership in
Sullivan Robinson, Executive
Director & CEO
taking this action will be a fitting capstone to your rich presidential
Congressional Black Caucus
legacy of fairness and equity, a legacy which has strengthened your
Honorable James Clyburn, Chair
Honorable David N. Dinkins
strong ties to our BLF and CNBC communities in mutual respect and
Member-at-Large
Dr. Dorothy I. Height
trust. Clearly, the most proximate beneficiary of your moratorium will
Member-at-Large
be Juan Raul Garza, whose scheduled execution on December 12,
Percy E. Sutton, Esq.
Member-at-Large
2000, would be the first Federal execution in nearly 40 years unless
Ambassador Andrew Young
you, through your historic moratorium, grant him clemency.
Member-in-Large
NAACP
Kweisi Mfume, President and CEO
As African American clergy and national leaders, we have always
NAACP Legal Defense &
Educational Fund, Inc.
played a special role in pressing both the moral cause and the call for
Elaine R. Jones, Esq.,
Director-Counsel
equal justice in our legal system. Historically, our pulpits and
National Black Caucus of
sanctuaries have served as the safe place and launching ground for the
Local Elected Officials
Honorable Roosevelt Conts.
civil rights movement and the empowerment of communities
President
National Black Caucus of
marginalized and disenfranchised from the political system. We are
State Legislators
painfully aware of the racial disparities that plague the administration
Honorable James Thomas, President
National Conference of Black
of capital punishment across the land, and in particular, the gross racial
Mayors. Inc.
Honorable Wellington Wehb, President
disparities reflected in the Federal death row population.
National Council of Negro
Women, Inc.
Dr. Jane Smith, President
Concerns over the continued imposition of the death penalty involve
National Newspaper Publishers
not only issues of wrongful convictions, incompetent counsel and
Association
John J. Oliver, Jr., President
prosecutorial misconduct, but also the inadequacy of judicial review,
National Pan-Hellenic Council
the unequal treatment of the poor and people of color, and geographic
Daisy M. Wood, Pasi National
President of Member Organizations
disparities. The public and policy makers are facing the unpleasant
National Political Congress of
Black Women, Inc.
reality that capital punishment is most often reserved for those at the
Dr. C. Delores Tucker, Chair
margins of society. Until recently, the focus of criticism was largely
OICs of America, Inc.
Dr. Staccuto Powell, President
on state capital punishment systems. Now, however, serious questions
and CEO
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
regarding the fairness of the administration of the Federal death
Reverend Jesse L. Jackson,
penalty are squarely before you.
President and CEO
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference
Martin Luther King III, President
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