Series 2558: Constituent Correspondence, 2000-2003

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From: 		"Rita Petruccelli" <ritapetruccelli@hotmail.com>
To: 		RM.GOV_PO.GOV_MAIL
Created: 	12/19/2002 6:11 PM
Subject: 	Grant clemency to Ron Chris Foster
Message: 		

December 19, 2002

Governor Ronnie Musgrove
State of Mississippi
Office of the Governor
PO Box 139
Jackson, MS 39205

Dear Governor Ronnie Musgrove:

I urge you to grant clemency to Ron Chris Foster. Mr. Foster was sentenced
to death for the 1989 murder of George Shelton. He is scheduled to be executed
on January 8, 2003.

While I have tremendous sympathy for the family and friends of George
Shelton, I am outraged that Mr. Foster was sentenced to death for a murder
committed when he was only 17 years old.

The execution of juvenile offenders flagrantly violates international
law, which demands protection for minors against the death penalty.  This
practice has been condemned by numerous international bodies, including
the United Nations and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and
was recently described by four U.S. Supreme Court justices as a "shameful
practice" that must be ended.

Governor Musgrove, I join with Amnesty International in calling on you
to put an immediate end to this shameful practice of executing juvenile
offenders.  In the interest of conforming to evolving standards of decency
and preserving the reputation of your state, I urge you grant clemency to
Chris Foster.

Thank you for your time and attention to this serious matter.

Sincerely,

Rita Petruccelli
129 Cedardale Avenue
Villas, NJ 08251
USA



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