Stop the execution of Jeff Wood

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/223/t/7156/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=25043

Jeff Wood is waiting to die on Texas Death Row with an execution date of August 21st, 2008. Please contact
Governor Perry and the Texas Board of Pardon and Paroles on behalf of Jeff Wood. Jeff was charged under the Law
of Parties and was not the shooter in this crime Jeff could not anticipate that a murder would occur. The actual
shooter in this case has already been executed by the state of Texas.

It took over 17,000 people contacting Governor Perry and the Board of Pardons and Paroles to make a difference for
Kenneth Foster, whose death sentence under the Law of Parties was commuted by Governor Perry last year. Please
help save Jeff as Kenneth was saved.

We need everyone to do two things today, 1) write the Governor and the Board of Pardons and Paroles and 2) Sign
the online petition to stop the execution. Both actions can be taken here: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/223/
t/7156/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=25043 . The petition has about 700 signatures now. There are enough people
reading this email to get that number up to 1,000 by Monday. Please do both actions.

The cousin of Kris Keeran (the murder victim) wants to save the life of Jeff Wood:

"My cousin was the person killed by Danny, not Jeff. I say this as a family member who realized long ago Jeff had no
part in my cousin's murder and he shouldn't be executed. It's insane to kill another person who did not kill Kris. The
video showed Jeff took no part in it. Jeff was one of my friends growing up and someone I think deserves a chance.
If he didn't kill him, why should we kill Jeff? This is ridiculous."
- Amanda Smith, Texas
June 19, 2008

Don't know about Jeff Wood's case? Here is a short case summary:

At approximately 6:00 a.m. on Jan. 2, 1996, while Wood waited outside, Reneau entered the gas station with a gun
and pointed it at Kris Keeran, the clerk standing behind the counter. Reneau ordered him to a back room. When he
did not move quickly enough, Reneau fired one shot with a 22 caliber handgun that struck Keeran between the eyes.
Death was almost instantaneous. Proceeding with the robbery, Reneau went into the back office and took a safe.
When hearing the shot, Wood got out of the car to see what was going on. He walked by the door and looked
through the glass. Then he went inside, and he looked over the counter and ran to the back, where Reneau was.
Wood was then ordered, at gun point by Reneau, to get the surveillance video and to drive the getaway-car.

Additional facts:

Wood suffers from a bi-polar disorder. He was abused and beat severely and repeatedly as a child. He is submissive to
dominant behavior because of such.
At arrest Wood was forced into interrogation by the police and did not have council present. Wood was kept awake
the entire time. He was refused sleep. He eventually confessed saying it was a planned robbery. He later revoked this
statement.
Wood was found not mentally fit to stand trial. He was admitted into a mental hospital and a couple of weeks later
was found 'trial ready'.
At trial, Wood was not satisfied with his representation. Wood asked to represent himself, but wasn't allowed to do so.
The judge found him not capable of doing this. The judge however, did not argue Wood when Wood said he would
then order his attorney's not to do anything. Result: Jeff had no witnesses during the punishment phase of his trial on
his behalf.
The victim's father is against the death penalty and actually campaigned to keep the actual gunman Reneau alive.

Important facts that should be mentioned in your letter to the Governor include:

Jeff was charged under the Law of Parties and was not the shooter in this crime.
Jeff could not anticipate that a murder would occur.
Jeff was not even in the store when the murder took place and had no way of knowing it would happen.
The actual shooter in this case has already been executed by the state of Texas.
The murder was actually committed by Daniel Earl Reneau, who was executed in Texas on June 13, 2002 for this
crime.
You can also express your sympathy for the family of the victim, Kris Keeran, while mentioning again that Jeff Wood
did not kill Kris.
You can also mention that Jeff's case is similar to the case of Kenneth Foster, whose death sentence under the Law of
Parties was commuted by Gov. Perry in 2007.