Thank-you for taking the time to visit this Web-site and learn about the plight of Kenneth Foster JR..
The following is an extremely intricate and stirring story and we hope that the testament of it can bring awareness to society and ignite some progressive activism.
Kenneth was wrongly sent to death row in 1997 under a draconian Texas legal statute called the Law of Parties. Charged with 3 others (2 getting prison sentences), Kenneth was forced to go to trial with the admitted shooter. Though the admitted shooter plead to acting on his own and with no help or direction from the others they were convicted nonetheless (mainly due to extraneou offences). Both men were sentenced to death: Kenneth's death sentence mainly coming down to driving the car. Unfortunately, the shooter was executed July 19, 2006.
In 2005, Kenneth recieved a ray of hope when his Federal judge threw out his death sentence, but in october 2006 the 5th circuit vacated that judgement. All appeals from that point on were denied, untill in May 2007 Kenneth recieved a date of execution for August 30, 2007. At this point an international grassroots campaign - led by the Campaign to End the Death Penalty and Kenneth's Family and Friends - was launched.
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To contact Kenneth you can either write to him directly at the address given below or send a short email here. Kenneth Foster Jr. #1451768 |
The DRIVE Movement was formed in November 2005 originally seeking to unite the Death Row Community and to first bring about change for everyone caged there, at the Polunsky Unit on Texas Death Row, and eventually nationwide...
Tony Ford has not only been a best friend and mentor of mine for years, but he is also a person that has been victimized by the Law of Parties. There are many striking similarities between his case and mine. Tony has worked hard over the years to stay active on his case and active on the inside and he deserves as much support as he can get...
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