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www.torley.org has sponsored this petition because we believe George Skatzes and the others from the Lucasville Five have been wrongfully convicted by the state of Ohio.
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Write to George at:
George W. Skatzes #173-501
P.O. Box 788
Mansfield, Ohio 44901
http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/1772_reg.html Lucasville The Untold Story of a Prison Uprising Staughton Lynd BUY THE BOOK ONLINE ABOVE!! \"Mr. Lynd is a masterful storyteller and he has a hell of a story to tell. [He] has written a definitive history of one of the longest prison riots in U.S. history and its aftermath. That alone is worth the price of admission....What makes the book unique in the historical sense is the remarkable range of primary and secondary sources; Lynd writes with a lawyer\'s pen but a poet\'s ear....This book is a reminder that prisoners—even death row prisoners—are human beings, too. Lucasville is a resounding affirmation of our common humanity.\" —Michael Mello, author of The Wrong Man: A True Story of Innocence on Death Row http://www.monthlyreview.org/200lynd.htm George Skatzes and the Lucasville Rebellion From April 11 to 21, 1993, what appears to have been the longest prison rebellion in United States history took place at the maximum security prison in Lucasville, in southern Ohio.1 More than four hundred prisoners were involved. Nine prisoners and a guard were killed. After a negotiated surrender, five prisoners in the rebellion were sentenced to death. http://www.clnews.org/ImpactHits/SKATZESfromDeathRow.htm First off, I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to be heard. It is time for all of us to unite and make a change in this Injustice System! We can do it together! http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/Justices/pfeifer/column/2005/jp051805.asp The Lucasville Prison Riot by Justice Paul E. Pfeifer It was the worst prison riot in Ohio history. On the afternoon of April 11, 1993 – Easter Sunday – inmates at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility at Lucasville took over L Section, one of the three main prison cellblocks. By the time darkness settled over Lucasville that day, the situation inside the prison was dire: the inmates controlled all of L Section, and they had taken eight corrections officers hostage. It was a terrifying ordeal for the officers. Defenseless and badly outnumbered, they were at the mercy of the riotous inmates. After eleven grueling days the siege finally ended, but not before corrections officer Robert Vallandingham and nine inmates had been murdered. http://racetraitor.org/lucasville2.html Black And White And Dead All Over: The Lucasville Insurrection by Staughton Lynd http://www.freepress.org/journal.phpstrFunc=display&strID=262&strJournal=29 The Lucasville Uprising, Overcoming Racism: The Lucasville Redemption by Staughton Lynd September 21, 2004 The following is excerpted from Staughton Lynd’s forthcoming book, LUCASVILLE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF A PRISON UPRISING (Temple University Press). http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1132/is_9_51/ai_59948727 Recently, there has been a great deal of discussion about the racism of white workers. Unfortunately, little has been said or written about how white working-class racism can be overcome. In this essay, I examine a prison uprising in which black and white convicts struggled with racism and overcame it to a surprising degree. http://www.workers.org/2006/us/lucasville-1102/ Racial solidarity threatens prison officials By Sharon Danann Cleveland Published Oct 30, 2006 8:17 PM Four hundred seven prisoners took over a portion of a prison in Lucasville, Ohio, for 11 days in April 1993. When it was over, one guard and nine prisoners had been killed, making it the longest prison uprising with loss of life in recorded U.S. history. http://www.workers.org/2006/us/lucasville-five-1026/index.html On Oct. 12, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a brief in U.S. District Court seeking a hearing for prison imam Siddique Abdullah Hasan, known in court documents as Carlos Sanders. http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/Communications_office/summaries/2004/1208/030487.asp Court Affirms Skatzes Conviction, Death Sentence 2003-0487. State v. Skatzes, 2004-Ohio-6391. Montgomery App. No. 15848. Judgment affirmed. Moyer, C.J., Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O\'Connor and O\'Donnell, JJ., concur. Opinion: http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/rod/newpdf/0/2004/2004-Ohio-6391.pdf http://www.freepress.org/journal.phpstrFunc=display&strID=251&strJournal=28 The Lucasville uprising: Who killed Officer Vallandingham by Staughton Lynd July 10, 2004 www.temple.edu/tempress/chapters_1400/1772_ch1.pdf Lucasville: The Untold Story of an Uprising. http://fellow_worker.gnn.tv/headlines/5495/Black_and_White_and_Dead_All_Over_The_Lucasville_Insurrection Black and White and Dead All Over: The Lucasville Insurrection http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~kastor/groups/ohio/lucasville.html Lucasville Prison Rebellion Special Edition http://www.toledocitypaper.com/view_article.phpid=87 Local and national activists fight to kill capital punishment with University of Toledo event
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