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Lashaun is off death row. This shows what happens when we demand justice instead of vengeance.

June 2, 2006

SAVE  LASHAUN HARRIS

SAVE LASHAUN HARRIS

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Started by Anonymous 20 years, 11 months ago
Dear SF District Attorney Kamala Harris, We instantly urge you to spare Lashaun Harris\' life ! African American Sister Lashaun Harris suffered from schizophrenia ...And threw her babies in SF Bay on 10-19-05. Her tragic gesture is sadly the typical outcome of poor mental health management and the failure of Children Protective Services to maintain comprehensive, early intervention services provision that would effectively protect Poor Children of Color with Parents suffering from mental illness, and enable them to remain safely within their extended family nest, in accordance with the healthy tradition that prevails in Families of Color An overwhelming number of death row female inmates, nationwide, are battered women or women with serious chronic mental health issues, killing their partner or children in a moment of desperate insanity. Lashaun\'s tragic action is unmistakably the epitome of such psychological makeup. Due to her long standing history of schizophrenia, Lashaun should be immediately transfered to an acute mental health facility, and does not belong behind bars or on the racist death row... The death penalty has not been enforced in San Francisco since its reinstatement in Callifornia in 1978. In spite of overwhelming pressure from the POA in February 2004, you courageously stood your grounds and refused to recommend the death penalty for African American David Hill, alleged killer of Officer Isaac Espinoza. Why did you refuse to seek the death penalty on David Hill who was sane at the time he reportedly committed murder, but seek the death penalty for LaShaun Harris, a mentally ill woman who sad to say, killed her offspring The horrifying news of Lashaun\'s babies fate has spread world wide, from Russia to Japan, Danemark, Germany, Cuba... as archived on SaveLashaun Website set up by Idriss Stelley Foundation http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SaveLashaun/ Kamala, the world is watching you ! Sending a chronically, severely mentally ill young Black mother to death row would be an abomination! Please, do the right thing !

Updates

May 14, 2006

The momentum is undeniable. This level of support proves Lashaun belongs in a hospital, not on death row.

Reached 100 supporters

May 14, 2006

6 Comments

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Linda Abadi
20 years ago Featured

So many people fall through the cracks until something tragic happens. She needs doctors not a death sentence.

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David Kennedy
20 years ago Featured

STOP THE EXECUTION. SHE IS SICK.

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Marcus Sanders
20 years ago Featured

She was clearly losing her mind. Putting a sick woman on death row is just wrong. Get her the help she needs instead of killing her.

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Brenda Spencer
20 years ago Featured

What happened to those poor kids is horrible but killing her wont bring them back. Focus on the bigger failure here.

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Jamal Garcia
20 years ago Featured

The system is biased as always. Why is she even on death row when she was obviously having a breakdown. Free her to a ward.

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Sarah Tate
20 years ago Featured

Mental illness is real and the system failed her and her kids long before that night. This is heartbreaking.