An innocent man
is about to be murdered.
We know the date. We know the time. We
know the location this crime will occur.
Now imagine this man was someone you knew.
Someone you loved. Does this knowledge make you want to act? Does it
make you want to prevent this crime?
This innocent man is my husband, Tony
Egbuna Ford.
My husband has a scheduled time and date for
his murder. He knows when his killers will come and lead him to his
death. He knows how they will kill him. He knows the routine his last
day on this earth will follow. He knows when he will die. But there is
no police department he can call who will come to save him. He can only
call out to you.
My husband has been incarcerated on Texas
Death Row for 13 years. He has been caged in a cell barely large enough
to fit a bed in for 23 hours a day, 7 days a week, for 13 years. He has
experienced being shunned by society. He has experienced the brutality of
the guards that cage him. He has experienced the pain of being separated
from all he knows and loves. And he is innocent. INNOCENT.
Tony Egbuna Ford is scheduled to die March
14th 2006 at 6.00pm. He is scheduled to die for a crime which he did not
commit. He was scheduled to die by a judge who saw the verdict of Guilty
on his file, and believed justice was being served. A judge who did not
take the time to learn that he was convicted by a jury who were not
allowed to hear the truth. A jury who were denied the facts. A jury who
were not allowed to hear expert testimony which could have exposed the
truth. A jury who were judging based on distorted information.
On November 29th 2005 Tony's first scheduled
execution date of December 7th 2005, was stayed for 90 days for DNA
testing - testing of the clothing of the true perpetrator. Testing that
has been denied consistently ever since his arrest 14 years ago. Yes this
is a cause for celebration. Surely you say, justice will now be served?
Would you feel so confident about that if justice had been denied your
loved one for 14 years? If evidence which could have exonerated him, had
been held from his attorneys for 14 years? Would you trust this same
system to now let the truth be shown? Would you feel able to relax and
let the authorities from the same state that sentenced your innocent
husband to death, now disclose the truth? Or would you still be
mistrustful? Would you still resolve to fight?
I pray that justice will be served. I pray
that the truth will be given light. I pray this one judge will do the
right thing. Because I cannot call any police department to save my
husband's life to ensure that the verdict is just.
I can only call out to you. Please do not
turn your back. I need your help. Tony needs your help and time is
short. Please contact me via e-mail: (Tony_Egbuna_Ford@yahoogroups.com),
or call one of the above numbers to communicate and find ways together in
building support to save an innocent man, my husband Tony Egbuna Ford.
Justice for all.
Rachael Ford
