You can do this by:
Signing Jeff's petition at the following web address:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/save-jeff-wood-from-the-executioner
In addition to signing the petition, we need as many phone calls, faxes, E-mails, telegrams, postcards, and letters to the Governor and the Board of Pardons and Paroles as we can get!!!
(Sample Letters can be found @ the bottom of this page.) Contacting the Governor Honorable Governor Richard Perry Information and Referral Hotline: [for Citizen's Opinion Hotline: Information and Referral and Opinion Hotline: Office of the Governor Main Switchboard: [office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST] Office of the Governor Fax: (512) 463-1849 Website which contains a link for E-mail: http://www2.governor.state.tx.us/contact/ P.S. For the convenience of the secretary, please state at the beginning what the purpose of the letter is. For example: Date______________________ Contacting the Board of Pardons and Paroles __________________________________________________________________________________ Want to know more about Clemency??? Click Here __________________________________________________________________________________ Please send your requests by certified mail to: Distinguished Members of the Attn: Executive Clemency Section ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Mailing address: 209 West 14th Street, Suite 500 1300 11th Street, Suite 520 5809 S. Western, Suite 237 Charles Aycock, Board Member James Poland, Parole Commissioner Charles Shipman, Parole Commissioner 1212 N. Velasco, Suite 201 Barbara Lorraine, Board Member Lynn Ruzicka, Parole Commissioner Pamela Freeman, Parole Commissioner 3408 S. State Hwy. 36 Juanita Gonzalez, Board Member Elvis Hightower, Parole Commissioner Howard Thrasher, Parole Commissioner 1300 11th St., Suite 520 Rissie Owens, Board Presiding Officer Conrith Davis, Board Member Thomas Fordyce, Parole Commissioner Tony Garcia, Parole Commissioner 207 E. Reagan Jackie DeNoyelles, Board Member James Paul Kiel, Parole Commissioner James Hensarling, Parole Commissioner 2902 N.E. Loop 410, Suite #206 Jose L. Aliseda, Board Member Chuck Speier, Parole Commissioner Edgar Morales, Parole Commissioner *Reflects expiration date of six year term of office.
The Governor of
1100 San Jacinto
Honorable Governor Richard Perry
The Governor of
RE: Requesting Clemency and pardon for Jeffrey Wood, 999256Rissie Owens, Presiding Officer
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
P. O. Box 13401
Austin, Texas 78711-3401AUSTIN LOCATION
Austin, Texas 78701
Phone:
Fax: (512) 463-8120HUNTSVILLE LOCATION
Huntsville, Texas 77342-0599
Phone:
Fax: (936) 291-8367AMARILLO BOARD OFFICE
Amarillo, TX 79110
(2-1-11)*ANGLETON BOARD OFFICE
Angleton, TX 77515
(2-1-13)*GATESVILLE BOARD OFFICE
Gatesville, TX 76528
(2-1-09)*HUNTSVILLE BOARD OFFICE
P.O. Box 599
Huntsville, TX 77342-0599
(2-1-09)*
(2-1-07)*PALESTINE BOARD OFFICE
Palestine, TX 75801
(2-1-11)*SAN ANTONIO BOARD OFFICE
San Antonio, TX 78218
(2-1-09)*
You can also help by contacting your representatives!
Texas Senate Member's Homepages |
E-mails, petitions, form-letters, phone calls, telegrams, postcards and personal letters are but a few great ways to contact these government officials.
When writing to your government officials, remember to always be courteous and precise. Do not remind them that your tax dollars pay their salary and do not be threatening in anyway! Remember also that LONG letters might not be read as thoroughly as you want them to be so, keep to the points!
Texas House of Representatives' Homepages |
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Please write your own personal letter and mail/fax in. (Below are are couple of sample letters you can use for ideas.) Certified mail is best but all forms of communication are welcomed! Please mail 1 letter per person...not per household; an innocent man's life is at stake and we need as many as we can get!
you can contact the following people on Jeff's behalf:
Again, E-mails, petitions, form-letters, phone calls, telegrams, postcards and personal letters are but a few great ways to contact these government officials about Jeff's case, however the most effective form of communication is a well written personal letter. Letters written correctly will be put into a permanent file whereas E-mails, form letters, and petitions may be discarded.
Please let your “VOICE” be heard! It only takes a few minutes to pen down your thoughts/ideas and to get them sent out to your government officials.
When writing to your government officials, remember to always be courteous and precise. Do not remind them that your tax dollars pay their salary and do not be threatening in anyway! Remember also that LONG letters might not be read as thoroughly as you want them to be so, keep to the points.
For the convenience of the secretary, please state at the beginning what the purpose of the letter is. For example:
RE: Clemency for Jeffrey Wood, 999256
The following samples will demonstrate how to write each of your government officials and the Clemency Board:
Sample letter # 1 for the Governor or the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole
Date:________________
Distinguished Members of the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole
Texas Board of Pardon and Parole
Attn: Executive Clemency Section
In the interest of justice, I appeal to you to grant clemency for Jeffrey Wood, who is currently scheduled to be executed on August 21, 2008. He was sentenced to death, through the Law of Parties, in 1996 for the murder of Kris Keeran. This Murder was actually committed in 1996 by Daniel Earl Reneau who was executed in
I am particularly concerned that Jeffrey Wood may be executed despite serious concerns regarding inadequate legal counsel and lack of mitigating evidence presented.
The death of Kris Keeran was extremely tragic, and I in no way seek to deny the amount of pain and suffering the Keeran family has endured. But Wood’s jury issued him a death sentence without hearing any mitigating evidence, even though such evidence was readily available.
The fact that Wood’s jury did not hear this important evidence has not been corrected by the courts, and executive clemency exists to intervene where the courts cannot. I strongly urge you to demonstrate your respect for justice and human life by doing everything in your power to commute the death sentence of Jeffrey Wood. Thank you for your time and attention to this serious matter.
Sincerely
Steven Been
Sample Letter # 1 for the Governor of
Date______________________
Honorable Governor Richard Perry
The Governor of
RE: Requesting Clemency and pardon for Jeffrey Wood, 999256
Dear Governor Perry,
I am writing to you to let you know just how badly I want my brother Jeffrey Wood to be released from prison. I pray that God provide me with the words necessary to touch your heart and grant my request for clemency and for a pardon.
As I write this, hundreds of thoughts run through my mind. What should I say? How should I say it? How do I make you see the true injustice of it all? I could tell you how Jeff was wrongly convicted under the Law of Parties for the murder of Kris Keeran, I could tell you he did not kill anyone, I could tell you he was not even in the store when the murder took place, and had no way of knowing it would happen, I could tell you that the murder was actually committed in by Daniel Earl Reneau (who was executed in
For 12 years now, I have done what I have been asked to do; which is to sit back and let the system work, because surely the state would not murder an innocent man. Up until this point the system has failed and Jeff, my dearest baby brother, has been given an execution date of August 21, 2008. Governor Perry, you are part of this system. You have the power to make the previous wrongs right. You have the power to save a life.
The death of Kris Keeran was extremely tragic, and I in no way seek to deny the amount of pain and suffering the Keeran family has endured, but Jeff was not a part of the murder of Kris; in fact Kris and Jeff were friends. In no way will any of my family deny Jeff’s part in the crime, but his only crime was robbery. He is not a murderer. He has served 12 years for this crime, and I believe this to be enough. Please punish his actions not Danny’s.
I know that according to the Texas Government Code, Section 508.050 –Report to Governor, it states that you can request to the Pardon and Parole Board a person for pardon, commutation of sentence, reprieve, remission of fine, or forfeiture. I hope and pray that you might be willing to take the political risk involved and commute Jeffrey Wood’s death sentence. I do not expect it or demand it; I simply and deeply plead for you to commute his death sentence and to release him with time served.
Sincerely,
Terri Been (name)
Boys and Girls Club Athletic Director / Teacher (position)