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Oggetto: Case Scotty Moore
Governor Frank Keating
212 State Capitol
Oklahoma City
OK 73105
e-mail: 
gove...@oklaosf.state.ok.us
fax   : 
405 521 3353
Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board
4040 N Lincoln Street
Suite 219
Oklahoma City
OK 73105
The Honorable Madeleine Albright
Office of the Secretary of State
2201 C Street N.W.
Washington DC 20520
Please grant clemency to Scotty Lee Moore, sentenced to death on the basis
of the testimony of an accomplice, in violation of state legislation which
prohibits a conviction based purely on such testimony. Scotty Moore suffers
from ADD (Attentional Deficit Disorder), an abnormal neurological condition
which he tried to treat by himself at the age of 11 through drugs and
medication. In 14 years on death row, Scotty has found the strength and
courage to redeem himself, reclaiming his dignity. Scotty is now a citizen
who will be able to make a positive contribution to society.
Respectfully yours,
Name           Address    Sign
FROM OKLAHOMA'S SUPER-MAX SECURITY PRISON
Scotty Lee Moore, 43, a Cherokee Indian from Texas, has been on death row
in Oklahoma since 9th November 1984. In 1991 he was among the first
prisoners to be transferred to H-Unit, the notorious steel and cement unit,
constructed underground and without ventilation, at the McAlester prison in
Oklahoma.
Only after he had been sentenced to death did psychiatric tests show that
Scotty suffers from ADD. This neurological condition limits concentration
and the capacity to learn, also causing anxiety and a state of agitation.
If left untreated, those affected by the condition will turn to drugs or
alcohol in an attempt to treat themselves.
Drug addiction and alcoholism have plagued three generations of Scotty's
family, on both his father and his mother's side. Half of his relatives
have committed offences. His formative years were a nightmare of drugs,
illness and violence. Despite a difficult adolescence and a relapse into
drug addiction, Scotty managed to work, to marry and to support and care
for his wife's young daughter. When his wife left him, Scotty attempted
suicide. A few months later, in 1977, he robbed a pharmacy in Big Springs,
Texas, in order to get drugs. He served three and a half years of a 13 year
prison sentence in Huntsville, where he suffered numerous episodes of
brutality and outrageous abuse. He is still affected by Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder. He was released on parole, but the court in Huntsville
never ordered psychiatric tests to determine his drug-addiction. First
offenders have the right to participate in programs for the treatment of
drug addiction and rehabilitation, but Scotty was never given this chance.
In 1984 a jury in Oklahoma convicted him of the murder of Alex Fernandez,
night porter at the 'Airline' hotel (which rented rooms by the hour) where
he worked with his cousin and lover Vicky Carter. In order to avoid a death
sentence, Vicky agreed to a plea bargain with the district attorney.
Scotty was convicted on the sole basis of Vicky's deposition, in violation
of state laws which establish that a conviction cannot be made purely on
the basis of an accomplice's testimony. During the trial there was no
attempt to investigate Vicky's past: she was a dangerous and calculating
woman, no stranger to crime (theft, drugs, prostitution and exploitation).
Her own family believes that she probably committed the murder.
Over the years, Scotty Moore's state-appointed attorneys, barely out of law
school and with no experience, have lost one appeal after another. On two
occasions, Scotty even came within hours of execution, despite the fact
that his appeals were not yet exhausted.
To this day Scotty is still remembered by his neighbors and his employer as
a good-natured person, incapable of doing harm. They recall their shock on
learning of the murder charge. He received recognition from the Oklahoma
Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty for doing his utmost to help others
in the same predicament (sick or handicapped prisoners who do not receive
adequate medical care) in the violent and dehumanizing conditions of
H-Unit; he teaches illiterate prisoners to read; he has managed to obtain
better conditions for visits between prisoners and attorneys and he
encourages his fellow prisoners continue with their appeals, postponing
execution for as long as possible. Scotty Moore is in imminent danger of
execution. During the 'final hearing' a preliminary commission made up of
three judges voted 2 to 1 not to submit the appeal to a full court (14
members). Justice Brobry voted in Scotty's favor, stating: "Mr. Moore was
totally denied the chance to persuade the jury not to sentence him to
death", referring to the fact that neither Scotty nor his attorney
addressed the court during the sentencing phase of the trial. "I don't
think you can send a stronger message to a jury that the defendant's life
is not worth sparing, than if no-one speaks in his favor. When not a single
soul in the courtroom stands up to plead for the life of the defendant, the
jury, the court and life itself is diminished."
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Please grant clemency to Scotty Lee Moore, sentenced to death on the basis
Io sono contro la pena di morte, ma questo mi sembra un po OT, sia per la
lingua che per l'argomento. Ti consiglio di postare su:
alt.activism.death-penalty  (in inglese)
e su:
it.discussioni.pena-di-morte (in italiano)
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I am against death penalty, but in my opinion this is a little OT, both for
language and for topic. Please, post on:
alt.activism.death-penalty (in English)
it.discussioni.pena-di-morte (in Italian)
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Sinceramente (Sincerelly),
Marco xxxxx