AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CALLS ON GOV. RILEY TO COMMUTE WOOD DEATH SENTENCE; CITES INADEQUATE LEGAL REPRESENTATION, MENTAL DISABILITY

Alabama Should Question ‘Meting Out Such a Severe and Irreversible Punishment’(Washington, D.C.) – Amnesty International today made a final plea to Alabama Governor Bob Riley, asking him to commute the death sentence of Holly Wood, a 50-year-old African American man with significant mental impairments who is scheduled for execution tomorrow.  The human rights organization sent the governor a letter explaining its concerns about the case, and for several weeks Amnesty International members worldwide have written to the governor’s office to raise the issue of Wood’s legal representation,