A plea from Florida`s death watch
from Daniel Remeta
13/1-98
Daniel Remeta
is sitting on death watch in Florida Prison to wait for execution, scheduled 31th March - 1998.
Governor Chiles of Florida has signed his death warrant to be executed in the same chair as was used when Pedro Mediana was executed in 1997, when flames errupted from the chair.
Florida Supreme Court still finds this chair a human execution method.
What we in Scandinavia finds inhuman, Florida continues.
Daniel Remeta here writes a personal message via one of his friends and want this to be told to the people in Europe:
20/1-98
"Death watch prisoner needs legal assistence, attorney or organization, and/or complaint letters, phone calls directly to the U.S. Supreme Court, and American Civil Liberties Union.
I am being denied sanitary conditions, denied ( HEAT ) and am under constant threaths !!! I can not even privately communicate with my attorneys because guards listen, moniter my calls, which is a violation and denies my confidentiality....
My legal team CCRC is fighting to save my life.... they are too busy litigating my case to file any complaints. etc. which would deprive them from complete dedication to my case.
Send emails to: Thomas Smolka
and to: Florida Prison Legal Perspective
Both of these will probably respond.
It`s terrible, my friend.
Seriously & one of my lawyers busted a cop eaves dropping....
I also need asssistence to file a motion .... so please advertise to both.... Tell your friend I also am filing a motion to Ocala on dismissal of counsel....
I hope I get a hearing....
Gotta fun for now, excuse writing.... cold......Seriously.
Saw my wife Friday.... was WONDEFUL!!!!
Take special care......
Danny.
LETTER from Daniel Remeta jan 98.
When governor Chiles signed my death warrant, it contained nothing about inhuman conditions. It simply schedules me for an execution.
Yet here I am subjected to prison guards with mental problems, others who have open bleeding sores feeding me meals. Another who constantly gags and coughs near the food, nor does he ever wear gloves.
We`ve gotta yell and bang just to receive heat on death watch due to the fact our heat is controlled on another wing.... and due to the fact a prisoner they consider a security threat had a special cell made for him. The air vents are on 24.00-7.00.
Would you want to be subjected to these conditions?
We`re fighting legal battles to save our lives yet such conditions discourage you...... You`re cold, angry,stressed out, feel tortured.......
If you are willing to help, contact anyone of us here on death watch.
If you want to possibly make a change, send a complaint letter to Singletary in Tallahassee, Florida.
In the USA cruel and unusual punishment is not to exist!!!!!!
Take care.
Danny.
Daniel Remeta #102704
Florida State Prison
PO Box 181
X-2102 Starke
Florida 32091.
Do you want to protest
against the execution of
Daniel Remeta?
Send letters, faxes and make phone call to:
Honorable Lawton Chiles
Governor of Florida
Office of Governor
The Capitol
Tallahassee
Florida 32399-001
904 488-4441 Tel
Email: chiles@eog.state.fl.us
Letter from Daniel Remeta 7/1-98
Danny had a death warrant signed just prior to Christmas 97 and is scheduled for execution at the end of March 98.
His wife Judy and his sister in law, Carol, as well as Danny himself need all the support they can have from us now.
In the letter to his friend he wrote the following:
I believe the support from the world fell short, heard from nobody, excluding journalists etc. , but I am not doing any interviews yet, if and when I do, they`ll be X.
I`ve a lot to express.
Well, my friend... you take special care, and seriously thanks for everything. You`re a good friend, times like this surfaces only true ones and you surfaced first. I do not forget such things, my friend.
Well........ we ask you all to drop Danny a line. He feels as though he has been deserted by most people out there.
His address:
Daniel Remeta #102704
Florida State Prison
P.O. Box 181,
X-2102-S Starke,
Florida 32091
Daniel Remeta can receive emails
here .