PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY!!! January 2, 2011 Hi everyone! Lynne Stewart's most recent situation is discussed in this audio report with Ralph Poynter (Lynne's husband) interviewed by "Taking Aim's" Mya Shone and Ralph Schoenman:...
WESPAC Foundation is concerned about the criminal justice system. We work in solidarity with other groups and organizations in Westchester County to repeal the Rockefeller Drug Laws, to eliminate racial profiling, and to address the structural and institutional biases inherent in our criminal justice system. We stand to permanently remove the death penalty as a legal option for the state, and we seek to significantly reduce the prison populations by working towards a more benevolent economic system that guarantees meaningful jobs and training at a living wage to all people.
Lynne Stewart being transferred
Greetings It is official. Lynne Stewart, our shero and people's lawyer is at this very moment in transti to the Oklahoma prison complex which is a transit point for the prison system. We still have no confirmation as to where they will send...
Third Circuit on Mumia
Round Two: Third Circuit Court Panel Re-Hears Issue of Abu-Jamal's Death Penalty on Orders of Supreme Court Wed, 11/10/2010 - 10:39 http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/node/300 by: Dave Lindorff The three-decades-long murder case of Philadelphia journalist...
Holy Land Five
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11410.shtml Holy Land 5 case reveals double standard in enforcement of US law Report, The Electronic Intifada, 20 July 2010 An US federal agent at the Holy Land Foundation in Bridgeview, Illinois, as the contents of the office...
The Holy Land Foundation Case
Please forward widely... http://www.counterpunch.org/elashi06252010.html The Holy Land Foundation Case Friday, June 25, 2010 Defending My Father ... and the Constitution By NOOR ELASHI The case perhaps most notably authorized by the Material Support Law, which was...
Perjury Charge is Focus
Perjury Charge Is Focus of Debate Over Lynne Stewart Resentencing Mark Hamblett New York Law Journal http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202462743367&Perjury_Charge_Is_Focus_of_Debate_Over_Lynne_Stewart_Resentencing June 16, 2010 Prosecutors and defense lawyers...
Newburgh Four – NYT article
Newburgh Terrorism Case May Establish a Line for Entrapment Nathaniel Brooks for The New York Times Shamshad Ahmad, a physics lecturer and mosque leader in Albany , said government infiltration and deception carried a cost. By WILLIAM GLABERSON Published: June 15,...
Lynne Stewart is ill
June 3, 2010 Dear Friends of Lynne Stewart, Forgive this hasty note updating Lynne's situation. A regularly scheduled follow up test to check on whether Lynne's breast cancel had reappeared revealed that Lynne now had a spot on her liver. Lynne struggled with prison...
Lynne Stewart
Lynne Stewart and the Guantanamo Lawyers: Same Fact Patterns, Same Opponent, Different Endings? By Ralph Poynter In the Spring of 2002, Lynne Stewart was arrested by the FBI, at her home in Brooklyn, for materially aiding terrorism by virtue of making a public press...
Jalil Muntaqim June 2010 Parole Hearing
Jalil Muntaqim June 2010 Parole Hearing Jalil is asking that we write letters to the parole board supporting his request. Please address the letter to the Parole Commissioners (Re: Parole application of Anthony Jalil Bottom #77A4283) but send to: Bob Boyle, Esq. Ste...
WESPAC on Facebook
November 19th marks the tragic police killing of Mr. Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr. Kenneth his son will open up the community forum with welcoming words and thoughts on this current moment:Please save the date and help us share widely!Our current slate of confirmed panelists includes: - Deputy Commissioner of Public Safety for the City of White Plains Joseph Castelli (Commissioner Hardy is already committed to another panel that evening)- Peekskill Police Chief Adam Renwick - Omar Lopez (Deputy Mayor and CCRB Chairman, Ossining) - Dennis Adams (CCRB Chairman, Peekskill) - Jay Buckiewicz (Secretary CCRB, Peekskill)Invited but not yet confirmed - City of Yonkers Public Safety Commissioner and Westchester County Public Safety CommissionerWe will have light refreshments from 6pm to 6:15pm and then we will head to the auditorium: @followers
WESPAC Foundation has secured the screening rights to make the documentary Who Killed Alex Odeh? available to our community for one day. This film is deeply personal to me. I was a high school student here in Westchester County at Horace Greeley when Alex Odeh, a Palestinian American civil rights leader and regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, was assassinated by a bomb planted at his office in Santa Ana, California, on October 11, 1985. I remember how deeply disturbing it was to learn of his murder, and I remain profoundly shaken by the fact that, more than four decades later, no one has been brought to justice. Even more troubling is the history of suspects who were able to leave the United States without facing prosecution. For me, Alex Odeh’s murder came to symbolize something that Palestinians have experienced for generations: a devastating sense that those who take Palestinian lives can do so with impunity. That failure of accountability has continued to haunt our people, culminating in the mass killing and destruction we have witnessed in Gaza over these past several years. When violence against Palestinians goes unpunished, it sends a dangerous message that Palestinian lives are somehow less worthy of protection, dignity, and justice. I hope our WESPAC community will take the time to watch this important film with me on December 2nd at 7pm at WESPAC, reflect on the decades of injustice it exposes, and recommit ourselves to the principle that every human life is sacred and that justice must never depend on one’s nationality, ethnicity, or identity.Wednesday, December 2nd at 7pm at WESPAC77 Tarrytown Road, Suite 2WWhite Plains, NY 10607
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