[CPRB] Fwd: RE: [cu_citizens] Patrick Thompson is being railroaded!!!!

[John W.]

Is there any way we could get these notifications of court appearances with 
a little more advance notice?

And is Patrick representing himself?  What's your role in his defense, Carol?

John


At 11:05 PM 7/18/2005, Carol George wrote:

> >From: Carol George <lifestratinst19 at sbcglobal.net>
> >Reply-To: cu_citizens at yahoogroups.com
> >To: Danielle Schumacher <pirkolater at gmail.com>,  Jerome Chambers
> ><jayceeoutreach at hotmail.com>, cu_citizens at yahoogroups.com,  Patricia Avery
> ><cuapavery at juno.com>,  Imani Bazzell <ibazzell at urbanleague.net>,
> >imc-print at ucimc.org
> >Subject: [cu_citizens] Patrick Thompson is being railroaded!!!!
> >Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 17:53:09 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >BE Peace.  Today Patrick and I maneuvered our way through a jury selection
> >process that too six hours and over forty people that still left him with a
> >jury of 8 white females and 4 white males!!!  Does anyone think this is a
> >jury of his peers?!  There were only five "minorities" in the entire
> >selection process, one of whom was never even a possible juror because the
> >jury had been selected before his name was called.
> >
> >The jury selection is an issue, however, the fact that an activist in our
> >community who has placed his life on the line yet again(he faces a possible
> >sentence of 120 years!!) to shed light on the injustices of Champaign
> >County, is enough to ask, " what will we do to support him and our
> >community? " We are asking for everyone who receives this e-mail to take
> >off of work(great protest, huh?) and come to the courthouse in Courtroom E
> >at 9:15 a.m. tomorrow (7/19/05) to hear the opening arguments of this most
> >intriguing trial.
> >
> >  The judges are ignoring case law, ignoring our rights to speedy trials
> >and sentencing our young men(like Terrel Layefield) to outrageous prison
> >terms with little, circumstancial, or, NO EVIDENCE!
> >
> >The system is on trial because the only evidence against Patrick is that
> >he was picked out of a line up by a white female who has a Documented
> >History of doing the exact same thing to at least three other individuals,
> >who were all exonerated or had their charges dropped!!  That's right in
> >America, in Champaign County, we are trying Citizens on hearsay, especially
> >Citzens that stir up the waters.  Though it's nothing new, it's time to
> >stand up for your rights. Our rights as tax paying citizens will be flushed
> >down the drain if we don't stop this madness in our own back yard!!  Let's
> >show'em who's really going to fight for Peace and Justice at all costs!  BE
> >Just!