Disappointed but Not
Devastated
My Dear Friends, Supporters, Comrades:
I know
we are all disappointed to the marrow of our bones and the depths of our hearts
by the news that the Bureaucrats, Kafka like, have turned down my request for
compassionate release.
Let me say, that we are planning ahead. The letter
from the BOP (soon to be posted on the website) is flawed, to put it mildly.
Both factually and medically it has major problems. We intend to go to court and
raise these in front of my sentencing Judge Koeltl. At the first sentencing he
responded to a query by one of the lawyers that he didn't want me to die in
prison -- we'll see if he can now live up to that. He is of course the same
Judge who increased my sentence to 10 years -- but this IS very different and we
can only hope that we can prevail. Stay tuned for what we need from you. We will
never give up.
In the meantime, once again, I grieve for my children and
grandchildren who love me so much and had such great expectations of enjoying
life together again in our beloved NYC and not just trying to, in the prison
visiting room. My Ralph, too, whose dedication and love are only exceeded by the
work he does on my behalf -- but he is a born fighter and although he hurts, it
all comes more naturally to him.
But for everyone else, I hope that your
affront at this crass bureaucratic denial of the request which you by your
signatures and letters and phone calls demanded -- How far can we let this go?
when a 73-year old woman who IS dying of cancer (maybe not on their timetable,)
her life of good works ignored, be shunted aside … "she does not present
circumstances considered extraordinary and compelling ... at this time." We must
show them that I cannot be ignored, that YOU cannot be ignored."
Fight On
-- All of Us or None of Us. An affront to one is an affront to all.
Love
Struggle,
Lynne
Stewart
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Please take a moment to join Pete Seeger, Desmond
Tutu, Dick Gregory and thousands of others. Get ten of your friends to sign
the petition for compassionate release today.
It is devastating,
totally unbelievable. Is this in a democracy, the only superpower? I am sad. I
will sign. Praying God’s blessing on your efforts.
- Desmond Tutu
Lynne Stewart should be outa
jail.
Action Alert: Rally and March
in New York City: Monday, July 1 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm
4:00 pm - Meet at Foley Square (bound by Centre,
Layfayette and Worth Streets 2 blocks north of City Hall Park in Lower
Manhattan)
March Route:
to the Federal Court House @ 500 Pearl
Street;
then to MCC (Metropolitan Correction Center Jail);
and back to
Foley Square for the Rally to "Bring Lynne Stewart Home
Now"
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