Pam
06-06-2002, 11:36 AM
All CCADP Supporters - Urgent !
>
> Hello to all the supporters of the CCADP. We have
> been very busy, and
> our email list with updates (if you have signed up
> for it) will be back
> up soon to let you know all that we have been up to
> and all the prisoner
> updates. Including recent media on Houston's NBC
> affiliate, newspaper in
> Tomball Texas, CBC Canada radio appearances and
> more.
>
> We want to thank those few people who really stood
> up to help out in our
> last urgent financial situation to help keep us
> online and offsetting
> expenses. Once again the account is at zero and we,
> as always are using
> our own funds from our own (low paying!) jobs to
> keep the CCADP online,
> ie keep responding to prisoners, mailing, office and
> long distance costs
> (all our work is volunteer!) For all others who said
> they'd try to send
> a couple of dollars
> later, please do it now : the situation as always is
> urgent as far as
> bills
> - but now we have a VERY URGENT ACTION THAT HAS TO
> BE DEALT WITH!
>
> The state of Arizona passed legislation in 2000
> attempting to ban
> prisoners
> from having groups like ours, friends or family
> members, or anyone
> placing
> any inmate information - including evidence of
> innocence, penpal
> requests,
> artwork, essays, writings, legal documentation etc.
> In the past few
> weeks,
> Arizona has been attempting to ENFORCE this
> legislation. (see our
> report
> below.) The CCADP does not recognize this
> legislation - it is
> unconstitutional
> and against the free speech rights of the prisoner
> and human rights
> groups
> like ours speaking on their behalf. The ACLU
> agrees and is
> considering
> litigation to have the law declared unconstitutional
> and we are working
> with them by sending them prisoner reports and we
> may be involved in
> challenging the law regardless of what their board
> decides.
>
> If Arizona is successful in BANNING PRISONERS NAMES
> AND CASE INFO from
> appearing on the internet, other states will follow.
> If you have a
> family
> and friend on death row in any state please help us
> right now - our
> immediate problem is postage (see below for complete
> info) because the
> CCADP needs to immediately contact all 120 +
> prisoners on AZ's death row
> to
> send them the legal letter that will ensure they do
> not get punished
> because CCADP is keeping them online. WE HAVE NO
> FUNDS AT ALL AND NO
> CANADIAN STAMPS TO HELP US IN THIS MAILING. The
> letters need to go out
> this week and by the end of this week at the latest
> to the prisoners
> who have already written and a copy to the
> administration for each
> prisoner. We will also need funds for long
> distance consultations
> with lawyers, family members of affected prisoners,
> the EFF and ACLU...
>
> WE DESPERATELY NEED YOUR HELP !!!
>
> PLEASE SEND US ANY FUNDS YOU CAN ! If you are able
> to pay for a large
> portion of the mailing let us know, otherwise EVEN
> SENDING 2 or 3
> dollars in an envelope will help immeasurably! 5
> US dollars is 7.50
> Canadian and will buy about 13 Canadian stamps for
> mailing to the US -
> so if you can only send a dollar or two, we ARE
> COMPLETELY SINCERE WHEN
> WE SAY THAT WILL HELP!!!! Usually only a few of the
> same people respond
> to these appeals, this really is the time to help at
> least a little if
> you
> value keeping prisoner pages online. If this is not
> challenged
> immediately
> these prisoners will lose their only contact with
> the outside world and
> the abolitionist movement will lose one of the most
> convincing ways to
> reach
> out to the undecided. PLEASE SUPPORT US NOW!!!
>
> You can send FUNDS or CANADIAN STAMPS.
>
> To donate funds :
>
> Mail US, Canadian, or UK cheques or international
> money orders; cash in
> any currency; Canadian stamps;
> to : CCADP,
> 80 Lillington Ave
> Toronto ON
> M1N 3K7 Canada
>
> Can also donate via WESTERN UNION, BANK TRANSFER or
> CREDIT CARD.
> Contact us at ccadp@rogers.com for how to use these
> options. Again we
> desperately need your help....please let us know
> ASAP if we can count
> on your support. See info below for more on the
> Arizona action.
>
> Tracy Lamourie and Dave Parkinson
> Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty
> http://www.ccadp.org ccadp@rogers.com
> We maintain free webpages for over 350 death row
> prisoners, memoral
> pages
> for 80 who have been executed since they wrote us,
> and penpal requests
> from 700 death row prisoners. PLEASE SUPPORT THIS
> INITIATIVE WE CANNOT
> DO IT ALONE !
>
>
> Recently several prisoners in the state of Arizona
> that we
> list on our site ( http://ccadp.org/arizona.htm )
> either with their own webpages or as a pen pal
> request have written
> to let us know that the DOC is beginning to enforce
> the new legislation
> banning prisoners from the internet.
> (A copy of the legislation is at the end of this
> email)
>
> Prisoners have been receiving official mail stating
> if they're not off
> the net by such and such date, they will face
> disciplinary actions
> and have their power turned off in their cells, no
> buying any
> personal items from canteen or whatever it's called
> for 30 days...
>
> One prisoner was smart enough to imply in their
> letter that if
> for some reason we refuse to remove the information
> or are unable
> to, that we need to send them something in writing
> on our letterhead,
> before the given date to show prison administration
> that the prisoner
> had made every attempt to get off the internet and
> comply with the DOC.
>
> We need to know who is challenging this law, if
> anybody...
>
> When we first heard about this new law everyone we
> work with in
> the Abolitionist movement said it would never stand
> and could be
> easily challenged.
>
> When we first heard that this law was being proposed
> we wrote to
> ALL 120 Arizona death row prisoners to ensure they
> ALL had a chance to
> be heard through our pages, and received numerous
> responses for pen pals
> and webpages before the legislation actually became
> law.
>
> ( We have many more in our "inbox" unfinished and
> not posted on the net
> yet, as we have nearly 1000 leters to go through
> from death rows all
> across the US going back some 2 years now, due to
> all the response to
> our webpage outreach. See:
> http://ccadp.org/outreach.htm )
>
> We are a not for profit human rights organization,
> based in Toronto
> Canada. Our mission is to provide a forum where the
> world can see the
> men and women who are being put to death by their
> governments, without
> the "Media Filter" we've all grown so accustomed to.
> Our intention is
> to expose the truth behind what goes on America's
> death rows, showing
> the Human beings not the "Monsters" we've been told
> to see.
> Some are innocent, and have extensive legal
> materials. Others artwork,
> poetry, legal defense funds... We're not
> "PrisonBabes.com" or some
> other profiteering pen pal service out to exploit
> anyone.
> Our background comes from Anti-racist, Anti-poverty
> work, fighting
> police and or government corruption/abuse, we've
> been active in social
> justice issues for some time, and when we came
> across the death penalty
> issue by accident in '98, we decided to put a stop
> to it once and for
> all.
>
> What we've accomplished is just an extension of the
> work groups like
> Amnesty International, or the NCADP have been doing
> for some time now,
> corresponding with prisoners, sending letters to the
> governor, trying
> to raise public awareness in cases of wrongful
> convictions, etc...
> we've just made it accessable to the world for
> everyone to see for
> themselves.
>
> We're not going to let the State of Arizona shut us
> down as this sets
> a dangerous precedent for what we do, and may lead
> to other States
> doing the same if Arizona is successful in "Banning"
> us from the State.
> More importantly it puts at risk the prisoners
> rights to be heard and
> perhaps garner support / assistance.
>
> We've decided we are making a form letter for all
> the AZ prisoners we
> have, stating that at this time we are refusing to
> remove any
> information posted and stating it is now the
> property of CCADP, and
> exempt from Arizona/US law. We will acknowledge
> thier request to remove
> it and explain that we won't. We also intend to let
> officials know
> that as a result of their threatened actions we will
> begin to make
> webpages for ALL 120 Arizona death row prisoners,
> and will
> put ALL of AZ death row online for the world to see,
> regardless
> of whether we have their permission of not, and that
> there's nothing
> administration can do to stop us.
>
> We need some back up to pull this off, and hopefully
> we can get AZ
> activists and the socially conscious in the legal
> comunity behind us to
> ensure that prisoners don't face any repercussions
> and that someone can
> put this to the test in the courts and get rid of it
> before it spreads
> to other States...
>
> Seriously, these guys are in SMU II absolute
> isolation 24/7 !
> Groups like ours can be the only window to reality
> they have left under
> those conditions, once that's gone... ? !
>
> We have to stop this NOW!...
>
> You can send FUNDS or CANADIAN STAMPS.
>
> To donate funds :
>
> Mail US, Canadian, or UK cheques or international
> money orders; cash in
> any currency; Canadian stamps;
> to : CCADP,
> 80 Lillington Ave
> Toronto ON
> M1N 3K7 Canada
>
> Can also donate via WESTERN UNION, BANK TRANSFER or
> CREDIT CARD.
> Contact us at ccadp@rogers.com for how to use these
> options. Again we
> desperately need your help....please let us know
> ASAP if we can count
> on your support.
>
> Hello to all the supporters of the CCADP. We have
> been very busy, and
> our email list with updates (if you have signed up
> for it) will be back
> up soon to let you know all that we have been up to
> and all the prisoner
> updates. Including recent media on Houston's NBC
> affiliate, newspaper in
> Tomball Texas, CBC Canada radio appearances and
> more.
>
> We want to thank those few people who really stood
> up to help out in our
> last urgent financial situation to help keep us
> online and offsetting
> expenses. Once again the account is at zero and we,
> as always are using
> our own funds from our own (low paying!) jobs to
> keep the CCADP online,
> ie keep responding to prisoners, mailing, office and
> long distance costs
> (all our work is volunteer!) For all others who said
> they'd try to send
> a couple of dollars
> later, please do it now : the situation as always is
> urgent as far as
> bills
> - but now we have a VERY URGENT ACTION THAT HAS TO
> BE DEALT WITH!
>
> The state of Arizona passed legislation in 2000
> attempting to ban
> prisoners
> from having groups like ours, friends or family
> members, or anyone
> placing
> any inmate information - including evidence of
> innocence, penpal
> requests,
> artwork, essays, writings, legal documentation etc.
> In the past few
> weeks,
> Arizona has been attempting to ENFORCE this
> legislation. (see our
> report
> below.) The CCADP does not recognize this
> legislation - it is
> unconstitutional
> and against the free speech rights of the prisoner
> and human rights
> groups
> like ours speaking on their behalf. The ACLU
> agrees and is
> considering
> litigation to have the law declared unconstitutional
> and we are working
> with them by sending them prisoner reports and we
> may be involved in
> challenging the law regardless of what their board
> decides.
>
> If Arizona is successful in BANNING PRISONERS NAMES
> AND CASE INFO from
> appearing on the internet, other states will follow.
> If you have a
> family
> and friend on death row in any state please help us
> right now - our
> immediate problem is postage (see below for complete
> info) because the
> CCADP needs to immediately contact all 120 +
> prisoners on AZ's death row
> to
> send them the legal letter that will ensure they do
> not get punished
> because CCADP is keeping them online. WE HAVE NO
> FUNDS AT ALL AND NO
> CANADIAN STAMPS TO HELP US IN THIS MAILING. The
> letters need to go out
> this week and by the end of this week at the latest
> to the prisoners
> who have already written and a copy to the
> administration for each
> prisoner. We will also need funds for long
> distance consultations
> with lawyers, family members of affected prisoners,
> the EFF and ACLU...
>
> WE DESPERATELY NEED YOUR HELP !!!
>
> PLEASE SEND US ANY FUNDS YOU CAN ! If you are able
> to pay for a large
> portion of the mailing let us know, otherwise EVEN
> SENDING 2 or 3
> dollars in an envelope will help immeasurably! 5
> US dollars is 7.50
> Canadian and will buy about 13 Canadian stamps for
> mailing to the US -
> so if you can only send a dollar or two, we ARE
> COMPLETELY SINCERE WHEN
> WE SAY THAT WILL HELP!!!! Usually only a few of the
> same people respond
> to these appeals, this really is the time to help at
> least a little if
> you
> value keeping prisoner pages online. If this is not
> challenged
> immediately
> these prisoners will lose their only contact with
> the outside world and
> the abolitionist movement will lose one of the most
> convincing ways to
> reach
> out to the undecided. PLEASE SUPPORT US NOW!!!
>
> You can send FUNDS or CANADIAN STAMPS.
>
> To donate funds :
>
> Mail US, Canadian, or UK cheques or international
> money orders; cash in
> any currency; Canadian stamps;
> to : CCADP,
> 80 Lillington Ave
> Toronto ON
> M1N 3K7 Canada
>
> Can also donate via WESTERN UNION, BANK TRANSFER or
> CREDIT CARD.
> Contact us at ccadp@rogers.com for how to use these
> options. Again we
> desperately need your help....please let us know
> ASAP if we can count
> on your support. See info below for more on the
> Arizona action.
>
> Tracy Lamourie and Dave Parkinson
> Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty
> http://www.ccadp.org ccadp@rogers.com
> We maintain free webpages for over 350 death row
> prisoners, memoral
> pages
> for 80 who have been executed since they wrote us,
> and penpal requests
> from 700 death row prisoners. PLEASE SUPPORT THIS
> INITIATIVE WE CANNOT
> DO IT ALONE !
>
>
> Recently several prisoners in the state of Arizona
> that we
> list on our site ( http://ccadp.org/arizona.htm )
> either with their own webpages or as a pen pal
> request have written
> to let us know that the DOC is beginning to enforce
> the new legislation
> banning prisoners from the internet.
> (A copy of the legislation is at the end of this
> email)
>
> Prisoners have been receiving official mail stating
> if they're not off
> the net by such and such date, they will face
> disciplinary actions
> and have their power turned off in their cells, no
> buying any
> personal items from canteen or whatever it's called
> for 30 days...
>
> One prisoner was smart enough to imply in their
> letter that if
> for some reason we refuse to remove the information
> or are unable
> to, that we need to send them something in writing
> on our letterhead,
> before the given date to show prison administration
> that the prisoner
> had made every attempt to get off the internet and
> comply with the DOC.
>
> We need to know who is challenging this law, if
> anybody...
>
> When we first heard about this new law everyone we
> work with in
> the Abolitionist movement said it would never stand
> and could be
> easily challenged.
>
> When we first heard that this law was being proposed
> we wrote to
> ALL 120 Arizona death row prisoners to ensure they
> ALL had a chance to
> be heard through our pages, and received numerous
> responses for pen pals
> and webpages before the legislation actually became
> law.
>
> ( We have many more in our "inbox" unfinished and
> not posted on the net
> yet, as we have nearly 1000 leters to go through
> from death rows all
> across the US going back some 2 years now, due to
> all the response to
> our webpage outreach. See:
> http://ccadp.org/outreach.htm )
>
> We are a not for profit human rights organization,
> based in Toronto
> Canada. Our mission is to provide a forum where the
> world can see the
> men and women who are being put to death by their
> governments, without
> the "Media Filter" we've all grown so accustomed to.
> Our intention is
> to expose the truth behind what goes on America's
> death rows, showing
> the Human beings not the "Monsters" we've been told
> to see.
> Some are innocent, and have extensive legal
> materials. Others artwork,
> poetry, legal defense funds... We're not
> "PrisonBabes.com" or some
> other profiteering pen pal service out to exploit
> anyone.
> Our background comes from Anti-racist, Anti-poverty
> work, fighting
> police and or government corruption/abuse, we've
> been active in social
> justice issues for some time, and when we came
> across the death penalty
> issue by accident in '98, we decided to put a stop
> to it once and for
> all.
>
> What we've accomplished is just an extension of the
> work groups like
> Amnesty International, or the NCADP have been doing
> for some time now,
> corresponding with prisoners, sending letters to the
> governor, trying
> to raise public awareness in cases of wrongful
> convictions, etc...
> we've just made it accessable to the world for
> everyone to see for
> themselves.
>
> We're not going to let the State of Arizona shut us
> down as this sets
> a dangerous precedent for what we do, and may lead
> to other States
> doing the same if Arizona is successful in "Banning"
> us from the State.
> More importantly it puts at risk the prisoners
> rights to be heard and
> perhaps garner support / assistance.
>
> We've decided we are making a form letter for all
> the AZ prisoners we
> have, stating that at this time we are refusing to
> remove any
> information posted and stating it is now the
> property of CCADP, and
> exempt from Arizona/US law. We will acknowledge
> thier request to remove
> it and explain that we won't. We also intend to let
> officials know
> that as a result of their threatened actions we will
> begin to make
> webpages for ALL 120 Arizona death row prisoners,
> and will
> put ALL of AZ death row online for the world to see,
> regardless
> of whether we have their permission of not, and that
> there's nothing
> administration can do to stop us.
>
> We need some back up to pull this off, and hopefully
> we can get AZ
> activists and the socially conscious in the legal
> comunity behind us to
> ensure that prisoners don't face any repercussions
> and that someone can
> put this to the test in the courts and get rid of it
> before it spreads
> to other States...
>
> Seriously, these guys are in SMU II absolute
> isolation 24/7 !
> Groups like ours can be the only window to reality
> they have left under
> those conditions, once that's gone... ? !
>
> We have to stop this NOW!...
>
> You can send FUNDS or CANADIAN STAMPS.
>
> To donate funds :
>
> Mail US, Canadian, or UK cheques or international
> money orders; cash in
> any currency; Canadian stamps;
> to : CCADP,
> 80 Lillington Ave
> Toronto ON
> M1N 3K7 Canada
>
> Can also donate via WESTERN UNION, BANK TRANSFER or
> CREDIT CARD.
> Contact us at ccadp@rogers.com for how to use these
> options. Again we
> desperately need your help....please let us know
> ASAP if we can count
> on your support.