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Free
Will
Foster
Campaign
Continues
9/18/98
Concerned citizens from around
the world continue to urge Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating to sign off
on a state parole board recommendation that Will Foster, medical cannabis
user, be immediately paroled. Foster, who was sentenced in 1996 to
93 years in prison for cultivation had his sentence reduced to 20 years
on appeal. Due to serious overcrowding in the Oklahoma prison system,
as well as a new law mandating that violent offenders serve a minimum of
85% of their sentence, Foster became eligible for parole immediately.
If you haven't yet taken
a moment to contact Governor Keating on Will's behalf, please consider
doing so today. Remember, a letter has the greatest impact, followed
by a phone call, fax and email, respectively. Foster, who owned his
own computer software business at the time of his arrest, poses no threat
to anyone, yet has already been separated from his family for two years.
To reach the Governor, call
(405) 521-2342, e-mail governor@oklaosf.state.ok.us
(the governor's e-mail has bounced
in the past, so we don't know for sure whether it works
now, fax to (405) 521-3317, 523-4224 or 522-3492, or write to:
Governor Frank Keating
State Capitol Building,
Room 212
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Very important: Be polite! Remember,
there is no reason to assume he is against us at this point, and we need
to always present ourselves as credible and reasonable.
And make sure to let us know
you've written! We need to know if you've acted, to evaluate our
effectiveness and demonstrate it to our donors. Drop us a note at
alert-feedback@drcnet.org,
or just reply to this message, to let us know.
(You can read our original
alert at http://www.drcnet.org/rapid/1998/9-10.html.)
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Issue #59, 9/18/98
Shattered Lives Book Offer Continues, Eyegive Participants Raising Valuable Funds for DRCNet | Alert Feedback | Free Will Foster Campaign Continues | Attention Students | DEA Raids Humboldt Cannabis Center, Destroys Patients' Medicine | House Approves Anti-Medical Cannabis Resolution, Patient Arrested For Medicating in McCollum's Office | Medical Marijuana on Ballot in DC | Industrial Hemp Making Strides Worldwide | Methadone Clinic Sues Fairfax Police | Immigrant Children Used to Sell Cocaine in Vancouver's Black Market | Editorial: Whose Privacy?
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