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SET
THEM
FREE:
What
You
Can
Do
to
Help
the
Jubilee
and
Related
Campaigns
7/14/00
Please help the campaigns
for Jubilee Justice 2000, Free Kemba Smith and to repeal mandatory minimum
sentencing and end the failed and unjust war on drugs. Here's what
you can do:
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Visit http://www.drcnet.org/justice/
to send a letter to Congress calling for the repeal of mandatory minimum
sentencing.
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Visit http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/8899/
and click on "What You Can Do" to help the campaign for a presidential
pardon for Kemba Smith.
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Join the Jubilee Justice 2000
petition drive. Visit http://www.jubileejustice.org and click on
"download the petition" to get your first copy. Print them out and
hand them out, leave them in coffee shops, activist centers, bookstores,
etc. Sign a copy, and if you are willing, go out and seek signatures
from others.
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Volunteer to help the November
Coalition input the petition data. E-mail John Chase, volunteer coordinator,
at [email protected] to
sign up.
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Justice list, for alerts and info on this and other campaigns on behalf
of drug war prisoners -- visit http://www.drcnet.org/jubilee-signup/
to subscribe. This is a one-way announcement list, like this DRC-NATL
Week Online/Rapid Response Team list, for reformers who want to receive
more information on prisons and sentencing and who don't want to wait until
Friday to get it. This new list, [email protected],
is not formally affiliated with the Jubilee Justice campaign, but will
support it and other similar efforts.
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Issue #145, 7/14/00
Clinton Grants Commutations to Five Federal Drug War Prisoners, Four Women, One Man Go Free, 90,000 Remain Behind Bars on Federal Drug Charges | SET THEM FREE: What You Can Do to Help the Jubilee and Related Campaigns | "Mad Mark" or "Sour Souder?" Indiana Congressman Introduces Bill to Preempt State Level Drug Law Reforms | Asset Forfeiture: Florida Task Force So Out of Control Even the Feds are Embarrassed | District of Columbia: City Council Leaps Backward, Heightens Marijuana Penalties | Jamaica Church Leaders Say "Legalize It" | Portugal Decriminalizes Drug Use and Possession, Prescription Heroin and Injection Rooms Coming Next? | Michigan Initiative Effort Fails to Obtain Necessary Signatures | Drug Czar Seeks Deal With Hollywood to Include Anti-Drug Messages in Films | FBI's New Toy Spies on E-Mail, Has Bob Barr Frightened | AlertS: Mandatory Minimums, Free Speech, California, New York, Washington State | HEA Campaign | Event Calendar | Attorney Position Opening at ACLU National Drug Policy Litigation Project | Editorial: Set Our People Free
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