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I am prepared, to serve the maximum sentence
By Cindy Sheehan
11/16/05 "ICH
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Today is the day that a portion of the 376 people who were arrested
in front of the White House are going to court to fight our arrest.
Out of the 376, 125 have their appearance day today. The court
(Scooter and Karl's court) is expecting about 60 to 70 people to
come today to contest the arrest.
We have a team of fine DC lawyers helping us. My attorney, Jon
Norris, has informed me that we could be facing up to a $500 fine
and/or 6 months in jail.
This seems like a pretty stiff sentence to me for demonstrating
without a permit!
I am prepared, but I will not be too thrilled, to serve the maximum
sentence. I don't think we will get any jail time, but I am
certainly not going to pay the fine either!!
If I wanted to pay the fine, I would have paid the $75 original fine
and I would not even have to go to court. Then, I will be in
contempt of court and may have a whole slew of problems from that. I
wonder how Scooter is doing these fine and balmy DC days?
We will try to put on a necessity defense. This is my defense:
My dear, sweet boy was killed in Iraq on 04/04/04. He was murdered
by an Iraqi insurgent, but George and his lying band of neocon
criminals might as well have pulled the trigger. It has been proven
over and over again that the thugs lied us into the invasion and are
still lying to maintain the occupation.
On 9/26/05, I knew I was breaking the law by sitting on the White
House sidewalk without a permit. But, I was sitting there to call
attention to the murderers who live and work there. If not for them,
I would still have my son and tens of thousands of innocent people
would still be alive. Isn't murder a crime? When are those people
going to face justice for their war crimes and crimes against
humanity?
Who wants to live free in a world where murderers are allowed to
roam free and wreak havoc on innocent citizens and countries?
I know I don't.
We will keep you posted.
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