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International Day of Solidarity for Marie Mason and Eric McDavid!

Briana Waters: Victimized by Green Scare State Terrorism - by Stephen Lendman

An earlier article discussed her case, accessed through the following link:

http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2008/04/green-scare-state-terrorism.html

Content from it is repeated below before updating her status. An innocent woman, she's one of many victims of US state terrorism, in her case for courageous environmental activism. Her web site provides more information, accessed through the following link:

http://supportbriana.org/

Her Case

On March 30, 2006, she was arrested, then falsely accused of being a lookout in connection with a 2001 arson at the University of Washington Center for Urban Horticulture.

 
Dear friends,
Yesterday marked the 5th year of Eric's arrest and imprisonment. Every year, at this time, we are forced to reflect on all that has happened. It is never an easy process, but this year feels different. This year we know that Eric will be in prison for the duration of his sentence. All of his appeals have been exhausted. 5 years is a long time – but we aren't even halfway there...

Dear friends,

Eric McDavid: Victimized by Green Scare State Terrorism - by Stephen Lendman

The October 2001 USA Patriot Act's Section 802 created the crime of "domestic terrorism" (applicable to US citizens) for the first time, applying it to persons engaged in acts "dangerous to human life" in violation of federal or state criminal laws, if such actions:

-- intimidate or coerce a civilian population;

-- influence government policy by intimidation or coercion; or

-- affect government conduct by mass destruction, assassination or kidnapping.

Dear friends,

Yesterday, August 9th, oral arguments for Eric's appeal were heard at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.  Most of the discussion focused on the incorrect written response to a question the jurors asked during deliberations at Eric's trial (the oral answer to a jury question was the complete opposite from the written answer - the jury reached a guilty verdict soon after). The presiding judge on the panel seemed particularly interested in this issue (she wrote a previous decision for the 9th circuit in which a case was reversed due to an erroneous jury instruction).