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Rally at Modesto Courthouse Mon. Feb. 1rst.

Date:
Monday, February 01, 2010
Time:
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Event Type:
Court Date
Organizer/Author:
Brian or Kristy
Email:
Phone:
Brian ~ (209) 596-7762
Location Details:
More info, court date, location, & time here:

Stanislaus County Courthouse
800 11th Street
Downtown Modesto Ca,

Upcoming Court Calendar:
- February 01, 2010 @ 1:30 PM in Dept. 8
- March 15, 2010 @ 8:30 AM in Dept. 8
- March 23, 2010 @9:30 AM in Dept. 8

PLEASE spread the word.

To get things started right with our Trial date & the new year, we are calling on all to help set up Rally & a Demo out front of Modesto Courthouse & elsewhere (use imagination) this coming Feb. 1, 2010, to educate the public of the issue at large & stand out as presence & resisting State repression against 2 public health workers that will have almost been in court a year by March 2010 for helping people & reducing disease spread through IV use.A "medical defense necessity" will be determined starting Feb. 1, prior to March 23rd, which is actual starting date for Trial. Please join us & we will provide a lot of signs early that morning for folks that want to hold them out front, or, you are encouraged to make your own.
Once again, please stand with us!

Solidarity always,
-Brian

Added to the calendar on Thu, Jan 7, 2010 11:40AM

Comments (Hide Comments)
by Brian
The Stanislaus County DA was not interested in anything less than a misdemeanor charge against 2 volunteers arrested for offering syringe exchange and harm reduction services in the Airport District in early 2009.

The defendants (Kristy & Brian) were not at all interested in the "deal" offered, which included a 3 year stay away order from Mono Park, 3 yrs. Probation, & 1 defendant, 30 days in county Jail and opted instead to go to jury trial. The trial is scheduled to begin on March 23, 2010 at the Stanislaus County Courthouse.

Whether a necessity defense will be allowed by Judge Cordova will be discussed on Feb. 1. Necessity defense has successfully been used in other notable syringe exchange cases. If you would like to come out and show your support, please do not hesitate - and spread the word.

Stanislaus County Courthouse
800 11th Street
Downtown Modesto Ca,
Dept. # 8
MEET AT NOON FOR RALLY

Upcoming Court Calendar:
- February 01, 2010 @ 1:30 PM in Dept. 8 (the time we go in for court)
- March 15, 2010 @ 8:30 AM in Dept. 8
- March 23, 2010 @9:30 AM in Dept. 8 (ACTUAL TRIAL BEGINNING)

For more information
or to find out how you can help,
contact Wingnuts Liberation Project (IS BACK)
&/or Off the Streets Project at:

offthestreetsproject [at] yahoo.com
http://offthestreetsproject.blogspot.com/
http://groups.google.com/group/wingnuts-liberation-project
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