[mobglob-discuss] Fwd: Jury Trial Appeal for Support

[Graeme Bacque]

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>Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 14:59:03 -0500 (EST)
>From: OCAP <ocap at tao.ca>
>To: ocap at lists.tao.ca
>Subject: Jury Trial Appeal for Support
>
>THE JURY TRIAL OF OCAP MEMBERS ACCUSED OF 'PLANNING A RIOT' IS UNDERWAY
>AND WE ARE APPEALING FOR YOUR HELP.
>
>The trial of Stefan Pilipa, Gaetan Heroux and John Clarke is now
>underway.  Pretrial motions are now being heard and jury selection will
>take place shortly.
>
>Stefan and Gaetan are charged with 'participating in a riot' and face
>two years in jail.  John has been accused of counseling to participate in
>a riot and counseling to assault police.  He could go to jail for up to
>five years.
>
>These charges are drawn from the most reactionary and antiquated
>sections of the Canadian Criminal Code that date back to 18th Century
>Britain.  They are not normal criminal charges but tools of political
>repression designed to crush opposition at times when the elites felt the
>lower orders had to be put back in their place with a sharp lesson.  That
>they are being used in Tory governed Ontario in 2003 speaks volumes about
>the political climate in which OCAP is operating.
>
>On our website at www.ocap.ca we are posting letters that to the
>Ontario Attorney General, David Young, that have started to come in.  We
>are asking all progressive organizations in Canada and internationally to
>send such messages.  Young can be contacted at:-
>
>         Tel: (416) 326-2220
>
>         Attorney General of Ontario
>         720 Bay Street
>         TORONTO, Ontario M5G 2K1
>
>Please send copies to OCAP at ocap at tao.ca or fax them to us at (416)
>925-9681.
>
>We will be sending out another update on the trial proceedings shortly.
>
>We thank-you for your support and solidarity.
>
>OCAP
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