Subject: Helping Todd - Phone calls requested
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 13:11:58 -0700 (MST)
From: "Colo. Hemp Init. Project" 

ACTION ALERT:

Please copy and re-distribute this announcement.

Todd McCormick: Persecution of Patients Continues

Phone calls needed before Todd's hearing at 2pm PST today (Friday, April 3, 1998).

Please call Judge McMahon and ask that he have leniency on Todd McCormick and allow Todd to remain free on bail until his trial. ***BE RESPECTFUL!*** Todd's liberty is at stake. We don't want to irritate the judge, but we do want him to know that a lot of people are concerned about this case

Stress that Todd is not a flight risk (the bail he posted is $500,000). Todd is accused of testing positive for THC, in violation of the conditions of his bail, but the positive test was probably caused by the legally-prescribed Marinol that Todd had been taking prior to Judge McMahon's ruling on March 17 that ordered Todd not to use the Marinol any longer. Ask that the judge exercise his power of COMPASSION.

Federal Magistrate Judge James McMahon
***Phone: (213) 894-6500

If you can't call today, send a letter to Judge McMahon asking that have exercise his power of leniency and compassion over Todd:
Federal Magistrate Judge James McMahon
U.S. District Court
Central District of California
312 N. Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012

If possible, send copies of any letters sent by email to the Colorado Hemp Initiative Project, Todd McCormick, Ann McCormick (Todd's mother) and Peter McWilliams (Todd's publisher).
cohip@levellers.org, annmaria@webtv.net, todd@a-vision.com, peter@mcwilliams.com

For information on how to contact the Federal Courthouse in LA, see the U.S. District Court-Central District of California Web Page:
http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov
Phones:
(213) 894-2215
(213) 894-1426
(213) 894-3651 in that order

For background on Todd's case, see: The Medical Marijuana Magazine
http://marijuanamagazine.com

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