What You Can Do:

From the Colorado Hemp Initiative Project Please copy and re-distribute this announcement.

Please write and call Judge McMahon and ask that he have leniency on Todd McCormick and allow Todd to remain free on bail until his trial, scheduled to begin on May 27.

***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

Federal Magistrate Judge James McMahon

***Phone: (213) 894-6500 Judge McMahon's law clerk

If you can, send a letter to Judge McMahon asking that he exercise his powers of leniency, compassion, and mercy 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, Ann McCormick (Todd's mother) and Peter McWilliams (Todd's publisher).
cohip@levellers.org, annmaria@webtv.net, peter@mcwilliams.com

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DONATE TO TODD'S LEGAL DEFENSE FUND

Todd McCormick Defense Fund
c/o David M Michael Client Trust Account,
Bank of America # 16644 11541, Pier 5
North The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94111,
415-986-5591

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WHAT ELSE CAN I DO???

1)Write LETTERS TO THE EDITOR of these California newspapers. Express outrage at the persecution Todd McCormick. Tell them to STOP THE WAR ON SICK PEOPLE!! For help on letter-writing, see the Media Awareness Project at http://www.mapinc.org.

California Newspapers (compiled by Jim Rosenfield: jnr@insightweb.com)
cctletrs@netcom.com(Contra Costa County Times Calif.)
chronletters@sfgate.com(San Francisco Chronicle)
feedback@smctimes.com(San Mateo Times)
letters@blk.com(BLK, LTE's)
letters@examiner.com(San Francisco Examiner)
letters@latimes.com(Los Angeles Times)
letters@link.freedom.com(The Orange County Register)
letters@modbee.com(Modesto Bee)
letters@news.latimes.com
letters@sfbayguardian.com(San Francisco Bay Guardian)
letters@sjmercury.com(San Jose Mercury News)
letters@TheReporter.com(Vacaville Reporter)
letters@uniontrib.com(San Diego Union Tribune)
mail@newtimes-slo.com
opinion@bakersfield.com
opinion@sacbee.com
pdletters@aol.com(Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
triblet@angnewspapers.com
tribletter@aol.com
viewpoint@asucla.ucla.edu(Daily Bruin UCLA Viewpoint)
voice@villagevoice.com

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2) SEND POSTCARDS to and CALL federal and state elected officials. SEND EMAIL to the few who have email. Tell them to help FREE TODD MCCORMICK!

Use this short email list to cut and paste into the Bcc: field of your email program.

petewilson@ca.gov, gray.davis@ltg.ca.gov, piu@hdcdojnet.state.ca.us, tmrozek@usdoj.gov, senator@boxer.senate.gov, senator@feinstein.senate.gov, president@whitehouse.gov, vice.president@whitehouse.gov, first.lady@whitehouse.gov

STATE GOVERNMENT
Governor Pete Wilson
State Capitol, 1st Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 445-2841
Fax: (916) 445-4633
Email: petewilson@ca.gov

Lieutenant Governor Gray Davis
State Capitol, Room 1114
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 445-8994
Fax: (916) 323-4998
Email: gray.davis@ltg.ca.gov

Attorney General Daniel E. Lungren
1300 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 445-9555
Fax: (916) 324-5205

Attorney General's Office Public Inquiry Unit
Web: http://caag.state.ca.us/piu/mailform.htm
Email: piu@hdcdojnet.state.ca.us

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CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE:
Email list:
http://www.sonnet.com/CriminalJusticeReform/legislators.html

Other lists:
http://www.state.ca.us/s/govt/legisca.html
http://clerkweb.house.gov/mbrcmtee/members/mbrsstate/uolmfram.htm

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U.S. CONGRESS

U.S. Senators of California:
Boxer, Barbara (D)Ê senator@boxer.senate.gov
Feinstein, Dianne (D) senator@feinstein.senate.gov

For U.S. Senators in other states, see:
http://www.senate.gov/senator/membmail.html
http://www.earthlaw.org/Activist/senatadd.htm

U.S. Representatives:
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

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EMAIL THE WHITE HOUSE:
president@whitehouse.gov
vice.president@whitehouse.gov
first.lady@whitehouse.gov

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U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Central District of California
Criminal Division
312 North Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Email: tmrozek@usdoj.gov

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

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