One item on agenda might be how to promote Global Treaty at below
opportunity with Kucinich, Begley, et al at CA Demos meeting Sunday
Feb.17 being petitioned by another network whose members should be
interested also in supporting global treaty, ie, 3-strikes amendment
network:
http://www.Amend3Strikes.org
----- Original Message -----
From: JamesSilverfox@aol.com
To: JamesSilverfox@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 2:06 PM
Subject: CAVC- update on weekend events
CAVC will be attending the Democratic State Convention as quests this
year. We need volunteers to stand in the foyer at the Bonaventure
Hotel in Los Angeles to gather signatures and accept donations. The
Convention will begin Friday afternoon, February 15th and run through
Sunday.
You will need to bring petitions, pens, and comfortable shoes.
Please let me know what times you will be able to participate.
Jamie has volunteered to be there on Saturday on Sunday.
Please let me know at 949-493-7763 or cmcjohnson@netzero.net
Thanks
Christy Johnson
Southern California Americans for Democratic Action
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-- Anonymous, February 14, 2002
It would be good to collaborate and coordinate for mutual success
between CA global treaty activists and CA 3-strikes network as per
below well organized efforts which will also involve hemp movement
activists. Perhaps at tomorrow's global citizens meeting some kind
of document on global treaty campaign can be composed to copy and
circulate at Sunday's Demo event in LA?
From: "Sam H. Clauder II"
To: "marjorie lawrence" ; "ALL PETITION
COORDINATORS"
Cc: ; "All Volunteer Petitioners"
; "'FACTS'" ;
; "Families of Inmates" ; "Families-of-Inmates"
Subject: Deadline for Submitting Signatures for 3X02
Date: Thursday, February 14, 2002 10:25 AM
As a professional ballot access consultant for ten years, and as a
volunteer for
twenty years before that, I learned over and over that to publicly
announce a
deadline is to imply that people don't need to worry about turning in
signatures
until that deadline, and our campaign will fail if that occurs. We
must have
all signatures turned-in on a weekly basis to track our progress and
to make
sure that everyone who has the blank forms is using them to collect
signatures.
It is extremely important that every volunteer realize that all of
their work is
significant. If each volunteer collects 2-3 signatures a week, that
may not
seem significant to the individual volunteer, but when 2,000-4,000
volunteers
are collecting signatures it amounts to 5,000-15,000 signatures a
week and that
is a very significant number for our campaign. So even if a
volunteer only
collects 2-3 signatures a week, we need those signatures turned-in on
a weekly
basis.
But let's all understand that, while volunteers can collect tens of
thousands of
signatures, we still must raise the money to hire professional
petitioners to
gather the largest number of signatures. And, although we are only
volunteers
right now, we should all try to follow the same procedures that the
professionals use because that's what makes them so successful.
Professional
petitioners turn in their signatures 2-3 times a week, so we are
asking
volunteers to turn them in at least once a week.
With that said, our goal (not deadline) is to collect 700,000
signatures by
April 18 to qualify for the November ballot. In order to do that we
need to
raise and spend $1 million between now and April 18.
If there is any way you can help with this, please let us know, but
we realize
that the precious resources of families who have been working to
amend this law
are very limited and we do not expect to raise $1 million from them.
Instead,
we are looking for more wealthy donors who will support changing this
law
because they sincerely want to restore balance to California's
justice system so
that petty criminals get appropriate sentences instead of 25-years-to-
life.
You will come into contact with some of these people as you are
circulating the
petitions. Don't hesitate to ask for their help. If they want to
know more
about anything, refer them to the address, phone number, and websites
that are
listed on the front page and the back page of each petition.
Thank you all so very much!
Sam H. Clauder II
Political Director, CAVC
12922 Harbor Blvd., Garden Grove, CA 92840
714.780.8901, CAVC.Sam@att.net
http://www.Amend3Strikes.org
marjorie lawrence wrote:
> Hello Folks...The recent decision finding 25 year sentences cruel
and
> unusual has generated a wave of excitement and hope...we are
actively
> gathering signatures for 3X2002 in Bakersfield but need to know
what the
> deadline is for these to be submitted...please help...thanks HT
>
> P.S. Folks needing to register to vote and sign the petition may do
so March
> 1 in Bakersfield at the Valley Plaza Mall...See you there!!!!!!
>
> >From: facts1@yahoogroups.com
> >Reply-To: facts1@yahoogroups.com
> >To: facts1@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [facts-news] Digest Number 626
> >Date: 13 Feb 2002 12:53:00 -0000
> >
> >Families to Amend California's Three Strikes
> >http://www.facts1.com
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> >There are 5 messages in this issue.
> >
> >Topics in this digest:
> >
> > 1. The Court And Three Strikes
> > From: "Susan Steffens"
> > 2. A Kinder Three Strikes
> > From: "Susan Steffens"
> > 3. University of Missouri paper
> > From: "Doug Kieso"
> > 4. Missouri story
> > From: "Susan Steffens"
> > 5. Good Website
> > From: "covuall"
> >
> >
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> >Message: 1
> > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 10:13:49 -0800
> > From: "Susan Steffens"
> >Subject: The Court And Three Strikes
> >
> >
> >The Court And Three Strikes
> >http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?
f=/c/a/2002/02/11/ED98389.DTL
> >
> >Sending someone to prison for life for stealing a pizza or
committing some
> >other petty crime has never made much sense. Aside from the
injustice of a
> >punishment vastly exceeding the crime, such judicial overkill is
costly. It
> >creates an insatiable need for prisons and chews up public money --
the
> >state corrections budget is now $4.6 billion a year -- that could
be better
> >spent elsewhere. So a ruling last week by the U.S. Court of
Appeals -- that
> >a 25-years-to- life sentence for shoplifting is unconstitutional --
was
> >most welcome.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >Message: 2
> > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 10:12:10 -0800
> > From: "Susan Steffens"
> >Subject: A Kinder Three Strikes
> >
> >
> >A Kinder Three Strikes
> >http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/story/1622810p-1698928c.html
> >
> >Pizza thieves in California can breathe easier. A federal appeals
court
> >says the state can no longer send petty criminals to prison for
life. If
> >its ruling stands, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has given
> >California a "three strikes" law that is kinder, gentler and more
just. The
> >decision handed down last week did not wipe out the toughest of the
> >tough-on-crime laws approved in the 1990s, as Judge Marsha Berzon,
writing
> >for a unanimous three-judge panel, stated explicitly. "Our
decision does
> >not hold the California three-strikes law unconstitutional,"
Berzon said,
> >"only its application to mandate a 25-year-to-life sentence for a
petty
> >theft such as those in these cases."
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >Message: 3
> > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 11:15:50 -0800
> > From: "Doug Kieso"
> >Subject: University of Missouri paper
> >
> >An article about 3-strikes in a University of Missouri paper at:
> >
> >http://www.themaneater.com/story.cgi?id=12695
> >
> >Also includes the link to Mike Reynolds’ website on his views of
the
> >3-strikes law at:
> >
> >http://www.threestrikes.org/
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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> >Message: 4
> > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 12:01:36 -0800
> > From: "Susan Steffens"
> >Subject: Missouri story
> >
> >
> >California paroles prison law
> >
> >Web-posted February 12, 2002
> >
> > Print | E-mail | Discuss
> >
> >Chase Davis
> >Staff Writer
> >
> >Some petty shoplifters in California almost had to spend their
lives
> >behind bars before appeals-court rulings deemed their
> >punishments cruel and unusual.
> >
> >On Feb. 7, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals determined that
> >giving defendants Richard Napoleon Brown and Earnest Bray Jr.
> >life sentences for petty theft was unconstitutional.
> >
> >Brown attempted to steal three video tapes from a video and
> >music store in Long Beach, Calif., and Bray was caught stealing a
> >car accessory from a Walgreens. Both were third-strike offenses,
> >and both were given 25-years-to-life sentences before they were
> >overturned.
> >
> >"(If they were forced to carry out their sentences) then we would
> >be punishing Bray and Brown as non-violent lawbreakers who
> >were violent in the past," wrote 9th Circuit Judge Marsha Berzon
> >in the majority opinion.
> >
> >According to the three-strikes law, after a first serious felony
> >conviction ? such as rape, murder or armed robbery ? the
> >defendant is sentenced to twice the standard prison term for the
> >next felony.
> >
> >If the defendant is convicted for the third time, he or she is
given
> >a life sentence. The minimum requirement for the third-strike
> >sentence is either three times the normal term, 25 years or
> >another term deemed appropriate by the court.
> >
> >Although the first two convictions are required to be violent or
> >serious, the third strike can be a less-serious offense.
> >
> >"We have enough laws that are all bark and no bite," said Mike
> >Reynolds, administrator of http://www.threestrikes.org. "This one
> >means what it says."
> >
> >He said the law has created deterrence, which he says has
> >prevented large numbers of California crimes.
> >
> >"Prison population is coming to a halt, and there's a greater level
> >of compliance," Reynolds said. "Now, kids can concentrate on
> >getting home to their homework instead of just getting home."
> >
> >Groups such as Families to Amend California's Three-Strikes
> >continue to fight against the law.
> >
> >The main goal of FACTS is to get the state to amend the
> >three-strikes law to make the final strike the result of a serious
or
> >violent crime, spokesman Doug Kieso said.
> >
> >"Poll results show that public is in favor of amending three-
strikes
> >law," he said.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >Message: 5
> > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 17:34:56 -0800
> > From: "covuall"
> >Subject: Good Website
> >
> >Someone just referred me to this site, so thought I'd share:
> >
> >http://www.soros.org/crime/
> >
> >Peace & Blessings,
> >Chris
> >
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