Alternet has published a chapter from Loser Take All, a book edited by professor Mark Crispin Miller in which reporters and advocates each wrote chapters dealing with election and voting integrity, including Robert Kennedy Jr., Paul Lehto, etc. My chapter deals with the case of Don Siegelman, which most of you know I have been reporting on for a while. Here is the link to the chapter, which I hope you will look at.
Don Siegelman is out now, but others are not, including Paul Minor. His wife is dying of cancer and he cannot even get out on an appeal bond (just like Siegelman). I ask that you try to help Paul Minor the way you have so kindly been helping Don Siegelman. If you have the time, please write a letter of support to Mr. Minor, who is in prison because of his politics and whose life has been destroyed simply because Karl Rove targeted him. While Mr. Rove is refusing to testify, Mrs. Minor is in the last stages of her illness. So time is of the essence. Congress is dragging its feet, but they can put pressure on the court to release Minor on appeal bond while they investigate these political prosecutions. She should not have to die alone and he should not have to know his wife is dying alone, while he sits in prison for being a Democrat. I know you think this may not concern you, but it does. It might be you in jail one day and who then will speak for you? I have reported on this long enough and collected enough evidence to know that these political prisoners are just that and from all walks of life, including everyday citizens who happened to commit the crime of peacefully protesting the Iraq war.
Here is Mr. Minor’s address at the prison, if you want to send words of support:
Paul S. Minor #07705-043 FPC Pensacola 110 Raby Ave. Pensacola, FL 32509
Thanks, once again, Larisa for the first-rate investigative reporting, and for bringing a story that most needs to be told to the attention of those who care about human rights, and dignity.
Karl Rove doesn't deserve a "get out of jail free" card--he never did, and Congress needs to enforce contempt of Congress charges against him.
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Jayne Lyn Stahl (168 articles, 1 quicklinks, 7 diaries, 64 comments)
on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 2:25:04 PM
