Time: Wed May 28 10:46:51 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA23992 for [address in tool bar]; Wed, 28 May 1997 10:23:37 -0700 (MST) Delivered-To: liberty-and-justice-outgoing@majordomo.pobox.com Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 10:42:45 -0700 To: Arthur Sobey <sobeyit@trip.net> From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: L&J: SLF: Will Foster LTE draft Dear Editor, Imagine for a moment, if you will, the crime which you consider to be the most despicable. For me, that crime would be to kidnap a toddler who is just beginning to walk, cut off his legs with a dull hatchet, and stand there while the toddler bled to death. I am sorry if this story gives you shivers; it certainly does the same to me. But, rise above this horror for a moment, and consider the principle which is at work here. Butchering children is so horrific to most of us, because it infringes on their basic Rights to life, and liberty. That child will never chase butterflies, or sit enchanted by Mozart or Beethoven -- never pursue happiness with the rest of Us. Now, having made the point about principles, consider the horror that I feel when a medically disabled man, with children of his own, must now face the rest of his life in prison -- on a sentence of 93 years -- for drying and smoking some vegetable matter which the government prohibits, to its great financial profit. Do you think his children can ever be made to understand the raw injustice of such a cruel and unusual punishment? Will their father be there for them when they want to ask him how butterflies fly, or Beethoven soared? When you cut them off from their father, you may as well have cut off their legs. What kind of savage beasts do we have, sitting on the benches of our courtrooms today, that such a terrible thing should ever happen in this country? You see, this is what happens when we, as a nation, lose our principles. When that loss sets in, only the outer reaches of the universe are the new limits to our bestiality and cruelty. Please help us to release Will Foster. He is a father with children who need him, and he harmed no one for the "crime" he committed. Thank you. /s/ Paul Mitchell http://www.supremelaw.com ======================================================================== Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S. : Counselor at Law, federal witness email: [address in tool bar] : Eudora Pro 3.0.1 on Intel 586 CPU web site: http://www.supremelaw.com : library & law school registration ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this ======================================================================== =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Unsub info - send e-mail to majordomo@majordomo.pobox.com, with "unsubscribe liberty-and-justice" in the body (not the subject) Liberty-and-Justice list-owner is Mike Goldman <whig@pobox.com>
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