[Freethe SF8] Support the SF 8 - Hearing change - August 22, 9:00

[SF-8 case]

The next court hearing for the SF 8 is

NOW
Friday, August 22 at 9:00 am, Dept 24
850 Bryant Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco

Two issues are likely to be heard:

1- The defense team has filed a continuance 
motion to postpone the preliminary hearing 
(originally scheduled for Septmber 8th) because 
tens of thousands of pages of new and 
un-catalogued  discovery was recently given to 
the defense team with substantial missing 
documents, material gaps. This "document dump" 
was accompanied by an enormous and unusable 
potential witness list (with no contact 
information for anyone and including names of 
people who are deceased) and a refusal by the 
prosecution to provide any exhibits list whatsoever.

2- There is likely to be discussion of the 
requests to transport Herman Bell and Jalil 
Muntaqim back to New York for their parole hearings.

On May 18, 2008, SF Judge Moscone agreed with the 
consent of the state prosecutor and the SF County 
Sheriff to return them both to NY State for 
parole hearings – their legal right after more than 35 years of imprisonment.

On June 16th, Judge Moscone rescinded his May 
18th order due to pressure from the CA Attorney 
General’s office, and held the transfer in 
abeyance until new language was adopted to 
conform with the concerns of the Attorney 
General. The Attorney General’s office has 
drafted an amended Executive Agreement which 
would allow the brothers to return to New York, 
although the Attorney General has refused to 
disclose the text of the amended agreement to the 
brothers or their attorneys. According to the 
Attorney General’s office the amended Executive 
Agreements have been sent to California’s 
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and New York’s Governor Paterson to be signed.

Support the San Francisco 8 and come to court!

Friday, August 22 at 9:30 am
850 Bryant Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco
(the exact courtroom is yet to be determined)

Please check the website for any last-minute changes!





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