Green Scare Defendant Marie Mason - Change of Plea and upcoming court date

Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008
From: books4prisoners@riseup.net

Forwarded from freemarie@riseup.net

We apologize for the lack of updates lately. Marie's attorney and the US
Attorney have been in negotiations for the majority of the summer. After
months of soul searching, reflection, and consideration Marie has entered
into a tentative agreement with the US Attorney plead guilty to three of
the four charges she was originally charged with. The US Attorney has
agreed to drop the remaining count. Her plea agreement calls for a prison
sentence between 15 and 20 years.

Since her arrest Marie's primary concern throughout this entire process is
to ensure that her actions, statements and decisions do not empower the
state to do harm to any one else. After discussing the situation over with
Marie and reviewing the plea agreement in detail those of us involved with
Marie's support crew Got Your Back believe wholeheartedly she has remained
true to her principles and original intent and will continue our
solidarity and support efforts for our friend as long as they are needed.

This has been an extremely difficult time for Marie and her family. Marie
is thankful for all the support and wishes to be as transparent as
humanly possible about about her choice and plea agreement. Please
understand we will be posting more details and a complete unredacted copy
of her plea agreement as soon as it is accepted and filed by the court but
we wanted to get word out about this update and upcoming court date out as
soon as possible.

We are encouraging people to come out and support Marie at her change of
plea hearing which is scheduled for Sept. 11, 2008 at 11am before
Magistrate Carmody at the Federal Building located at 666 Federal Bldg 110
Michigan St NW Grand Rapids MI 49503. Be sure to arrive early and dress
appropriately for court. We expect sentencing to take place at a later
date before Judge Paul L. Maloney in Kalamazoo, MI.

Its all about the Struggle,
Got Your Back Collective
www.freemarie.org