Wednesday Phone-for-Parole for Herman and Jalil!

WEDNESDAY IS PHONE-FOR-PAROLE DAY FOR HERMAN BELL AND JALIL MUNTAQIM!
CALL NY GOVERNOR DAVID A PATERSON BETWEEN 10 AM AND 3 PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME TOMORROW--WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3!!!!
518-474-8390
Urge that the governor sign the amended Executive agreements which will allow NY inmates Herman Bell (#2318931) and Jalil Muntaqim (s/n Anthony Bottom/ #2311826) to return to New York State to attend their rightful parole hearings.
We're calling him every Wednesday morning of '08 until he signs off on the transfer.
The transfer of SF8 defendants Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim from the San Francisco County Jail back to New York State for their rightful parole hearings has been blocked by both state governors for months. This comes despite previous agreements in the courtroom between the California State prosecutors, the presiding judge and, of course, the defendants and their attorneys.
Judge Philip Moscone signed an order in May allowing Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim to return to New York State for their parole hearings. All parties agreed at that time that the move would be temporary; Herman and Jalil waived their rights to fight extradition back to California. Both have served over 35 years in prison as model prisoners. Both were targeted originally by COINTELPRO as members of the Black Panther Party. The state waited 35 years to bring these spurious criminal charges. Now these charges are being used to deny these men parole hearings to which they are entitled. Whatever concerns the government has can be overcome by a simple modification of the extradition order. All Herman and Jalil are asking for is an opportunity to attend their hearings.

More on the San Francisco 8 at freethesf8.org
More on the New York 3 (Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim) at http://www.abcf.net/prisoners/ny3.htm