Update on Carrie Feldman and Scott Demuth

Update on the Carrie and Scott!!!

Resist State Repression!

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February 9, 2010

In this update:
1. Scott’s trial continued
2. ACTION ITEM: Come to Davenport to support Scott!
3. Carrie petitioning for a re-hearing
4. Feb 13: Benefit film screening
5. Feb. 20: “State Repression and Social
Movements: Grand Juries, the Animal Enterprise
Terrorism Act, and Community Activism
6. Scholars for Academic Justice launch new site
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1. Scott’s trial continued
Scott’s trial has been continued to May 3rd. He
has a pre-trial schedule now, which includes
deadlines for motions, a hearing on them on Feb.
23rd, and a final pre-trial conference on April 12th.

2. ACTION ITEM: Come to Davenport to support Scott!
We want to get as many people to Davenport as
possible for Scott’s motions hearing on Feb 23rd
(11am) and the trial itself on May 3rd. We’ll be
organizing car pools from Minneapolis and housing
for people in Davenport, so watch for future
updates about how to plug in if you’re in the
Twin Cities. We’re also encouraging folks from
other places to organize their carpools. It will
be especially important to get folks out for his
trial as it conflicts with 4 days of motions
hearings for the RNC 8 in St. Paul, reducing the
number of people we can send from here.

3. Carrie’s attorneys have filed a petition for a
re-hearing of her appeal, based on the fact that
her attorneys were denied access to secret
evidence used against her, and the fact that the
statute of limitations on the 2004 ALF action at
the U of I has expired. The dissenting judicial
opinion in her appellate ruling (available
http://davenportgrandjury.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/01-22order-appellate-judges.pdfhere)

also suggests that whatever the “evidence” was
didn’t satisfy the government’s obligation to
demonstrate that the statute of limitations on
the incident in question hasn’t expired.

4. Feb 13: Benefit film screening
Unsettling Minnesota
(http://unsettlingminnesota.org/http://unsettlingminnesota.org/)
is putting on a double feature and potluck at
6:30 pm to help raise funds for Scott and
Carrie’s legal defense ($5-10 suggested
donation). The documentaries being screened are
“Forgotten Bird of Paradise” and “Tar Sands
Documentary: Downstream.” The event is at Arise!
Bookstore, 2441 Lyndale Ave. S., Mpls.

5. Feb. 20: “State Repression and Social
Movements: Grand Juries, the Animal Enterprise
Terrorism Act, and Community Activism”

A talk with legendary radical attorney Stu
Sugarman and Professor David N. Pellow

When: Saturday, February 20th, potluck at 6:30pm, talk at 7pm
Where: Social Science Building Room 1114, University of Minnesota campus

On the anniversary of the arrest of the AETA 4,
join sociologists, attorneys, and community
activists to learn about the history of state
repression directed at activists and scholars
involved in social change movements.

Information will be provided on the defense of
the following activists: -the AETA 4, four Santa
Cruz activists facing “animal enterprise
terrorism” charges for sidewalk-chalking and
other 1st-amendment-protected activities
-Scott DeMuth, a grand jury resister now facing
false charges of “animal enterprise terrorism”
-Carrie Feldman, currently in her third month of
incarceration in Iowa for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury

Sponsored by Scholars for Academic Justice, Earth
Warriors are OK! (EWOK!), the Coldsnap Legal
Collective, the Scott and Carrie Support
Committee, and the Minnesota Global Justice Project
more info at:
http://www.midwestgreenscare.org/http://www.midwestgreenscare.org

6. Scholars for Academic Justice launch new site
Scholars for Academic Justice is a group of
academics in solidarity with Scott DeMuth. Their
new website is:
http://scholarsforacademicjustice.org/http://scholarsforacademicjustice.org.
Check back soon for updates and new features!


In Solidarity,

the SCSC (Scott & Carrie Support Committee)