FC: Request for articles for "Civil Liberties and Criminal Defense"

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 11:22:06 -0800
From: "Jordan" <editor () criminaldefense com>
To: declan () well com

Hello Declan,

On the off chance that your listees might be potential editorial 
contributors to our
'03 debut issue dealing with "Civil Liberties and Criminal Defense," may I 
paste
in our call for contributions? Let me know if there's something you might like
to contribute as well.

Best, Jordan


Dear Friends of the Constitution!

We very much share your concerns about the shredding of the Constitution 
and the increasingly
unfortunate nature of the diminishment of civil liberties (and criminal 
defense) under the guise of the war
against terrorism.

—How on earth have we reached a point at which two American citizens can be 
held incommunicado without
right to an attorney? Or the right to know the evidence against them?

—How is that an American attorney (Lynne Stewart) is facing 40 years in 
prison for "providing material support
to terrorists," by merely defending the interests of her client, who is in 
prison, and with whom all her conversations
have been monitored by the Dept. of Justice? WHAT IS HAPPENING TO 
ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE?

—Are the lower courts often defending the Constitution, while the higher 
courts are more often siding with the Justice Dept
(as legal writer Jennifer Van Bergen found in an article published in 
CriminalDefense Weekly and truthout.org)?

—What prevents the "terrorist" provisions of the PATRIOT and/or Homeland 
Security Act(s) from rolling over (eventually)
to random criminal felons? Just as California's "three strikes" legislation 
was voted in as strict punishment against three "serious
and violent felonies," but later prosecutors were making the third strike 
merely a "serious" felony, opting at times
to make wobblers like shoplifting the third strike—just as we saw that kind 
of abuse on the government side,
what would stop federal officials from taking advantage of these 
anti-terrorist provisions and applying similar
methods and punishments to American felons?

Is there a feature article, a how-to, or an op-ed column you would like to 
write for our "Civil Liberties and Criminal Defense" forum
due out January 15? Please consider this and let me know. Deadline for 
receipt is Friday, Jan. 3.


Best, Jordan

Jordan Elgrably, Editor
CriminalDefense.com
Publishers of CriminalDefense Weekly (1st & 15th of the month)
and CriminalDefense Review (Quarterly digest of CriminalDefense Weekly)
"Crime, Punishment and the Constitution"
818/461-0937 ph.
818/461-0939 fx.
editor () criminaldefense com
12400 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 378
Studio City, CA 91604




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