by Ian | Mar 8, 2011 |
As was reported here last week, Jim Johnson’s jury selection was held as scheduled yesterday morning, but I was under the impression the case would go right to trial, and I apologize for that mistake. Turns out the trial has been scheduled for 3/17 at 9am. The courtroom only holds 63 people including court bureaucrats, so please arrive in good time to get in the room.
Even though the jury selection process is a public event, all activists were prevented from entering the court yesterday morning, including Jim’s wife, Lauren. The excuse for this was the fire code, in that there were already too many people in the room to allow anyone besides potential jurors in there. The bailiff refused to allow any media into the room, including preventing Jim from bringing in a handheld audio recorder. Being as that we had been prepared to do our own recording and had been prevented by court security, I motioned the robed man to waive the $25 fee for the official audio record, which was actually approved. I picked up the audio today and dubbed it from the proprietary court record format to .mp3. Download Jim’s jury selection audio here.
Here’s the trial event for Jim on Facebook.
by JJ Epic | Mar 7, 2011 |
His trial is set for March 17th at the Superior Court.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv2HJjP3umI
by Skeptikos | Mar 7, 2011 |
The “mud season” issue of Vermont Commons, the very cool left-wing secessionist journal, has been released.
Some highlights:
• An interview with former Green party presidential candidate David Cobb, regarding his recent work with MoveToAmend.org and corporate rights.
(Michael Badnarik, former Libertarian presidential candidate and Free State Project member participant – though not yet in New Hampshire – was arrested with Cobb when they jointly engaged in civil disobedience at a presidential debate in 2004, crossing a police line while attempting to serve an order to show cause to the Commission on Presidential Debates. “These are not debates, these are infomercials,” Cobb said. Link.)
• Cartoons: (more…)
by Skeptikos | Mar 5, 2011 |
Keene school board elections are this Tuesday, March 8th. The Sentinel has profiles of the six candidates:
Neil W. Donegan and Kathleen O’Donnell.
Robert L. Peiffer 3rd, Kimberly A. Simmons, John Stewart, and Ann F. Szot.
(Here‘s an older post about the school board.)
The Keene school district website says, “The election is set for March 8, 2011 at the polls, which are open from 7:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. Wards 1, 2 & 3 vote at the Keene Recreation Center, 312 Washington Street, and Wards 4 & 5 vote at the First Baptist Church, 105 Maple Avenue. Same day registration is available.”
This is a chance to have a slightly more effective influence over school board decisions, as opposed to holding signs in front of the middle school.
Update: more information on this thread. Thanks, Keith.
by Ian | Mar 3, 2011 |
You asked, we answered. The popular “Don’t Take the Plea Deal” flyer has been tweaked with your suggestions and is now available in both a national and NH version! Download it, send it off to your favorite printer, and start up your own local arraignment outreach!
Here’s what you need. Get one of the Side 1 versions:
Side 1 National
Side 1 NH
Then download Side 2.
Send them off to your favorite printer. I have had good experience with Liberty Activist Printing
Discuss arraignment “Don’t Take the Plea Bargain” outreach here on the Free Keene Forum.
