Beau Davis Jailed for 30 Days

by | May 9, 2012 | 5 comments

Activist and videographer/editor Beau Davis was jailed today after a sentencing hearing at Cheshire “superior court”. He will be spending 30 days in the Keene spiritual retreat for the “crime” of distribution of cannabis. If he gets good time, he could be out in as little as 20 days.

Please write to Beau via Mail-to-Jail or at this address:

Beau Davis
825 Marlboro Rd.
Keene, NH 03431

You can put money into his commissary (so he can be a little more comfortable on the inside) via the info here.

Derrick J. Jailed for At Least 75 Days

by | May 9, 2012 | 11 comments

My friend and co-blogger Derrick J checked in to the local spiritual retreat Monday at 5pm. His sentence could be as little as 75 days, and possibly over 100, depending on “good time”. Please write to Derrick via Mail-to-Jail or at this address:

Derrick Horton
825 Marlboro Rd.
Keene, NH 03431

You can put money into his commissary (so he can be a little more comfortable on the inside) via the info here.

Stay tuned to Free Keene as Derrick J is expected to blog from the inside. Plus, a feature-length documentary is in the works.

Your letters make a big difference – please send your thoughts to Derrick. Mail-to-Jail makes it easy.

“Patients’ pain ignored” – Letter to Concord Monitor

by | May 7, 2012 | 2 comments

Paul O’Day of Spofford writes to the Concord Monitor, calling out the head of the NH police chiefs, Richard Enfield for his lack of compassion:

Re “Law enforcement resisting pot bill” (Sunday Monitor front page, April 29):

Enfield Police Chief Richard Crate was quoted as saying the pending medical marijuana bill is “looking for a potential solution when there’s not a problem out there.”

Many people endure needless pain and suffering because of the prohibition of this medicine.

Others risk losing their money, their liberty, their houses and their kids if they break the law to stop their pain.

Some people with cancer or other serious ailments succumb unnecessarily to the symptoms of their illness or its treatment such as chemotherapy, dying months or even decades sooner than they would have had they been able to use medical marijuana.

Untold numbers unnecessarily suffer from the worst diseases and ailments known to mankind. Others unnecessarily risk everything to escape their suffering. And some people are unnecessarily sent to an early grave – and there is no problem out there? (more…)

Guest Blog: “A Month in the ‘Free State'”

by | May 5, 2012 | 0 comments

New mover Chris Cantwell reflects on his first month in the Shire:

A few weeks ago, my shotgun would have subjected me to years in a state prison, I paid an 8.625% sales tax on nearly everything I purchased, and a progressive state income tax made every effort to steal from me the fruits of my labor. Finally, a local municipality driven mad by xenophobic anti-immigration activists declared my apartment illegal and threatened to evict me from my home. Thanks for that, no, really, thank you, because coming to New Hampshire is the single greatest thing I’ve ever done in my entire life.

So I fit what I could in my van and fled the criminal gangs calling themselve The State, operating inside the arbitrary geopolitical boundary commonly known as New York. 5 hours north, I find myself in Marlborough, New Hampshire, just outside of Keene.

The move couldn’t have gone smoother. (more…)