Mother in Jail for Cannabis (Mother's Day)

Shame on the U.S.A. = "Mothers in Jail for Cannabis"

Marijuana Policy Project Alert
May 7, 2009

Dear Friends:
This Sunday, hundreds of thousands of Americans will celebrate Mother's Day behind bars because of marijuana prohibition and mandatory minimum sentencing.
In honor of the many mothers imprisoned due to harsh sentencing who won't spend this Mother's Day with their children, would you take a minute to ask your members of Congress to pass two important pieces of legislation that would help reduce our massive prison population?
1. The National Criminal Justice Act of 2009 — introduced by Senator Jim Webb (D-Va.) — would create a commission to study the rising prison population and make recommendations for reforming America's criminal justice system, including penalties for nonviolent drug offenses. You can generate a letter to your lawmakers about this bill here.
2. The Major Drug Trafficking Prosecution Act of 2009 — introduced by Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) — would eliminate all mandatory minimum sentences for low-level drug offenders, including statutory mandatory minimum sentences related to marijuana. You can generate a letter to your lawmakers about this bill here.
Taking action just takes one minute and can make an enormous difference for the many Americans imprisoned for marijuana “crimes.” Please visit www.mpp.org/federal-action and write Congress to urge support for these important pieces of legislation today.
Thank you,
Rob KampiaExecutive DirectorMarijuana Policy ProjectWashington, D.C.
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Garden for the "New Owners"

lynn and i are moving to the Trinity Alps, N Cali, to set up the "Blueberry Peace Farm, Retreat Center and Wildlife Refuge #2", We are, God/Dess, Jah willing, going to be selling the Property here in Mississippi for a "considerable price", after 4 years of WORK and LOVE put into it, We are planting the Garden before listing it on MLS in a couple weeks.

We are planting Sweet Corn, 2 kinds of Cantalope Melons, Honey Dew Melons, Purple Hull Peas, Peppers, a few Pumpkin Plants, 3 Varieties of Cucumbers, Eggplant, Sugar Baby Water Melons and about 5 Kinds of Tomatoes.

Here is Our Garden Design (WE have been building up the Soil over the last 4 years):

Dimensions Equilateral Garden Beds Design
Dimensions:
Equilateral Triangle Garden Beds Design
72 feet 9 inches: sides of eqilateral triangle
63 feet: triangle point to midpoint of the opposte side
point to triangle center: 42 feet
midpoint of triangle side to triangle center: 21 feet

Equalateral Garden Bed Trig:
Refering to Picture: Lengths of Sides "a, b and c" are all 72 feet and 9 inches. Length "r" is 21 feet (radius of "small circle"). Radius of Larger Circle is 42 feet. By picture; bisecting and perpendicular from side "b" to point "B" is 63 feet (also point "A" to side "a" and point "C" to side c)
Equilateral Triangle Vegetable Garden Bed Layout. Twelve "Raised Beds" total. There are 6 "outer" Beds, 3 "middle" Beds and 3 smaller "inner" Beds. "Raised Vegetable Beds" are 5 feet wide and paths in between are 2 feet.
The total area of "Raised Vegetable Garden Beds" will be about 1.200 square feet.

12 Vegetable "Raised Beds" Design:
Here is drawing of the Vegetable Garden Design (Eqilateral Triangle).
The Garden Beds are numbereed 1 to 12. (this will help w/ record keeping)
Each bed will be 5 feet wide and the "paths" in between are 2 feet wide.

Garden Bed with Compost spread out before planting.

Planted and Growing Garden Beds!!!

The purpose of human life is to serve,and to show compassion and the will to help others. Albert Schweitzer


~~~~~~~~~~ DENVER ~ U.S.A. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Local defends right to grow marijuana (Cannabis)

The Tree We planted that is on Our Property that the "Neighbor" in below article damaged with a Machete (or simalar tool) because he wanted his Children to be able to practice baseball near. This is what We were watering with Creek Water!!! (NOT Cannabis) He then told lies to to the Police!

McLean shows the plants that he smokes from and said it is clear from the plants that he does not smoke over a joint a day. He finds it hard to point because his hands are shackled behind his back.
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Local defends right to grow marijuana
by Pat BrownWednesday, May 28, 2008 2:34 PM CDT
Former Green Party candidates have been busted for growing the green -- marijuana, that is.William "Dirt" McLean and his wife Lynn were busted last Thursday afternoon following an 11-month investigation by Magee Narcotics Investigator, Joey Womack.The investigation was brought on by complaints filed by citizens who reported that McLean was transporting water at all hours of the day and night from a local creek on his Kawasaki vehicle. It was also noted that during the night he was using flashlights, which drew attention to his movements.According to Womack, on May 22, the police department received a final piece of evidence that assured a search warrant. With assistance of other officers, including Chief of Police Rickey Davidson, the department raided the property at 305 Fifth Avenue belonging to McLean and his wife.The officers recovered approximately 100 plants planted in three containers. According to Womack, McLean admitted he had been growing marijuana since 2005. His wife admitted she was aware he was growing marijuana. The two were charged with felony manufacture, and the Kawasaki was seized.Officers also seized a small number of seeds and smoking pipes in his residence.An initial appearance was set before Judge Eugene Knight and bond was set at $5,000 for each of the two. As of Friday morning, the two were in custody of the Magee Police Department making bond arrangements.During the actual arrest, McLean was very calm and told law enforcement officers where the plants were located. He told the paper that he grew the marijuana for personal use and said he only smoked about one joint a day.He also stated that President George Washington grew two types of marijuana in his garden, one of which he used for making rope and the other he smoked in his pipe. McLean went on to say that he used the marijuana to help treat "nerve issues" he had.In March of this year, McLean had approached the Magee City Board in an effort to get the City to change existing drug law regarding marijuana. The board allowed McLean to present his request along with a lengthy letter he outlined to them. The city took no official action.
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the warant was based mostly lies. They said they went though our trash that we had put out on the street and found stems with roots and dirt and some "green leafy material" that "field tested positive for marijuana". >>> . . . this is refered to in the above article that made the front page of local newspaper. ("According to Womack, on May 22, the police department received a final piece of evidence that assured a search warrant.")

The plants were no where near the creek and within reach of a Garden Hose! The bucket of water were to water a Pine Tree (on OUR Property near the Creek) which we planted near the creek, but a "bad neighbor" wanted that area for his 8 and 13 year old sons to practice baseball and made up lies to the police.

False Arrest ~ Hattiesburg

http://eggsistense.com/EggsIsTense4.jpg
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7DBZzfqHf7c WHLT/CBS interview

related article:
http://hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080320/NEWS01/803200349

ALSO ! INTERESTING Statement by
Mark Ely
Chairman, Board of Directors
Center for Human Rights and Civil Liberties
University of Southern Mississippi
http://hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080402/OPINION01/804020343/1014/OPINION
Love and Light, wm and lynn McLean the Blueberry Peace Farm, Magee, Mississippi, USA, EARTH http://blog.360.yahoo.com/dirtandsludge our "flog" (Farm Log)

Love and Light, wm and lynn McLean the Blueberry Peace Farm, Magee, Mississippi, USA, EARTH
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/dirtandsludge our "flog" (Farm Log) http://members.aye.net/~hippie/real.htm
http://legitgov.org/
Citizens for Legitimate Government

Nov. 6, '07 Lynn McLean, GP, for

For Lynn McLean, Green Party of Mississippi, candidate for District 77 MS House of Representatives.
For Lynn's Position and more info, please see:
http://www.greenpartyms.org/platform.htm
and
http://vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=70040

Nov. 6, '07 "Dirt"McLean for Simpson Co Constable2

CRIMINAL JUSTICE/LAW ENFORCEMENT Statement (& Reform)First and foremost, our criminal justice system should respect and protect the fundamental rights of all individuals guaranteed by the United States and Mississippi Constitutions. An effective justice system protects and maintains the whole community, yet our present criminal justice system fails to meet the real needs of the vast majority of our population. The punitive and shortsighted orientation of this system conceals the basic fact that much crime is caused by gross economic inequalities. Criminal justice is intimately connected to social justice. A society that does not adequately feed, clothe, house, educate, nurture, and inspire its citizens, especially its children, will be a society constantly threatened by violent crime.The Green Party of Simpson County will promote:1. Restorative justice, as a healing process for victim, perpetrator and community. Rehabilitation, not retribution, should be the object of the criminal justice system. Arrest and incarceration should be the last resort, not the first option. Prisons should be training grounds for the creation of just citizens, not schools for crime.2. A philosophy that addresses the causes of most crime, ensuring that each person receives adequate health care, education, nutrition, psychological nurturing, etc.3. Proactive educational and employment programs to provide an alternative to the economic enticements of criminal activity.4. Policies which seek meaningful input from local communities when identifying and addressing crime in their areas. 5. The creation and funding of civilian police review boards that have the power of subpoena.6. Police should be thoroughly trained in conflict resolution and mediation. 7. The establishment and full funding of community mediation and conflict resolution programs.8. Decriminalization of victimless crimes.9. An end to the violation of civil liberties under the guise of a ?war? on drugs or terror.10. A requirement that courts inform juries of their constitutional right to make decisions according to their perception of the full requirements of justice, rather than the technicalities of extant law.11. Elimination of sexism and racism in our court system through diversity programs for court and law enforcement personnel.12. Increased recognition and support for the rights and needs of the victims of crime, including services for survivors of rape and domestic violence.13. Comparable budgets for public defenders, legal aid programs and state prosecutors.14. Restoring the right of the accused to jury trials and public defenders in all criminal cases.15. Automatic dismissal of misdemeanor cases if the state fails to file a bill of information within 45 days of an arrest.16. Continuing education focused on criminal justice and constitutional rights for all law enforcement personnel in Mississippi.17. The strengthening of whistleblower protection for law enforcement personnel.18. The investigation and vigorous prosecution of law enforcement personnel who commit perjury.19. Returning to judges rather than prosecutors the decision making authority as to whether a juvenile should be tried as an adult.DEATH PENALTYThe Green Party of Simpson County advocates nonviolence at all levels of society, including within the criminal justice system.The philosophy behind state-sponsored execution is one of retribution, not justice, and the application of the death penalty has been disproportionate toward ethnic minorities and the poor. The execution of criminals has not proved to be an effective deterrent to crime, and does not address the underlying causes of crime, which include the lack of economic opportunity and education, drug abuse and prohibition, and child abuse, among others. We recognize the need to protect society from violent criminals, but executions are neither a humane or effective means of achieving this goal.The Green Party of Simpson County would therefore promote:A philosophy of incarceration rather than execution, with assurance that dangerous criminals will not be released as long as they pose a threat to society or specific individuals.Prison Reform: Criminal justice experts from the U.S. Justice Department report that the United States has the largest prison population and highest incarceration rate in the world due to factors such as tough sentencing laws, record drug offender arrests and high crime rates. A report released by the justice department on Nov. 30 reported 1 in every 32 American adults -- or a record 7 million people -- were incarcerated, on probation or on parole at the end of 2005, with 2.2 million of them in prison or jail. The International Center for Prison Studies at King's College, London reported that this number was the highest of any country, with China ranking second with 1.5 million prisoners, and Russia sitting in third with 870,000. The United States also has the highest incarceration rate at 737 per 100,000 people, compared to nearest country Russia's 611 per 100,000 and St. Kitts and Nevis' 547. Groups calling for U.S. sentencing law reform are pointing to these numbers and others that show inmate populations are rising faster than prisoners are released. "The United States has 5 percent of the world's population and 25 percent of the world's incarcerated population. We rank first in the world in locking up our fellow citizens," said Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance, which supports alternatives in the war on drugs. "We now imprison more people for drug law violations than all of Western Europe, with a much larger population, incarcerates for all offenses."We feel that ALL nonviolent drug related charges should be referred to Region 8 Mental Health, or ?New Roads? of Mendenhall Program, regardless of number of charges or times of arrest.For more info, go to the http://www.dmh.state.ms.us/ (see PDF, also: http://www.dmh.state.ms.us/pdf/draft_fy07adstateplan.pdf for detailed information. Simpson County Greens opposes "Privatization" of prisons, jails or employees thereof.

ALSO, FROM
http://greenpartyms.org/platform.htm

E. Criminal Justice
1. Abolish private prisons. Allowing private individuals to profit by subjecting their fellow citizens to involuntary servitude is suggestive of slavery.
2. We favor rehabilitation of prisoners. To that end, we support access to education and job training for prisoners.
3. We support halfway houses, fines, restitution, and community service as alternatives to the continued expansion of the prison-industrial complex.
4. We call for the repeal of Mississippi's "three strikes" law. This law has crowded our prisons with nonviolent offenders and devoured revenue that could be spent on education or the protection of the environment.
5. We oppose damage caps for lawsuits. We favor the repeal of all laws imposing them. Individuals and businesses that commit illegal acts must be brought to account.
6. We condemn the doctrine of sovereign immunity and favor legislation making it illegal for state officials and agencies to invoke it. If private individuals are to be answerable for their crimes in courts of law then public officials must be also. No government has the right to expect its citizens to obey its laws if it does not obey them itself.
7. We support vigorous enforcement of laws against cruelty to animals, especially the anti-dog fighting and anti-cockfighting laws.
8. We support independent civilian review of complaints of police misconduct.
9. We support the legalization of industrial hemp.
10. We oppose mandatory drug testing by employers except in situations involving the operation of vehicles and equipment where there is a danger to human life. We favor the passage of laws making such testing illegal in the state of Mississippi.
11. We support the abolition of the death penalty in the state of Mississippi.
12. We condemn the USA Patriot Act and the Homeland Security Act as steps towards the creation of a police state. We call on all state, county, and municipal law enforcement organizations to refuse to cooperate with the Federal government in the enforcement of all unconstitutional provisions of this legislation. We also call for all county and municipal governing bodies to pass resolutions condemning the Patriot Act as unconstitutional and dangerous to democracy.
13. We call for the establishment of a state commission to investigate the feasibility of decriminalizing, taxing, and regulating private possession and use of marijuana.

Magee Crazy Day ~ Sept 15, 2007