[Ppnews] Help Chip Fitzgerald walk out of prison

[Political Prisoner News]

For the cost of one stamp (41¢), you can help Chip Fitzgerald walk out of
prison a free man. That is a little more than a penny for every year he
has spent in jail for a crime he did not commit. Act now!

Chip Fitzgerald is the longest held political prisoner in the United
States. He is a life sentences for the killing of a security guard - a
crime for which he claims he is innocent. He is also serving a life
sentence for a shoot-out with a CHP officer, who later admitted he had
orders to shoot-to-kill members of the Black Panther Party.

Chip's arrest and trial coincided with the arrest of Geronimo Ji-Jaga
Pratt- who served 27 years for a crime he did not commit. Both arrests
took place during a campaign by the U.S. government to destroy the Black
Panther Party by assassination and criminalization of their membership.
Like Pratt, Chip is an innocent man, who is only guilty of defending
himself when a white cop tried to kill him for being a Black Panther.

On September 26, 2007, Romaine Chip Fitzgerald will stand before the Board
of Parole Hearings with a real possibility of being given parole. We are
asking for your to make this happen. Below is a sample letter we are
asking people to send into the Board of Parole Hearings. We ask that you
send the letter and a copy of the letter to the Board of Parole Hearings
and to Chip's attorney. Send all letters to:

 Ms. Linda Buchalter
 Attorney-At-Law
 1011 5th Street, #6
 Santa Monica, CA 90403
 Tel: (310) 393-7033

Sample Letter

[Date]

 James Davis, Chairman Board of Parole Hearings
 Post Office Box 4036
 Sacramento, CA 95812-4036

 Dear Chairman James Davis,

 I am writing in support of the release of Inmate Romaine Fitzgerald,
B27527, who is scheduled for a parole hearing on September 26, 2007. Mr.
Fitzgerald is currently incarcerated at Centinela State Prison in
Imperial, CA.

 Since 1972, Mr. Fitzgerald has been serving a life sentence, with
possibility of parole. This means that by California law, Mr. Fitzgerald
should have long ago been given a release date. In the nearly 38 years
Mr. Fitzgerald has been in prison, Mr. Fitzgerald¹s prison records
reflect that he has been and continues to be a model prisoner who has
never been involved in any acts of violence or of a criminal nature. In
fact, Mr. Fitzgerald has participated in a number of rehabilitation
activities, including individual and group counseling. He has a record of
diligence and commitment in these activities.

 While in a previous prison, Mr. Fitzgerald suffered a massive stroke,
which has left him significantly disabled. He has also had back surgery
for a degenerative spinal condition.

 Mr. Fitzgerald has received the support of leaders of his community of
Compton, California to include City Attorney LeGrand Clegg and Compton
City Councilwoman Barbara Calhoun. He has also received support from his
U.S. Representative Maxine Waters and from the Monterey Peninsula Branch
of the NAACP, which accepted Mr. Fitzgerald as a member in 1999 when he
was incarcerated at Salinas Valley State Prison.

 Mr. Fitzgerald¹s incarceration has far exceeded the maximum amount of
time he should have served given his sentence. As a result, I ask that
Mr. Fitzgerald, in accordance with state law, be released to return to a
supportive community that will assist him with education, employment and
health care and to the caring arms of a family that will provide him with
love, protection, guidance and a smooth entry back into society.

 Sincerely,
 [your name]

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