[Ppnews] Marie Mason's sentencing appeal denied
Political Prisoner News
ppnews at freedomarchives.org
Thu Dec 16 15:12:25 EST 2010
We found out this morning (December 16, 2010) that Green Scare
prisoner Marie Mason's appeal for a re-sentencing has been denied by
a federal appeals court.
Coming immediately after fellow Green Scare prisoner Eric McDavid's
appeals have also been exhausted, it is just another sign that the
Obama administration will be not be changing Bush-era policies
regarding the witch hunts against environmental and animal rights activists.
Mason's family will be deciding on the next course of action. In the
meantime, we ask all supporters to drop her a line in prison to boost
her spirits.
Marie Mason #04672-061
FMC Carswell
Federal Medical Center
P.O. Box 27137
Fort Worth, TX 76127
* * * * *
Marie Mason is serving almost 22 years for two acts of
environmentally-motivated property destruction in which no one was
harmed. This is the longest current sentence of any of the Green
Scare prisoners. (The Green Scare is the name given to the recent
prosecution of eco-saboteurs and animal liberation activists, in
which the government has labeled them as "terrorists" and sought huge
sentences.) Mason was turned in by her then-husband, Frank Ambrose,
who had secretly spied on activists for years and then filed for
divorce the day she was arrested. Mason eventually pled guilty to 14
actions: 13 were claimed by the Earth Liberation Front and one by the
Animal Liberation Front. At her sentencing, the judge said she had
"violated the marketplace of ideas" and gave her an even longer
sentence than the plea bargain stipulated. In August 2010, Mason was
transferred to a special wing of Carswell prison, where numerous
political prisoners are held and communications are tightly monitored.
More information on Mason is available at
<http://www.supportmariemason.org>www.supportmariemason.org.
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