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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>
December 7, 2009<br>
MEDIA ADVISORY<br><br>
Contact: Grand Jury Resistance Project (Kris Hermes), 510-681-6361
Earth<br>
Warriors are OK! (EWOK!) hotline (Natalia Shulkin), 612-293-9657,<br>
ewok@riseup.net<br><br>
Hearing Scheduled on the Release of Grand Jury Resister Carrie
Feldman<br>
Expiration of statute of limitations brings doubts about the legality
of<br>
her detention<br><br>
Davenport, IA — A hearing is scheduled on Tuesday, December 8,
regarding<br>
the detention of grand jury resister Carrie Feldman. Feldman has
been<br>
incarcerated for three weeks for refusing to testify before a grand
jury<br>
on moral grounds. She was found to be in civil contempt of court on<br>
November 17th and could be held for the remainder of the grand jury,<br>
another 10 months. National Lawyers' Guild attorney Bruce Nestor, filed
a<br>
motion arguing for her release last week, pointing out that the statute
of<br>
limitations for the incident believed to be the subject of the grand<br>
jury's inquiry expired in November. Though the U.S. District
Attorney's<br>
office refuses to comment, the grand jury appears to be investigating
a<br>
2004 Animal Liberation Front raid on a University of Iowa research<br>
facility.<br><br>
“Carrie is being held even though her testimony would be of no value
at<br>
this point," said Thomas Addo of Earth Warriors are OK! "Her
detention is<br>
clearly punitive and, hence, illegal. We're hopeful that the judge
will<br>
see this for what it is--a politically-motivated attempt to interfere
with<br>
the life of a young activist and her community."<br><br>
What: Hearing on release of grand jury resister Carrie Feldman<br>
When: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 11:00 a.m.<br>
Where: U.S. District Court, 131 E. Fourth St., Davenport, Iowa<br><br>
Last week, District Court Judge John Jarvey ordered the release of
Scott<br>
DeMuth, recently indicted for conspiracy under the Animal Enterprise<br>
Terrorism Act (AETA), pending his trial. DeMuth was originally
subpoeaned<br>
to appear before the same grand jury as Feldman, and also refused to<br>
testify. As with Feldman, the court offered DeMuth immunity in
exchange<br>
for his testimony, calling into question the strength of the evidence
used<br>
to indict him days later. Further suggesting a political motivation
for<br>
the prosecutorial actions taken against both activists, Assistant
District<br>
Attorney Clifford Cronk cited DeMuth's political beliefs and
associations<br>
repeatedly as reason to deny his release.<br><br>
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