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Dan Millis: Guilty, but no Punishment

Wednesday, 24 September 2008

On Monday U.S. Magistrate Judge Bernardo Velasco finally delivered his verdict in regards to my July 25 littering trial.  The ruling was delivered as a memo to my lawyer, and said only that I had been found guilty of the Class B misdemeanor offense of littering on a National Wildlife Refuge, and that sentencing was suspended. 

Check this out;  Legislation was introduced last night that tries to put some accountability and control on ICE raids and deportations.  It seems to be mostly concerned with ensuring due process for people swept up in raids and calls for the creation of a post to address issues of inhumane treatment by ICE...

Chicago New Sanctuary Coalition goes to Borderland in Arizona, USA. Jenny Dale (Chicago Metropolitan Sanctuary Alliance/Chicago New Sanctuary Coalition); Stephanie Dernek (8th Day Center for Justice/Chicago New Sanctuary Coalition); and Karina Wegman (Chicago New Sanctuary Coalition) will be traveling to Arizona September 3-19. You can visit http://chicagoborderblog.blogspot.com/ to read reflections and updates from the trip. The goals of the trip are to...

Well ok so its really just me at work (with significant help from others) twisting and tweaking the CMSA site.  There have been some significant...