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Support Clemency for Dr. Mutulu Shakur!The Family and Friends of Dr. Mutulu Shakur are sharing an important update and requesting your help at this crucial time. First of all, on behalf of Dr. Mutulu Shakur, we would like to thank you for all your support during the 31 years of his incarceration. Your financial donations, your written support through emails, snail mail, letters to the parole commission, your assistance in support of his various projects and fundraisers, have all nourished and sustained Dr. Shakur's heart and soul through all these long years in prison. Dr. Shakur has suffered the U.S. Parole Commission’s abuse of its authority. He has been denied parole 8 times even after a hearing examiner recommended him for release. His mandatory release date was to be February 12, 2016, which has again been denied. We now asking you to show your support by signing a petition supporting
Executive Clemency by President Obama, which was filed for on his behalf.
Please use the link below to show your support: Please sign and share with your family, friends and networks as we are trying to reach 100,000 signatures! Dr. Shakur is 66 years old, has had serious health challenges, and continues to struggle to maintain his own health. His health challenges include: hypertension, a stroke in 2015, diabetes and glaucoma. Dr. Shakur has taken full responsibility for his life and actions. Today, his beliefs center around the desire for fundamental human rights, a desire for equitable laws and policies, and a world without racial, gender and class divisions—goals very much like those upheld by the entire movement for civil and human rights as well as the young people who constitute today’s Movement for Black Lives. He has been a force for peace and for good during the many years of his incarceration, working against violence in the prisons and in his varied communities. He has developed hospice programs for incarcerated elders, and created educational curricula for young prisoners entering prison. You can get recent online updates regarding his legal situation at mutulushakur.com. Donations are needed on an ongoing basis to make sure that all of Dr. Shakur's legal and personal needs are met. Please consider making a one time donation or signing up for a regular monthly donation via paypal or send check or money order to FFMS c/o S. Wilson, 1000 Park Place #3, Brooklyn NY 11213. If you would like to stay in touch in the future, the Free Mutulu Shakur facebook group is one way to do that. With much gratitude for your ongoing support, NYC Jericho Movement, P.O. Box 670927, Bronx, NY 10467 |