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Spitfire Tour Presents Benefit forTodd McCormick
Posted by FoM on May 01, 2000 at 18:06:46 PT
Sunday May 7th at LA's House of Blues 
Source: Spitfire Tour
Confirmed Speakers: Larry Flynt, DJ Peretz (Perry Farrell), Andy Dick, Bill Maher, Michael Franti, Krist Novoselic, Exene Cervenka, and more... Spearhead will perform after everyone speaks Tickets will be $20, available through Ticketmaster. 
ALL MONEY will go to Todd's legal expenses (less venue rental). Please come support Todd, he really needs us to get together & raise hell on his behalf. For more info on Todd's life story, please read below... Todd McCormick was sentenced to 5 years in federal prison. He is trying to get out of jail on bond while his lawyers appeal. He should know within 2 weeks. How can a California resident be arrested by the federal government for growing medicinal marijuana, when they have a legal prescription to do so under California's Prop 215? Keep reading for more info, and keep an eye out for the Todd McCormick Spitfire benefit show in LA in early May! All details to be announced here shortly... It is with great sadness that we inform you that Todd is in federal custody until at least February 28, 2000, and most likely until his appeal, approximately one year after that. If the appeal fails, the next possible release would be IF the Supreme Court heard the case and reverses the Appeals Court. That would be two years later, or longer. The next date, providing he has been a model prisoner, is five years from this past Monday. His attorney firmly advised Todd that he should expect to be in custody for at least the next 15 months. Please send letters of encouragement to him. He needs it now more than ever. Todd Patrick McCormick#11071-112P.O. Box 1500Los Angeles, CA 90053In terms of raising money, you can also buy a copy of his book "How to Grow Medical Marijuana". All the money from the Amazon edition (except the cost of producing and printing the book) will go directly to Todd & his defense. The book can be ordered here. Diagnosed with Histiocytosis X cancer at age two, Todd McCormick currently faces a battle in federal court over his use of medical marijuana. Todd was introduced to medical marijuana as a young man while searching for relief from chemotherapy-induced nausea. After the passage of California prop. 215 (now Ca. law 11362.5), Todd set about researching and writing on the uses of medical marijuana. In 1997 Todd was arrested and his research destroyed by deputies of the Los Angeles Sheriffs Narcotics Division and federal DEA, even though he was a well-documented medical marijuana patient. The decision of 5.4 million California voters to end the war on the sick and dying has not stopped the federal government from prosecuting Todd and many others in the state under federal law. Todd was initially released on a $500,000 bond posted by his friend Woody Harrelson. Unfortunately, due to a traffic violation, Todd is once again in Federal prison, facing a 10 year mandatory minimum sentence if convicted and a four million dollar fine. Related Links:Artists Helping End Marijuana Prohibitionhttp://www.ahemp.org/Grow Medicinehttp://growmedicine.com/Picture Galleryhttp://content.colleges.com/spitfire/gallery/gallery.htmlTodd McCormick's Spitfire Pagehttp://content.colleges.com/spitfire/pages/mccormick.htmlCannabisNews Articles On Todd McCormickhttp://google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&num=10&q=McCormick+site:cannabisnews.com
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Comment #2 posted by Tom Paine on May 02, 2000 at 23:17:56 PT
Latest poster/flyer - Spitfire's House of Blues.
--------- Forwarded Message ---------DATE: Tue, 2 May 2000 11:10:12 From: Ann To: compassionatemoms egroups.com, november-l november.org, mayday onelist.comReply to: amccormick home.comSubject: Latest poster/flyer - Spitfire's House of Blues Benefit for ToddCOMPASSIONATE MOMS' HOMEPAGEhttp://members.home.net/amccormick/URL: http://www.egroups.com/group/compassionatemomsSubscribe: compassionatemoms-subscribe egroups.com Unsubscribe: compassionatemoms-unsubscribe egroups.com _______________________________________________________Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by ExciteVisit http://freelane.excite.com/freeisp--------- End Forwarded Message ---------CLICK on this link below to see Spitfire poster for Todd McCormick benefit. Paste this poster/flyer URL everywhere.http://cann.com/b1/binaries/25/25018.jpg
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Comment #1 posted by Tom Paine on May 02, 2000 at 23:10:44 PT
Latest on Todd. From his mother, Ann McCormick.
Latest on Todd. From his mother, Ann McCormick.There is further Todd legal news since the Spitfire webpage material was written. Here is the latest news below.Permission was granted by Ann McCormick to forward this anywhere.----- forwarded message -----From: Ann Date: Sat Apr 29, 2000 5:41pm Subject: TODD -- Spitfire to host Benefit - May 7, 2000 House of Blues/LA There will be a benefit for Todd McCormick on Sunday, May 7, 2000 at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, CA. The event has been organized by Todd's friends at the Spitfire Tour. The link below has all the details...http://content.colleges.com/spitfire/pages/Todd was moved from the Metropolitan Detention Center in LA to San Bernardino last Tuesday night. The original understanding was that he was to be moved to Terminal Island Friday or Saturday (yesterday/today)- but, Wednesday he called from San Bernardino ..??? There is a misconception lingering that a 'deal' was reached, sentencing has been done - he's doing 5 years - appeal bond has been denied... Peter will be sentenced in July. It's over. Our side folded.Wrong!The issue is Medical Marijuana. Todd pleaded guilty to conspiring with Peter - not to cultivation, nor distribution, nor to a for-profit drug business (as the LA Times would have you believe) but to conspiring (contractually!) with Peter (and Prelude Press!) to reseach and write a medical marijuana cutivation and use guide for Californians covered under (the newly passed) Prop. 215. Did Todd and Peter hope to make a lot of money from this project? Bet your ass!!! ;-)By selling drugs? NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! By selling BOOKS. Todd and Peter are far more dangerous than your average "drug dealer". People who provide information usually are. Todd was sentenced on March 27 to 5 years in a federal prison, followed by 3 years probation. Were he to have been convicted of a DRUG crime, there would have been a mandatory minimum of 10 years, a 4 million dollar fine and no right to appeal bond. By pleading to the conspiracy charge, the sentence is 5 years, his appeal rights (including the right to request appeal bond) are intact and the 4 million dollar fine reduced by several zeros. This is the beginning. The appeal is the forum. Everything up to this point is part fishing expedition and all bullshit. Now it gets into the nitty gritty. It's also progressively becoming more and more costly. Woody Harrelson and family, have been generous and supportive far above and beyond the call of friendship. Many folks have contributed to the defense fund and helped out in a wide variety of ways. The next part of the process is going to be even more demanding. We need all your support, activism and prayers now - and over the next several months - more than ever.When one adds up all that was lost, stolen, damaged, destroyed.. the costs and expenses of the prosecutorial games, stalls and surrealistic demands.. the physical, emotional and mental wear, tear and stress.. the absolute inhumanity and callousness of 'the system' - the leaps of (il)logic, the nonsensical pettiness and irrational obsessions of (supposed-to-be) intelligent, well educated people - the realization of what this nation's government has become is is mind boggling, --not to mention frustrating, anger provoking and very, very sad. 'THEY' count on wearing us out and wearing us down. 'THEY' have unlimited resources (OUR tax dollars) The 'justice?system' - unlike the 'fairness and justice for ALL' concept of the nations's founders - has, like medical care, been priced out of most average family budgets. 'THEY' are hoping that 'THEY' did their job sufficiently over the past 33 months, so that the resources to mount a successful appeal will have been depleted. In many cases, that is exactly what happens. We are determined to step up fundraising efforts to insure that this case IS HEARD through the appeal process and Todd is aquitted of all charges.Thank you love and hugsann----- end of forwarded message ----- CLICK on this link below to see Spitfire poster for Todd McCormick benefit. Paste this poster/flyer URL everywhere.http://cann.com/b1/binaries/25/25018.jpg*Yahoo! Full Coverage: Prison Issues. Awesome compilation of prison-related links.http://fullcoverage.yahoo.com/fc/US/Prisons/ *Drug War links. Interesting links, charts, and search shortcuts. Revised. Including MMM WTO A16 J4J3. Rally links, shortcuts, photos, searches, archives, press articles.http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/links.htm 
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