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Rasmea Odeh

Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Location:  U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
100 E. 5th Street 540 Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse
Cincinnati, OH 45202  United States

Tell us that you’re coming to Cincinnati!  Please help us raise money to get to Cincinnati!   We need to fill we fill the courthouse one last time!

The Rasmea Defense Committee contends that Judge Gershwin Drain did not allow for a full and fair trial, and believes that is why Rasmea was convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison and deportation.  We are confident that she has solid arguments on appeal, and wrote in late July that the “defense argues conclusively that the government ‘never really addresses the basic constitutional deprivations asserted in Ms. Odeh’s opening appellate brief,’ and that Rasmea is ‘entitled to present her complete defense to the jury,’ which can only happen in a new trial.”

After the oral arguments are heard by three appellate judges on October 14, a decision will be made between two and six months later.  If the court agrees with the defense and overturns the conviction and the sentencing, the case gets sent back to the prosecution to possibly refile charges, whereupon the entire trial process begins anew.  But this time, evidence of torture, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), etc., would be allowed into the courtroom.

If the court upholds the conviction but disagrees with the sentence, the appellate judges send new sentencing guidelines back to Drain for re-sentencing.  In the worst possible scenario, her conviction and sentencing would be upheld, meaning that she would have to serve 18 months in prison and then be deported.  If this happens, the defense could ask that all of the 6th Circuit appellate court judges, not just the three panelists, review the case as a last ditch effort to win the appeal.

There is still much more organizing to be done!

As her defense attorneys have said since the beginning of this ordeal, “You [Rasmea’s supporters] provide public testimony when you rally outside the courthouse and then file in to fill the courtroom.  Public testimony of not only the power of Rasmea’s positive influence on her friends and colleagues, and the people she organizes, but public testimony also of the fact that she did not receive a fair trial and that there are people who are going to hold the system—prosecutors and judges—accountable.

Register here to join us in Cincinnati on October 14, visit www.justice4rasmea.org for more information, and / or email justice4rasmea@uspcn.org with any questions.

We have been doing non-stop fundraising, organizing public events, and telling Rasmea’s story to media across the country and the world.

Over 100 people joined Rasmea Odeh during her trial on trumped up political charges last year, and after being convicted, again during her sentencing earlier this year. She still needs us one more time in Cincinnati for her appeal on October 14th, so the Rasmea Defense Committee is asking for your financial commitment.

We need to raise $5,000 for two charter buses and other transportation expenses to get 110 of Rasmea’s closest supporters to Ohio for the appeal.

From Chicago?

Crowdfund & GET ON THE BUS from Chicago for Rasmea’s appeal!

Fill out this form if you’re in Chicago and want to ride with us!

We will leave at 10 PM the night before the appeal, Tuesday, October 13th, 2015.  (Bus pick up site TBD.)

Those who are driving their own cars and can take others, or would like to carpool, should contact Joe Iosbaker (joeiosbaker@gmail.comas soon as possible.

The national Rasmea Defense Committee is led by United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN),Committee to Stop FBI Repression (CSFR), and Coalition to Protect People’s Rights (CPPR) and endorsed by many other organizations.

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