Dear Friends,
Open court begins at 10:30am on Wednesday, March 24th. This is where we will find out whether Jesse will be released or the amount of time they will have to serve. Court is in the basement, department 24 in the hall of justice located at: 200 w. Hedding in San Jose.
If you have not done so yet, here is another reminder to write a letter for Jesse…info below and again, please get a letter in by tues. march 23rd (to who including lawyer info also below).
there is a closed door meeting on wednesday march 24th morning and then open court after. it is very important to come to court to support jesse if you can…jesse is in an adversarial and hostile environment and it will be uplifting for him to look see the faces of friends, and hopefully we all can be reunited by the end of the day.
Street Address:
200 West Hedding Street
San Jose, CA 95110
From Hwy 880 – Traveling north towards downtown San Jose
From 880, take Highway 280 South to Highway 87/Guadalupe Parkway North, towards the San Jose Airport.
Take the Taylor Street exit, turn right onto Taylor Street. Stay in the far left lane and make a left onto San Pedro Street.
Continue for two blocks on San Pedro Street.
Turn left onto Hedding Street, stay in the far right lane, go half a block and turn right into the Civic Center Parking Garage. Fee required.
The Courthouse is across the street from the garage.
Metered parking is also available on West Hedding Street.
jesse’s lawyer reported that character letters for jesse are very worthwhile. here are some general guidelines (please pass on this info to any friends). you can email us letters at supportjesse (at) riseup.net or you can fax letters to jesse’s lawyer (be sure to indicate that the letters are character ref for jesse) fax number: dan mayfield (408) 287-9857.
suggestions for character letters:
-be positive about jesse, that he has made mistakes in the past but that he wants to move forward, be responsible and be a productive part of his community.
-write about your experiences with jesse as a caring, giving and important part of our community.
-include how he has support in order to move on and better his life.
-regarding jesse’s future plans, please only speak about his goal to get out and able to go back to minneapolis and deal with his probation there.
-do not use this as an opportunity to critique the justice system and justify jesse’s actions (no matter how we really feel about these matters, strategically this would not be beneficial to jesse and may piss off the judge, which could have negative consequences for jesse).
-the judge’s name and title is: Honorable Socrates Manoukian (you can skip the honorable part if you wish), put this at the beginning of the letter.
Here is a rudimentary guide to writing character letters to judges: http://www.ehow.com/how_4683439_write-letter-judge-before-sentencing.html
thanks!
