> I am an assistant producer for a channel in Portland, Oregon. There is
> nothing I can do for Peltier until people start raising a rucus. You know it
> folks, the media wants stories that shock you, move you to do something
> more. If I was a news director I would run what I want. But since I'm not,
> I can't. I do what I can though..
> Tina,
Ah, now you've done it! See, I didn't know before you were a producer for
TV...
;-)
I work on the defense committee for Norma Jean Croy, a Shasta woman who has
spent the last 15 years in prison for basically no reason whatsoever.
Right now we're waiting to hear from a federal judge whether or not he'll
order a new trial. Yes or no, his decision could be "news."
When Norma's brother, Patrick "Hooty" Croy finally won a new trial in 1990,
he was found innocent in part because of his lawyer using a "cultural
defense," one of the few times this defense has been used successfully in
American law. (Hooty's lawyer, Tony Serra, is a minor celebrity...a movie
was made about one of his cases.)
> For all those concerned, first you need a leader, then organizers,
>then you need petitioners, then you need public relations people to talk to
>the media about what's going on(these people will also fax the media info.)
So, Tina (and any other media folks out there) send me your FAX number and
I'll FAX you a press release WHEN something "newsworthy" occurs with the
case.
Mary Carol (for the Norma Jean Croy Defense Committee)