A Lesser Kind of Treason – A
Story for Prisoners of Conscience Month
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On release from her 18-year sentence, she immediately went to the federal courthouse, where the probation office was housed, and declared she would not abide by the conditions of probation, which amounted to ‘government supervision of my life and conscience’.
She carried a plastic cup filled with red enamel paint, and this she poured onto the counter top, saying, “The government has blood on its hands’.
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She was arrested and now faces multiple charges, including the charge of ‘making threatening communications to federal judges and air force personnel’ – a charge that would be laughable if it were not for the probability that Woodson will incur a heavy penalty for it. She awaits sentencing, which is expected to be for up to ten years.
What moral can we draw from this contrast between the treatment Hitler and Woodson received? Ideas to KPN.
Helen has entered a guilty plea. She is also to be sentenced for breaking a ten-year-old parole, and has asked supporters to contact Judge Dean Whipple, US Courthouse, 400 East Ninth St, Kansas City, Mo.64106 Ph 816-512-5615, and the US probation Officer Scott Burton, of the same address, fax no. 816-512-1313, simply to ask that both charges be heard at Kansas City, sparing her the dual journey (and taxpayers’ money). H.D.