{"id":3271,"date":"2008-07-09T11:48:12","date_gmt":"2008-07-09T16:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=3271"},"modified":"2008-07-09T11:48:12","modified_gmt":"2008-07-09T16:48:12","slug":"judge-to-consider-releasing-dr-al-arian-on-bail-bond-hearing-to-be-held-10-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=3271","title":{"rendered":"Judge to Consider Releasing Dr. Al-Arian on Bail &#8211; Bond hearing to be held 10 July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>via<\/em> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/tampabaycoalitionforjusticeandpeace\/\">Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bond hearing to be held Thursday 10 AM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alexandria, VA &#8211; July 10, 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All of Dr. Al-Arian&#8217;s supporters who are able to travel to Virginia  are requested to attend Dr. Al-Arian&#8217;s bond hearing this Thursday, July 10th at  10 AM sharp.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Al-Arian has been unjustly imprisoned for the past five years;  although he was scheduled to be released last April, the government ignored its  own plea agreement, unlawfully requiring him to testify before a third grand  jury in what was a blatant perjury trap (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2008\/4\/13\/133548\/563\/391\/494890\">click here for more background information<\/a>).  Because of his refusal to testify, Dr. Al-Arian <a href=\"http:\/\/jonathanturley.org\/2008\/06\/26\/dr-sami-al-arian-indicted-on-two-counts-of-criminal-contempt\/\">was charged with two counts of criminal contempt<\/a> on June 26th. His trial is set for August 13th. Criminal contempt has no  maximum penalty and, if convicted, he could potentially be sentenced to life.  Thus, <span style=\"color: #006699;\"><em><strong>being released on bail before the trial may be Dr. Al-Arian&#8217;s last chance to spend time with his family with any degree of normalcy for the rest of his life.<\/span><\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Come to the Bond  Hearing!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is very important that as many supporters come as possible. The address is:<\/p>\n<p>Albert V. Bryan<br \/>\nU.S. Courthouse<br \/>\n401 Courthouse Square<br \/>\nAlexandria, VA 22314<br \/>\nCourtroom of the Honorable Leonie Brinkema<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/\">here for Google Maps<\/a> to find directions.<\/p>\n<p>If interested in coordinating a carpool with other supporters, please email  <a href=\"mailto:samialarianactioncommittee@gmail.com\">samialarianactioncommittee@gmail.com<\/a> ASAP.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing is scheduled to start at 10 AM sharp this Thursday, July 10th.  Please be on time!<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who can&#8217;t make it, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freesamialarian.com\/help.html\">click here for other ways to help<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As always, you have our heartfelt thanks for all your support.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donate to Dr. Al-Arian&#8217;s Legal Fund!<\/strong><br \/>\nDr. Al-Arian&#8217;s talented team of attorneys urgently need funds to provide a full  defense. You can donate online through PayPal or by sending a check (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.freesamialarian.com\/donate.htm\">click here for details<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>via Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace Bond hearing to be held Thursday 10 AM Alexandria, VA &#8211; July 10, 2008 All of Dr. Al-Arian&#8217;s supporters who are able to travel to Virginia are requested to attend Dr. Al-Arian&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=3271\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdXTf-QL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3271\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}