10/2 JAMIE SCOTT ACTION ALERT

October 2 at 1:47am

Please e-mail and/or call Drs. Gloria Perry and Zein-Ahmed and request that Jamie Scott #19197 immediately receive proper medical treatment. Jamie has been vomiting for 5 days now and is in need of immediate attention. I apologize for being so crude here but, this is the case and it is urgent. Please assist us in saving her life until she is released!

Dr. Gloria Perry - gperry@mdoc.state.ms.us

(601) 359-5155


Dr. Zein-Ahmed - MZein-Ahmed@mdoc.state.ms.us

(601) 359-5155


You may cc and call the following if time permits.


Margaret Bingham - mbingham@mdoc.state.ms.us

601-932-2880


Christopher Epps - CEPPS@mdoc.state.ms.us

Epps ph. 601-359-5600


Nancy Lockhart

9/27 SCOTT SISTERS ACTION ALERT!

MESSAGE FROM MRS. RASCO:

Thanks to all of the supporters that have helped with Jamie and Gladys' case. It is because of all of you that it has came down to what it has. You all have worked hard to help to free Jamie and Gladys and I feel like now we are on the final step to freedom.

I am asking that everyone Write and Fax all the Parole Board members to ask for justice for Jamie and Gladys. They need all of your help, the ones that can tweet it, please do. Jamie and Gladys' life depends on you all so that another injustice won't be done to them. Let the Parole Board know that the world is looking at this injustice.

Shannon Warnock - Chairman

Bobbie Thomas - Board Member

Clarence Brown - Board Member

Betty Lou Jones - Board Member

Danny Guice - Board Member

State of Mississippi Parole Board
660 North Street
Suite 100A
Jackson, MS 39202
Fax: (601) 576-3528

Please contact these Board Members and keep doing it until Jamie and Gladys are free. Love to every one of you.

Evelyn Rasco

Please be polite when writing/faxing.

9/16 SCOTT SISTERS MEDIA UPDATES!

The very well-attended 9/15 Jackson, MS rally to Free the Scott Sisters has generated an unprecedented amount of mainstream media that is shining a light on these cases like never before! Hopefully these actions and many more to come will at long last bring about the release of these two long-suffering women and reunite them with their family. Keep the pressure on!

This just in.... Starting in October on the Michael Baisden Show on his Falsely Accused Series will be: Have you read about the Scott Sisters?
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MSNBC gave coverage to this case! Features Mrs. Rasco and NAACP Prez, Ben Jealous

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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Great excerpts of 9/15 Scott Sisters Rally held in Jackson, MS


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NAACP Press Conference on Scott Sisters: http://www.naacp.org/blog/entry/naacp-press-conference-on-the-scott-sisters/
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Uhuru News http://uhurunews.com/story?resource_name=mississippi-rally-demands-release-of-scott-sisters-15-years-into-double-life-sentences-on-bogus-11-robbery-charge
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Thanks to Muhammad Speaks for publishing our Case Summary! - http://www.muhammadspeaksonline.net/2010/09/12/mississippi-injustice-2/
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USA TODAY even gave coverage to this case! - http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-09-14-scott-sisters_N.htm
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PRE-RALLY

Bro. JR of Block Report Radio speaks to Mrs. Rasco on 9/13 Flashpoints at http://aud1.kpfa.org/data/20100913-Mon1700.mp3

WAPT- Scott Sisters Supporters to Rally in Jackson, MS 9/15 - http://www.wapt.com/r/24986222/detail.html

WLBT- Scott Sisters Attorney to Present Pardon Request -http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=13144101

Clarion Ledger - Support Growing for Sisters - http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20109120370

8/24 + 8/27 RADIO PROGRAMS

8/27 INTERVIEW WITH NANCY LOCKHART AND MRS. EVELYN RASCO

Listen to internet radio with brburns.com on Blog Talk Radio

8/24 - DOES RACISM STILL EXIST IN AMERICA?: The Tragic Case Of THE SCOTT SISTERS!

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BLACK NOBILITY MAGAZINE ON THE SCOTT SISTERS

the Scott Sisters received double life terms each for $11 ….

Jamie and Gladys Scott are blood sisters and have been wrongfully convicted of armed robbery. The sisters received double life terms each. No one was murdered or injured during this robbery. One witness testified that the robbery netted about $11, another said that around $200 bucks was in his wallet. Witnesses and the two alleged victims testified that the sisters had absolutely nothing to do with this robbery. Witnesses also testified that the sheriff coerced and threatened them to lie on the Scott Sisters. The sisters have been in prison since October of 1994.

As if that weren’t bad enough, these young women received incompetent legal representation at the lower court trial. Their attorneys, Firnist J. Alexander, Jr. and Gail Shaw-Pierson failed to interview and subpoena witnesses, only calling one witness when there were several. Incredibly, the jury never even heard any testimony from the alleged victims. The sisters were advised to not testify on their own behalf by their attorneys, Alexander and Shaw-Pierson, denying them the opportunity to speak for themselves.

In October of 1994, Jamie and Gladys Scott were sentenced to extraordinary double life terms each in prison, even though neither sister had prior convictions and there was no violence involved in these charges.

The four State’s witnesses provided conflicting testimony and one alleged accuser was not called to testify – he was not questioned or subpoenaed by defense attorneys Firnist J. Alexander, Jr. or Gail Shaw-Pierson. Witnesses admitted however, that reports prepared by the Sheriff, of their descriptions of the event contained no such claim. In other words, the sisters were not present. Jamie and Gladys Scott were not involved in the armed robbery and they did not conspire to plan such. Witnesses all testified that they were coerced and threatened by Deputy Sheriff Marvin Williams. Testimony also revealed that Marvin Williams prepared statements of the events from the night of December 24, 1994 BEFORE obtaining signatures and BEFORE the witnesses were brought into his office. In other words, the statements were not written by witnesses. Three affidavits exist – they all state that the Scott Sisters were not involved in this robbery. One affidavit is written by a trustee of the local jail, his account of the facts reveal that a wallet was located a few days after this alleged robbery and that wallet contained the photo ID of one of the alleged victims of the trumped up robbery and three twenty dollar bills. The trustee also reveals that there was NOT a robbery, he was also threatened to be sent to Parchman Penitentiary if he told the truth.

According to the Request for Commutation of Sentence and/or Pardon prepared by attorney Chokwe Lumumba, the Scott Sisters challenged their convictions on direct appeal; arguing that there was insufficient evidence to convict them, and the guilty verdict was against the overwhelming weight of evidence, which should have exonerated them. The court of appeals found no error and affirmed the convictions on December 17, 1996. As a result, they filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court, which was denied on May 15, 1997. They consequently filed an Application for Leave to File Motion to Vacate Conviction pursuant to the Mississippi Post Conviction Collateral Relief Act. The Supreme Court also denied that application.

This family is shell-shocked, yet determined to fight on. They have tried to have faith that at some point this unbelievable travesty would be corrected and their upside-down lives righted. Yet 16 long years later nothing has changed, the women’s five children are still being raised by their now ailing mother, and their father has died of a massive heart attack because of this. The emotional strain this burden has placed upon their family is immeasurable.

Jamie Scott, who entered the prison system as a healthy young woman, is now suffering from complete kidney failure and other life-threatening medical conditions. Since January, 2010 Jamie has endured almost weekly severe health setbacks that the state has either outright refused to address or handled in a slipshod manner. Jamie has had weeks of serious infections that could have taken her life, has gone into shock, been given sporadic dialysis treatments, and suffered the state’s refusal to provide her with adequate nutrition as required for her serious medical condition. She is now at Stage 5 (end stage) of this disease, the next stage being death.

Jamie writes, “What began as an implication and outright miscarriage of justice, has catapulted to destroy an entire family. Gladys was a 19 year old pregnant mother, and myself, Jamie, a 22 year old mother during the time of our arrest, conviction and sentencing for a crime we did not commit.” She continued, “We are convinced that once this chain of events is exposed and unraveled, the events that occurred, the lives that have been destroyed, the pain and suffering the citizens of Scott County have endured; everyone will be utterly amazed, astonished and compelled to assist us in our plight for freedom. We pray that the people would insist upon an investigation into their misconduct and miscarriage of justice.”

Gladys and Jamie’s older brother has served in the US Army for over 22 years, while his sisters remain victims of wrongful convictions in the very country that he proudly represents. The defendants and their family are wholly depending on support from the press, organizations, and all those dedicated to justice in making this debacle as public as possible.

JAMIE SCOTT MEDICAL UPDATE!

From: Nancy Lockhart (Facebook)

Mrs. Rasco would like to thank everyone for making calls and sending e-mails regarding Jamie's surgical procedure today. Our calls and e-mails gained positive results.

If it were not for your many calls and e-mails I'm certain that Jamie's health would be much worse than it currently is ~ Thank you!

As soon as we are able to speak with Jamie I will provide a followup posting.

In Solidarity,

Nancy Lockhart

JAMIE SCOTT ACTION ALERT!

From: Nancy Lockhart
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Dear Supporters:

Jamie was hospitalized this weekend but, is now in the prison infirmary. The hospital scheduled surgery for her this morning at 8:30am to unclog the fistula in her arm which is used for dialysis treatments. Jamie was not taken back to the hospital for this surgery.

Please write Dr. Gloria Perry, cc Christopher Epps and Margaret Binghman. Flood their offices with e-mails and ask them to have this surgical procedure done immediately at the hospital. Your e-mails and phone calls have saved Jamie's life in the past and will continue to do so. Let these officials know that Jamie needs to be in a hospital NOW!

Dr. Gloria Perry - gperry@mdoc.state.ms.us
Margaret Bingham - mbingham@mdoc.state.ms.us
Christopher Epps - CEPPS@mdoc.state.ms.us

You may also call.- Dr. Gloria Perry - (601) 359-5155
Margaret Bingham- 601-932-2880
Christopher Epps - 601-359-5600

Thank you,

Nancy Lockhart, M.J.