Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 18:23:31 -0500
From: [c--o--n] at [dsmnet.com] (Carl E. Olsen)
Subject: Chris Padavich

July 25, 1995

Dear Carl,

     High, my friend Chris Padavich of Plano, Iowa, is going to prison.  He 
received two nickels for "not" smoking a joint with a confidential 
informant.  The police perjured themselves.  The Supreme Court of Iowa 
upheld the search warrant, which was a house his parents had rented to a 
lady & her kids.  He wasn't even around, but he did 77 days in the Appanoose 
County Jail before he was able to bail out.  That's not to mention they sold 
all his possessions 22 days after his incarceration.

     Chris is one of my best friends.  I've known and trusted him with my 
life & still do.  I guess I should call him inmate #206497.  But he isn't a 
number, he's my friend.  NORML is really important in my life, especially 
because I'm a paraplegic and use it for stress control & muscle spasm.  But 
the medical marijuana aspect never even hit me until my son was diagnosed 
with leukemia 3 and a half years ago.  He went through chemotherapy for 3 
years.  The University of Iowa tried Marinol, they tried everything, but I 
introduced him to herb.  It helped.  He's been in remission for 3 and a half 
years.  Thank God & the marijuana he grows for us.

     So here is the thing we can do to help Chris:

     Write letters saying,

     I am writing in reference of inmate #206497, Christopher F. Padavich.  
I feel that his incarceration is unjust.  As a citizen of the State of Iowa 
and a voter, I respectfully request that he be released.

     He is not violent and has never hurt anyone.  The decision to put him 
in prison was wrong and unjust.

     We think the South Central Iowa Drug Task Force & the Appanoose County 
Police Department should be investigated at a federal level.  What has 
happened to our Government?

     Letters should be addressed to
     Iowa Board of Parole
     523 East 12th Street
     Des Moines, Iowa 50319
     Sign your name

     Write these guys
     Dept. of Justice
     Civil Rights Division
     10th and Constitution Ave. NW
     Room 7131
     Washington, D.C. 20530

Civil Rights Division,

     I am writing to the Civil Rights Division to complain about police 
misconduct in a criminal case in Appanoose County, Iowa, in Centerville, Iowa.

     I have read the transcript of the trial and search warrant affidavits 
and I feel that the police should be investigated for violating his civil 
rights.

     The police officers Gary D. Anderson and Michael C. Seay committed 
perjury and engaged in illegal conduct.

     As a citizen of the United States I respectfully request an 
investigation of the matter.

     Thank you.
     D. J. Roberts

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