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Title: In Defense of Alex Sanchez
START DATE: 6/28/2009
START TIME: 6:00 PM
Duration: 2 Hours
Location: downtown, central, hollywood, northeast
Location Details:
CARECEN-LA
2845 West 7th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Event Topic: police/law
Event Type: community meeting
Contact Name:
Contact Email:
Contact Phone:
DESCRIPTION:
In Defense of Alex Sanchez

Community Meeting at CARECEN-LA

Sunday evening, June 28th, 2009 at 6pm

2845 West 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007

At this meeting his lawyer will be collecting letters of support and bail assistance. Please bring both!

From Homies Unidos Board and Staff:

To all our supporters, allies, community, and everyone in the movement, The Homies Unidos Board stands united in full support, behind our executive director, Alex Sanchez and his family. For the past 11 years, Alex has been committed to helping bring about change in his community. He is an exemplary leader, respected colleague and dedicated husband and father. Just as we are confident in Alex's innocence, we are confident that Los Angeles and the nation will remember that an indictment is an allegation only. As stated in the FBI press release, "Every defendant is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in court." We have sought another path, a peacemaker's path, through intervention and prevention, and we remain committed to it. We appreciate the tireless work of peacemakers in all these arenas and the danger that sometimes accompanies it. We thank our staff, partners, community allies and generous donors and funders who have supported our work during the past 11 years and encourage you to remember the positive impact that Homies Unidos has had on countless lives and improvements in our communities. In Alex's absence, board and staff will continue to lead these important efforts and we ask for your support during this critical time.

Regarding Letters of Support:

We need signed letters of support by Sunday evening in order to present them to the court before Alex's bail hearing. These letters should focus on Alex's character, accomplishments and importance to his community. We must refrain from bringing up any references to the apparently organized effort to derail Homies and the broken system that has allowed for the epidemic of gangs. Keep the letters focused on the intent of getting Alex out on bail. You should know that any letter you present to the court will become public record.

They will need to be hand-signed/ dated

They will stay on public record!!!

They will need to be addressed in this way BUT Faxed/Mailed TO THE LAWYER:

Honorable Alicia G. Rosenberg

United States Courthouse

312 N. Spring Street, Courtroom D

Los Angeles, CA 90012

Re: Mr. Alex Sanchez Cr. 09-00466

Dear Judge Rosenberg:



DO: "type" (not handwritten) the letter and use good paper and address it correctly (with titles) and full address including the Chamber. Do include your full contact information including your phone number. Hand sign and date your signature.

DO NOTS: blame the victim, the cops, witnesses etc.; do not explain the event (that was already done in court, you will be insulting the courts intelligence and the ruling); do not tell (or imply) the court they were wrong; do not state anything you do not know first hand (unless you indicate the reliable source); do not embellish or fabricate (Judges "crap detectors really work well and that negate your letter by impacting your credibility and you will do more harm than good); do not use "informal" language or slang;

DELIVERY: Bring your letters to the Sunday night meeting, hand deliver them to one of the Homies staff or board members, or overnight or messenger them to Kerry Bensinger's law firm:

Bensinger, Ritt, Tai & Thvedt

65 N. Raymond Ave, Suite 320

Pasadena, CA 91103

fax 626-685-2562
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