For Immediate Release
July 7, 2006
World Can’t Wait–Drive Out the Bush Regime
www.worldcantwait.org
Contact: Cleveland World Can’t Wait, 216-633-6200 cleveland@worldcantwait.org
After spending 5 weeks in jail, Carol Fisher was released
from jail this afternoon. Carol is an
activist with “The World Can’t Wait- Drive Out the Bush Regime” in
Cleveland OH. Her arrest, trial, and
conviction began when she put up a couple “Bush Step Down” posters on
telephone poles in Cleveland Heights on January 29, 2006. (Click
here a fact sheet on her case)
Two separate court orders were issued releasing her from the
Cuyahoga County Jail, cutting short her original 2-month sentence. On July 6, the court of appeals finally
granted her an appeal bond, letting her out of jail while her trial and
conviction are reviewed by a higher court.
And today, the original trial judge, Timothy McGinty, released her on
time served, indicating that she had spent enough time in jail. But she is still under court order to take
an “anger management class” and do two years probation with community
service.
Carol has consistently declared that she has nothing to
apologize for and is not guilty. Throughout this whole ordeal, she has
continued to build resistance to the Bush regime, even while in jail. She thanks the many people who sent letters
of support, books and articles to keep her up on world events, and donations
for her legal defense. World Can’t Wait
stands with Carol Fisher, and will continue to fight this gross injustice.
As we say in the Call to Drive Out the Bush Regime, “If we speak the truth, they will try
to silence us. If we act, they will try to stop us. But we speak for the
majority, here and around the world, and as we get this going we are going to
reach out to the people who have been so badly fooled by Bush and we are NOT
going to stop.”
Carol’s attorneys, Terry Gilbert and Dan Shields, will
continue to fight in the courts for the conviction to be overturned.