Winnepeg, Manitoba

April 25, 1995

Brother Mark,

I first learned of your plight in 1990, but being naive at the time figured this kind of thing would never happen here. Wrong. Over the last few years a lot of naive people have had their eyes opened, including me.

Of course the best thing to charge a person with today is sexual assault. You're convicted out of hand and if you're an honest nonviolent activist it's about the only way they can effectively muzzle you. I can't believe that some of the women's rights groups haven't noticed that they're being used here. I guess some do see it, but once someone is convicted it's hard to get the courts to admit they were fools to pursue such a specious case in the first place. Also there are parallels to the frame-up of [Pedro] Gonzalez in an earlier epoch.

The most telling thing in your case is the diligence of the FBI in trying to find things in your past. Nothing makes one fearful except the thought that some prosecutor could pursue such a farce of a case with a clear conscience. Are these people completely amoral? Justice sure isn't about truth in Iowa.

I'm still optimistic you'll be vindicated eventually. I hope it's soon. I just passed my 25th wedding anniversary here and know a little of how you must feel. A person can't let them get the best of you. Never give them an inch is my motto.

We're pursuing my appeal and my lawyers are quite optimistic as we've found out a few things since the trial that we should have been made aware of. But would the judge have admitted it? I doubt it.

This travesty here was totally avoidable, because I know the whole strike was engineered by the company, with union tampering, federal and local government complicity, and in the end a judge who had no business trying my case. I'm sure in the end we'll be treated to a scandal of some import. Wishing you luck.

In Solidarity
Roger Warren  
 
 
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