<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" cleaned="font-size: 13px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif">Dear Supporters,</font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font><div class="gmail_quote"><div><font size="3"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"></span></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font></div><div><font size="3"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif">We write to you with our sincerest apologies. This afternoon we were informed that the status hearing on</font></span><font
size="4"><span cleaned="font-size:14px"><span cleaned="text-decoration:underline"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font></span></span></font></font><b><font><font size="4"><span cleaned="font-size:14px"><span cleaned="text-decoration:underline"><font color="#ff0000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif">February 9th, 2010 has been cancelled</font></font></span></span></font></font></b><font size="3"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"> and will be rescheduled to a date in early March. This marks another hearing cancelled, and another delay in a case that has already been </font></span></font><b><font size="3"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif">TWO YEARS TOO LONG</font></span></font></b><font size="3"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana,
sans-serif">. </font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"></span></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font></div><div><font size="3"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif">Despite this cancellation, </font></span></font><b><font size="3"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif">Wednesday February 3rd, 2010</font></span></font></b><font size="3"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"> still marks the two-year anniversary of a case that has been a nightmare for Jason and his family</font></span></font><font size="3"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif">. We cannot be silent at the passing of the two-year
anniversary. </font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"></span></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font></div><div><font size="3"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif">We ask, humbly, that you join us on </font></span></font><b><font size="3"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif">February 3rd, 2010 </font></span></font></b><font size="3"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif">at </font></span></font><b><font size="3"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif">7PM </font></span></font></b><font size="3"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif">to
commemorate, reflect, and raise our voices against this ongoing miscarriage of justice. We will be holding a candlelight vigil in Northampton</font></span></font></div><div><b><font><font size="5"><span cleaned="font-size:18px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"><font color="#a60094"></font></font></span></font></font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font></div><div cleaned="text-align:center"><b><font><font size="5"><span cleaned="font-size:18px"><font color="#a60094"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif">VIGIL FOR JUSTICE FOR JASON VASSELL</font></font></span></font></font></b></div><div cleaned="text-align:center"><b><font><font size="5"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"><span cleaned="font-size:18px"></span></font></font></font></b><b><font><font size="5"><span cleaned="font-size:18px"><font color="#a60094"><font class="Apple-style-span"
face="verdana, sans-serif">FEBRUARY 3RD, 2010 at 7 pm</font></font></span></font></font></b></div><div cleaned="text-align:center"><b><font><font size="5"><span cleaned="font-size:18px"><font color="#a60094"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif">First Churches, Northampton (129 Main Street)</font></font></span></font></font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font></div><div cleaned="text-align:center"><font color="#333333" size="3"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"><font color="#cc66cc" size="4"><span cleaned="font-size:14px"><b><em><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif">We also ask that you take the time to write and send a letter to the editor of your local newspapers over the next week.</font></em></b></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"></font></span></font></div><div cleaned="text-align:center"><font color="#333333" size="3"><font
class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"></span></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif">Each of your letters will remind the public, the media, Massachusetts AG Martha Coakley, and most importantly Northwestern DA Elizabeth Scheibel, that the ongoing racist prosecution of Jason is not in line with the values of our communities. </font><span cleaned="font-size:13px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif">No matter where we are in the world, we must make our voices loud and clear that we will continue to fight for justice. </font></span></span></font></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"><span
cleaned="font-size:13px"></span></font></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"></span></font></span></font><font color="#333333" size="3"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif">Respect and Hope</font></span></font></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"></span></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, sans-serif"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"></span></font></font><font color="#333333" size="3"><span cleaned="font-size:13px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana,
sans-serif">The Committee for Justice for Jason Vassell</font></span></font></div></div></span></td></tr></table><br>