[g_lapcg]

Hi, i attached the letter but i ill transpose here for u all.


High (not) everyone.
Thank you for writing it really helps my spirit, have more people write even if its postcards. 3 oclock mail call is what i live for! It is hell here I need not complain I just pray They move me to federal prison soon. No windows and no outside time. I cant wait till i see the sky again. I have not even seen a doctor yet even though i requested it 31/2 weeks ago more bullshit. But I am glad (maybe not glad) to do some time so someone else doesnt have to. I know it is just a matter of statistics so I am happy some other patient doesnt have to be here cause I am. I just hope my cause changes things and the LANDA Ammendment is passed. Ai said thanks alot for the letters it means alot to me. The more mail the merrier I am.
The inmates nicknamed me Cannabis. I like that.
Say hello to everone and give them my address

Love and Light
Steph

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keep the letters goin,
if u drop your letter off at lapcg or cpg we will pay the postage

Stephanie Landa
Prisoner Number ULI 552
Santa Rita County Jail
5325 Broder Blvd
Dublin CA 94568

[X Runner]

I am happy to announce that Stephanie Landa is scheduled to be released on a furlough transfer to a halfway house in Southcentral Los Angeles. She will walk out of the prison gates on Oct. 13 at 8 am from the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, CA. From the prison, she will be driven in a private vehicle to Los Angeles. Well wishers can greet her at a scheduled meal/rest stop in Frazier Park off the I-5. The meal will be at the Los Pinos Restaurant and she will be there from 2 pm to 3 pm. From there she must make her way to the halfway house by 6:00 pm and not a minute later. For those of you who know LA traffic, Stephanie is expected to be on time for an address that takes you through some of the densest traffic LA has to offer. She must not be late or she will face severe sanctions [like going back to prison, no joke] but she is dying to see friendly faces from her community. If you have the time, try to make your way to Frazier Park to greet her.

[Greenbud]

One step closer to freedom! Free Stephanie Landa!!

Best,

GB

Originally Posted by X Runner

I am happy to announce that Stephanie Landa is scheduled to be released on a furlough transfer to a halfway house in Southcentral Los Angeles. She will walk out of the prison gates on Oct. 8 at 8 am from the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, CA. From the prison, she will be driven in a private vehicle to Los Angeles. Well wishers can greet her at a scheduled meal/rest stop in Frazier Park off the I-5. The meal will be at the Los Pinos Restaurant and she will be there from 2 pm to 3 pm. From there she must make her way to the halfway house by 6:00 pm and not a minute later. For those of you who know LA traffic, Stephanie is expected to be on time for an address that takes you through some of the densest traffic LA has to offer. She must not be late or she will face severe sanctions [like going back to prison, no joke] but she is dying to see friendly faces from her community. If you have the time, try to make your way to Frazier Park to greet her.

[Pico+Barrington Collective]

what happened to her?

[nigel]

Originally Posted by Pico+Barrington Collective

what happened to her?

google the name and watch the youtube video.....

[vc805]

Its nice to here that she is getting out. I would like to come to the welcome home party even though I dont know her. Sounds like she has done a lot for the MMJ movement. I WOULD JUST LIKE SAY THANK YOU STEPHANIE FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR ALL OF USE. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. THE LEAST I CAN DO IS COME TO FRAZIER PARK TO WELCOME YOU HOME. I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOU IN ANY WAY THAT I CAN. THANKS AGAIN.

[ScrewyLewy]

She is a fallen comrade in the search for medicine. She was growing and tring to find strains for specific types of illnesses. It was really nasty what the San Francisco LEO did to her. Please check her story out. Glad she is on her way back to freedom.

[Snowkitty]

Originally Posted by Pico+Barrington Collective

what happened to her?

Here is an article from 2005
New Medical Marijuana Sentencing after Role of SFPD Uncovered

Judge Ordered Investigation of Police; DA Denounces Rogue Cops

In the first federal sentencing since Ed Rosenthal walked out of court a free man, three medical marijuana defendants, including a noted Hollywood actor, will be sentenced tomorrow in a case which has drawn allegations of San Francisco Police misconduct and caused the judge to order an investigation of SFPD involvement.

Since Stephanie Landa, Kevin Gage, and Tom Kikuchi had met with San Francisco police in February 2002 about how to grow medical marijuana legally, they were shocked to be raided on July 18 by a SFPD team led by the very inspector who had told them what to do. After two hours in handcuffs, their demands to see the captain who had also advised them were finally granted, and he ordered them released.

Two weeks later, they were indicted by the federal government, though no federal agents had been involved in the raid. Suspicion immediately fell on disgruntled SFPD officers, who may have given information to the U.S. Attorney, in violation of the city’s Medical Marijuana Sanctuary Resolution.

San Francisco District Attorney Terence Hallinan criticized SFPD’s apparent role in the case, saying, “It’s absolutely improper for San Francisco law enforcement to turn people in to the federal government just because they feel the D.A., the Board of Supervisors and the voters are too lenient on marijuana.”

Advised that, like all other federal medical marijuana defendants, they would not be allowed to present a defense at trial, the three elected to plead guilty to maintaining a place for the “manufacture” of marijuana, a charge with a recommended maximum of 56 months. As part of their plea agreement, they were forbidden to discuss any of their contacts with SFPD in asking the court for a downward departure.

But at their first court appearance for sentencing last month, Judge William Alsup discovered mention of SFPD involvement in the Probation Department report and then -- over the strenuous objections of Assistant U.S. Attorney George Bevan, Jr. -- first questioned the three about what had happened and then rescheduled their sentencing until after the Probation Department could conduct an investigation.

Kevin Gage is a medical cannabis patient and caregiver who grew marijuana as medication for himself, his sister who suffers from cancer, and his brother who suffers from MS. When Kevin made the decision to take a year's sabbatical to provide medical marijuana, he was living the life of a Hollywood success story, having appeared in such films as Blow (in which, ironically, he played a DEA Agent), Heat, G.I. Jane, and many others. He had appeared on such TV shows as Nash Bridges and L.A. Law and had even earned a Los Angeles Theatre Critics best actor nomination for his stage work.

Co-defendant Stephanie Landa is a single mother and a medical marijuana patient. A car accident in August of 1999 left Landas without use of her right arm; she is still awaiting more surgery. The third defendant, Tom Kikuchi, also uses medical marijuana for pain management.