Hi 

Dear Geraldine, 

 

I just wanted to thank you for your email of support for my son Gary McKinnon. Your email of support means more to us than you could possibly know, as I'm extremely worried about Gary and greatly appreciate all help and words of support given.

 

I hope you don't mind that I've forwarded you the email address of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in the hope that you might email the same sentiments to him, as it is, Keir Starmer The Director of Public Prosecutions, who is currently deciding whether or not to allow Gary to be tried in the U.K

 

Keir Starmer has written six books on Human Rights and he seems like a good man, so I'm hoping against hope that he will allow Gary to be tried in the U.K.

 

The email address to email Keir Starmer the DPP is: enquiries@cps.gsi.gov.uk

 

As Baroness Scotland and the DPP are the decision makers on whether or not Gary will be extradited to face 60 years in a U.S prison. If you happen to have the time, if  you could also possibly  email The Attorney General Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC, that would be wonderful but I totally understand if you are too busy.

 

The Email address of the Attorney General Is:

correspondenceunit@attorneygeneral.gsi.gov.uk

 

The more people that write, the more consideration they might give to preventing Gary from being extradited and torn from his own country. Gary's a gentle person who  would never survive in one of those heavy prisons and he'd have no friends or family  in the U.S and that's just too frightening for me to even imagine.

Thank you again for your email!

 

Many Thanks & Very Best Wishes

 

Janis Sharp (Gary's Mum)

 

 

For Updates on Gary's case see: 

www.londontv.net/latestnews.htm

also www.freegary.org.uk  

 

Address of The Attorney Generals Office is:

20 Victoria Street,

London,

SW1H ONF

 Telephone
0207 2712492

 

The address to write formally to Keir Starmer the DPP is 

(best addressed to his personal private secretary): 

 

Mrs. Jackie Ronchetti OBE,

for the personal attention of

Keir Starmer,

Crown Prosecution Service,

50 Ludgate Hill, London.

EC4M 7EX.

(Tel. 0207 776 5152)

Sample Letter for anyone that might need it: as Follows:

 

Dear Mr. Starmer, 

 

 I understand that you have written six books on Human Rights and have championed Human Rights for many years. I am therefore hopeful that you will prevent the extradition of Gary McKinnon to the United States.

 

My primary concern is for my fellow citizen Gary McKinnon. Mr. McKinnon is currently waiting for the next  week to hear if he will be extradited to the United States. His proposed extradition is referred to as "fast track" extradition to the USA (after seven years since his initial arrest!). Gary was indicted by a US court in November 2002, accused of "hacking" into over 90 US Military computer systems from here in the UK. The unjust treatment of British citizens (and others) when facing the might of the US Military "justice" system, which practices detention without trial  is an ongoing scandal. It cannot be excused even by a "war on terror".

 

It was wrong that the US was allowed to indict Mr. McKinnon in 2002 and then wait until 2005 to re-arrest him once this horrendous one sided treaty with America was being used by our government and the US then had no need to provide evidence for their outrageous claims of damage.

I would suggest that you and all British people would be better served by our government spending seven years and millions of pounds and endless court time on tracking down real  terrorists rather than relentlessly pursuing a young man with Asperger's who was looking for suppressed information on UFO's and left notes behind in the form of a cyber peace protest and cyber graffiti. The waste of the courts' and judges' time, not to mention the waste of British tax payers' money is I think inexcusable.

 

It seems only just that Gary should face any charges in a British court, if he should now face any at all, as he has already had a seven year sentence of intense fear, worry and stress. Mr. McKinnon suffers a disability that directly relates to the case. At a specially-called news conference, autism expert Professor Simon Baron-Cohen said Mr McKinnon's crime "should be treated as the activity of somebody with a disability rather than a criminal activity". It displayed the signs of Asperger's Syndrome, such as an obsession with finding out the truth, he said.

"It can bring a sort of tunnel vision so that in their pursuit of the truth they are blind to the potential social consequences for them or for other people," he said. He also said for someone with Asperger's Syndrome, prison life would be intolerable and it could even deepen the condition. Mr McKinnon's girlfriend of four years, Lucy Clarke, told the BBC he had been depressed and "he would be suicidal" if extradited. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7831481.stm

 

As I am sure you can appreciate this is a major concern for a growing number of people here in the UK. How can our country that stands for justice, fairness and equality allow such a travesty of injustice to take place and be seen to bow to unfair treatment and bad judgement by the USA. Especially in light of the political events of the last few years. I hope you can appreciate the pain that British citizens feel on this matter and that you may respond with the sincerity and good judgement that I believe you hold dear.

Together we can help Mr. McKinnon receive a trial and sentence in the UK where he belongs. Thank you in advance and I wish you all the best with this matter. Any help you can bring to this case would be most appreciated by the many supporters and family of Mr. McKinnon. And also the many people who would benefit from positive change regarding this whole subject matter. British people were told that this one-sided extradition treaty was to be used purely for terrorists but it seems the American government are using this frivolously and maliciously against people who are absolutely not terrorists and our government is complicit in this action against its own citizens.