PLEASE CONTACT LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET EDITORS AND DEMAND THEY STOP BLOCKING THIS STORY.

For Immediate Release: December 19th

UPDATE: Starving For Justice:
Aaron Patterson Hunger Strike Continues

Aaron Patterson has been on a hunger strike since 3pm, Thursday Dec. 12. Since then he has lost 14 pounds, going from 230 to 216 pounds. He is drinking only water.

Phonelines from Pontiac’s Death Row had been down Since Thursday. Patterson has been out of touch with his Family, lawyers, and support network until Wednesday the 18th.

IN ADDITION TO DEMANDING A FULL PARDON BASED ON HIS ACTUAL INNOCENCE, PATTERSON’S REQUESTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1: ASKS GOVERNOR RYAN TO VISIT DEATH ROW
2: THAR HE CONSIDER OPTIONS TO BLANKET COMMUTATION:
A: Pardons based on Actual Innocence
B: Some inmates will required a number of years for their sentences.
C: That mentally ill patients on Death Row get sent to Mental Institutions.
3: REQUESTS THE GOVERNOR MEET WITH COOK COUNTY STATES ATTORNEY RICHARD DEVINE TO DISCUSS MISSING EVIDENCE IN SEVERAL CASES:
A: Where are the missing fingerprints in Aaron’s case, which would exonerate him? The footprints and radio?
B: Where is the DNA for hair in Ronald Kliners Case?
C: Where are the fingerprints from the missing gas can in Madison Hobley’s case?
4: Requests the Governor meet with State Rep. Constance Howard’s Delegation on the Patterson case separately from the rest of the Death Row Families he’ll be meeting with.

THE AARON PATTERSON DEFENSE COMMITTEE REQUESTS THE MEDIA SKILLFULLY REINTRODUCE THIS STORY. THERE HAS BEEN A VIRTUAL MEDIA BLACKOUT ON THIS SITUATION. HEALTH CONDITIONS ON DEATH ROW CAN ONLY BE COMPOUNDED BY A LACK OF NUTRITION. IF THERE IS ANY WAY A REPORTER CAN APPEAL TO THEIR EDITORIAL BOARDS TO EVEN DO A SIMPLE AND MERELY FACTUAL STORY, WE REQUEST THAT AT THIS TIME.