Help Free David Wong! Write a letter to David, sign up for email updates, come to a DWSC meeting, ask for a copy of the short video about the case -- and help us arrange a screening, Help us arrange a presentation to a group, campus, or conference, and check our information sheet to find out how to write the DA.
Report on the September 8th appeal
9/14/04: On September 8, 2004, over thirty-five supporters packed the courtroom in Albany for David's latest appeal. A report and photographs is available in the September 2004 Report. We hope in the future to provide additional information and material in the report.
Video On The David Wong Case Screening In The Hawaii International Film Festival
10/12/04: The Hawaii International Film Festival has accepted The Fight To Free David Wong for its 2004 festival! It will be screened on Sunday, October 24 at 4pm (Dole Connery 18 Theatres) and Friday, October 29 at 3:30pm (Doris Duke Theater at the Honolulu Academy of the Arts) in Honolulu! Two recent screenings were at Fordham Law School (10/13/04) and the University of Hawaii (10/21/04). Other screenings were held at St. John's Law School (9/2/04), NYU Law School (9/7/04), in Toronto (9/10/04), and in Plattsburgh NY (9/12/04). In September 2004, Washington Square News (NYU's daily newspaper) printed an article on the case
and the documentary video! Details on the 35-minute video are available on the Documentary Video Page.
Want a copy for yourself or to show others? Let us know -- we have copies on VHS and DVD!
New Chapters Formed In Hawaii And Toronto 9/1/04: Supporters have just formed new chapters of the David Wong Support Committee in Hawaii and Toronto! Please check back for more information! They can be reached at hawaii (at) freedavidwong (dot) org and torontosupport (at) freedavidwong (dot) org
Thirty-Second Public Service Announcement Available For Downloading And Broadcast 4/25/04: The DWSC has created a 30-second Public Service Announcement clip! Please right-click to save either the version in Quicktime (2.8MB: dwpsa2.mov) or the divx AVI version (1MB: dwpsa2.avi) to your hard drive.
Writings and Quotations From David Wong 3/30/04: Now available, writings and quotations from David Wong on a wide range of topics! We encourage everyone to write David a letter. He has no close relatives left in the United States and every letter helps. Quotations from David available here.
Appellate Division Agrees to Review David's Request for a New Trial 12/2/03: The Appellate Division (the first level of appeals in New York) agreed on December 2, 2003 to review Judge Lawliss's refusal to grant David Wong a new trial. A new trial would give David the chance to present newly discovered evidence to a jury and finally prove his innocence and victimization by the criminal justice system. A full report is now available, including copies of key legal filings.
Outreach continues 11/15/03: Outreach has been ongoing, including leafletting, making college presentations, screening the documentary video, taping TV programs, and taping radio shows! A complete update on outreach is available here.
The prison authorities put David in isolation, preventing him from hearing of Judge Lawliss's decision for three days. 11/1/03: Details are now emerging that on the same day that Judge Lawliss issued his decision to deny David's request for a new trial, prison guards were putting David in lockdown, which left him out of contact with the outside world. As a result, David did not find out about the ruling until three days later. The prison authorities justified putting him in lockdown by claiming that he was "in possession of unauthorized organization material." It is suspicious, however, that the supposedly unauthorized material was hidden in one of five letters that a guard handed David just hours before they searched his cell. Email us for more details.
Judge Lawliss denies a new trial in September 2003
9/5/03: On September 30, 2003, Acting Clinton County Judge Timothy Lawliss denied David's request for a new trial for the murder he was wrongly convicted of in 1987 -- even though David's lawyers presented eight inmates who proved David was innocent and the prosecution's main witness admitted he lied at the original trial. DWSC was joined by its lawyers and supporters at a press conference on Monday, October 6, 2003. For a full report, including copies of David Wong's statement about the decision, DWSC's statement of outrage, the full decision and excerpts from the decision, see our Report on the October 2003 Press Conference.
Artists for David Wong fundraiser held October 10, 2003 to overflowing crowds
10/10/03: On October 10, 2003, the David Wong Support Committee held a fundraiser concert at Silk Road Place in Chinatown, NYC. Performers included Denizen Kane, Golda Supanova, and Kevin So. The audience was packed with hundreds of supporters and fans! A full report is now available.
DWSC tapes a Queens Public Access Cable Program
10/15/03: Members of the David Wong Support Committee taped a 30-minute program for Queens Public Access Cable, discussing the case and the injustice against David Wong. The DWSC is actively publicizing the case and building support to clear David's name! Let us know if you'd like a copy.
July 11, 2003 press conference of organizations signing letter to Judge Lawliss covered by WNBC-TV
7/11/03: On Friday, July 11, 2003, numerous individuals and organizations signed a huge letter to Judge Lawliss to show their support for a new trial. There was broad media coverage of the event. Along with numerous print and broadcast Chinese-language media, Ti-hua Chang of WNBC-NY television aired a story about the case on the local 5pm news! Pictures, the list of speakers, and copies of some of their statements are available in our Report on the July 11th Statement of Support
INFORMATION ABOUT THE APRIL AND MAY 2003 EVIDENTIARY HEARING 5/16/03: In April and May 2003, Judge Lawliss held three days of evidentiary hearings in Plattsburgh, New York, where David's lawyers presented about a dozen witnesses who proved that David was innocent. Reports and newspaper articles about the hearings include: April 10-11 Personal Report. Mid-May 2003 Press Release May 16 Personal Report, with pictures April 4th column before the April 10-11 hearing April 11th column about the first day of the hearing April 11th article about the first day April 12th article about the second day May 17th article about the May hearing.
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