Dear Friend Many thanks indeed for putting your name to this petition on behalf of Maurice Kirk! I emailed everybody who supported the release of Norman Scarth from HMP Leeds a few years ago and published the text on http://mauricejohnkirk.wordpress.com/2014/10/26/normanscarth-in-support-of-mauricekirk-prisons-are-fiefdoms-run-by-thugs/ Since then, one supporter 'promoted' the petition. Another one suggested to promote it among the flying community. So, altogether it means we have nearly 200 supporters! Yuppee, especially as every recipient or 'decision maker' gets an email whenever anybody signs! However, on this Sunday morning I also got the news that Chris Grayling announces Mental Health Units in prisons: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11187062/Mental-health-units-to-be-set-up-inside-prisons.html My husband used to say "governments do whatever they can get away with." To me this latest 'innovation' means the justification of giving lethal injections. Norman and Maurice always referred to the use of psychiatry as the 'Gulag card': http://kirkflyingvet.com/blogs/legal/archive/tags/gulag+card/default.aspx and http://kirkflyingvet.co.uk/blogs/news/archive/tags/gulag+card/default.aspx May somebody with the power to release Maurice act swiftly sooon!!! With deep sighs and high hopes, Sabine