Justice Delayed, Dismissed, Denied
Justice Delayed, Dismissed, Denied
(usnews.com) At the age of 16, Graham and an accomplice robbed a restaurant, a crime for which he served a year behind bars. In 2004, at age 17, he was sentenced to life without parole after he violated the terms of his probation by committing another robbery, this time with a gun.
Joe Sullivan, meanwhile, was [...]
HARARE, Zimbabwe, May 19 (UPI) — Appalling conditions in Zimbabwe’s Chikurubi prison have resulted in at least 700 of its 1,300 inmates dying in the last year, local media reported.
The Zimbabwe weekly The Standard said the maximum security prison, located about 12 miles east of Harare, has one of the highest deaths rates in the [...]
Last week, the Obama administration made it pretty clear that mandatory minimum sentences for crack cocaine should be eliminated. Two different penalties for the same drug is a very dumb idea–one that only government could make up.
Back in ’07, I posted the following excerpts. This was in response to the Congressional Black Caucus’ anger over [...]
(USA Today) This is Tony Dungy’s new world, the one he has embraced since walking away from cheering crowds, a salary that exceeded $5 million a year and a team that was equipped for another Super Bowl run.
These are the players Dungy, 53, now seeks to motivate and help improve: men like the 500 or [...]
Campaign donations add luxury to California politics
By Patrick McGreevy and Eric Bailey
latimes.com
Some California lawmakers haven’t let the state’s financial calamity keep them from enjoying the good life; they’ve been using campaign cash for first-class travel abroad, expensive dinners, salon makeovers and visits to luxurious spas.
Spending reports filed with the state covering the last three months [...]
Bill creates detention camps in U.S. for ‘emergencies’
By Jerome R. Corsi
wnd.com
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Rep. Alcee L. Hastings, D-Fla., has introduced to the House of Representatives a new bill, H.R. 645, calling for the secretary of homeland security to establish no fewer than six national emergency centers for corralling civilians on military installations.
The proposed bill, which has received little [...]
Mary Mitchell talks about how the Los Angeles Probation Department is preparing to sending some of its inmates–including 3 who were convicted of a home invasion and beating of an elderly woman–to attend the upcoming inauguration for President-elect Barack Obama. She wrote the following in her latest piece entitled “Should jailed kids get to go [...]
How Scores of Black Men Were Tortured Into Giving False Confessions by Chicago Police
DNA frees man who spent almost 23 years in prison for rape
By JEFF CARLTON, Associated Press Writer
DALLAS – After spending nearly 23 years in prison for a rape he did not commit, Thomas Clifford McGowan on Wednesday heard the words that set him free
“Words cannot express how sorry I am for the last [...]
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Race Row Is Rowing Too Hard
by Duane on February 10th, 2010 at 5:28 amAre there many African-Americans under correctional control today? Yes.
Does that number eclipse the amount of Blacks that were enslaved in this country many years ago? Could be.
Can you compare the two? Nope.
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