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How Bureaucrats Stand in the Way of Releasing Elderly and Ill Prisoners
By Christie Thompson Former inmate Veronica Barnes had three years left to serve in federal prison when she found out in January 2011 that her husband John was dying of pancreatic cancer. Doctors said it was inoperable. They gave him … Continue reading
Challenging Punishment: What the California Prisoners Hunger Strike Tells Us About Mass Incarceration
By Samuel K. Roberts, PhD The hunger strike at Pelican Bay is the third such action in the past two years and only the most recent in a 20-year history of protests against conditions there going back to the 1995 … Continue reading
Why gangs should be prosecuted under anti-terrorism laws
This is an interesting and compelling argument made by Shamara Riley from the Grio. I would agree with it, if it wasn’t for the fact that persons of color would un-proportionally bear the brunt of unfair conviction and sentencing practices. I am not … Continue reading
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Is Innocence Overrated?
Excellent commentary by Alan Bean and the folks at Friends of Justice. I have read Michelle Alexander’s “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” and recommend everyone to read this book. It brings specific issues about justice and incarceration into a … Continue reading
North Carolina inmates allege bias, challenge death sentences
Excellent article from Elizabeth Renter. Because justice is not blind, especially in regards to race is the only reason I am against the death penalty. As person after person is proven innocent for crimes they have been convicted of years … Continue reading
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