There are hundreds of reasons we should be thankful that the Con Man in Chief is gone. This is one of them. I have spoken against the death penalty for many years. READ Death Penalty Letter – Worth Publishing again in 2019, with some now calling for more death penalty statutes! – kra Excerpts from the Article: Executioners who put 13 inmates to death in the last months of the Trump administration likened the process of dying by...
Gov. Wolf wants people wrongly convicted paid $50k for every year spent in prison PENNSYLVANIA Pennsylvania is currently just one of 15 states that do not provide any financial justice to the victims of wrongful convictions
It’s only fair, although no amount of money can make up for years of lost freedom. Gov. Tom Wolf unveiled his 2021-2022 budget plan last week with many talking points. Tucked away in his plan is a proposal to pay $50,000 to those wrongly convicted of a crime for each year they spent behind bars. Pennsylvania is currently just one of 15 states that do not provide any financial justice to the victims of wrongful convictions. Others...
Op Ed Submission – Protect Your Right to Vote – 2/20/21
My good friend, Greg Williams, and I put this together, going out to more than 400 papers today: Sent out again on 2/24 Op Ed Submission – Protect Your Right to Vote – 2/20/21 Every American, of whatever political persuasion, should be appalled by the brazen efforts of conservatives to curb, restrict, or block their right to vote! Since the Florida 2000 presidential election debacle, the proposed 2019 “For the People Act” (HR 1) is the...
40% of Wrongful Convictions Involve Police Investigative Misconduct Targeting Black Male Defendants. Police Chiefs Urged to Drop ‘Victim-Centered’ Program
My friend, Ed Bartlett, who runs the Center for Prosecutor Integrity (CPI) in D C, sent me this article. WASHINGTON / February 19, 2021 – A review of recent wrongful convictions reveals 40.3% involved investigative misconduct by police officers that was directed against Black male defendants. The analysis is based on publicly available data compiled by the National Registry of Exonerations for the years 2018 to 2020 (1). Following are the...
Federal Order Takes Aim At Retaliation Against Inmates In Florida Prisons
This needs to happen in every state, though FL is among the worst! Many guards will ignore the Court Order, and they must be punished. READ Why only PROSECUTION and IMPRISONMENT Will Stop Prison Abuse and Police Abuse! Demand It!! How to Avoid the Deaths of More Prison Guards! As my friend, Steve Hampton said in his email to me: “We could really use this in Delaware, but note that it was filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center and it...