Tag Archives: police misconduct

.@TheJusticeDept: Prevent Florida from resuming executions!

Death Penalty News: Florida: Executions Back on Track after High Court Ruling The US Supreme Court has ruled that the drug midazolam is acceptable for use in lethal injections. 4 Oklahoma convicts had challenged the drugs use, and Florida courts … Continue reading

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An open letter from Gary Bennett to the man who framed him in Brevard County … #goodtrouble

You are never too young or too old to get into good trouble, necessary trouble ~ Rep. John Lewis I’ve never met Gary Bennett, but I’ve had the honor of meeting some of his family, including his mother, the Marvelous … Continue reading

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@TheJusticeDept and @FBI needs to ask why @onetoughnerd and @SchuetteOnDuty won’t #FreeDavontaeSanford

I posted the comment below to a Huffington Post article that featured videos of violence directed at incarcerated youths, as one of the videos appears to be of incarcerated innocent Davontae Sanford several years ago, when he was 16. Davontae … Continue reading

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Whiny cops paid $4m for “discrimination”; exoneree paid $1m for 39 years of his life

Wrongly jailed since ’75 = $1 million settlement while police who got desk duty get $4 million A 12-year-old boy who later admitted to making his entire testimony up was the only evidence linking Ricky Jackson to the murder of … Continue reading

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Join Barrett Brown: be a porcupine (not a sitting duck)

The Barrett Brown Review of Arts and Letters and Jail: If Anyone Needs Me, I’ll Be in Prison | FrontBurner | D Magazine Poem of the Day: The State wants to eat me And I guess that’s fine. But they … Continue reading

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2014 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 15,000 times in 2014. If it were a … Continue reading

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Kris Marahaj: Final hearing day; prosecutor errs (“errs”?) on evidence

         Reprieve +44 (0) 207 553 8160 For immediate release: Fri Nov 14, 2014 A landmark hearing in Briton Kris Maharaj’s 28-year case concluded yesterday in Miami with key witnesses asserting his innocence. On the last day of … Continue reading

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Reprieve: Kris Maharaj’s Miami hearing resumes tomorrow

Reprieve +44 (0) 207 553 8160 For immediate release: Tues Nov 11, 2014 Kris Maharaj is innocent, witnesses tell Florida courtroom A Miami court yesterday heard several witnesses testify that they believe Kris Maharaj to be innocent of two murders … Continue reading

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Reprieve: former FL cop says Kris Maharaj was framed

    Reprieve +44 (0) 207 553 8160 For immediate release: Thu Oct 30, 2014 “I know Brit was framed” says new witness, 28 years after Miami jailing An elderly Briton was framed for a murder for which he has … Continue reading

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Sorry, folks; CA’s new law won’t fix handling of DNA testing. Why? @FBI.

Viewpoints: New law will fix handling of DNA testing cases – Viewpoints – The Sacramento Bee California’s laws mean that many people who want to use DNA to establish their innocence are denied testing for reasons that defy common sense … Continue reading

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