Juvenile Lifers in America Without Parole (tags)
police state
Bradley Manning Addresses Sentencing Hearing (tags)
police state
BTL:Supreme Court Ruling Bars Mandatory Life Sentences for Juveniles (tags)
Interview with Marc Mauer, executive director of The Sentencing Project, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
America's Racist Drug Laws (tags)
racism
BTL:New Policies in Juvenile Justice System Obstruct Goal of Youth Rehabilitation (tags)
Interview with Ashley Nellis, research analyst of The Sentencing Project, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
Plea bargains flush your right to a jury trial down the toilet (tags)
Cops use plea bargains to flush jury trials down the toilet! Well I guess I should say the government uses plea bargains to flush your right to a jury trial down the toilet. Cops are not the people that charge you with crimes and force you to trial, it's the government and more specifically government prosecutors.
Oakland outraged by Mehserle verdict: involuntary manslaughter (tags)
Oakland - Riots broke out in Oakland California, on Thursday night, after a Los Angeles jury in the Johannes Mehserle case reported a verdict of "involuntary manslaughter, with a gun."
Updating Lynne Stewart's "Love Struggle" (tags)
Lynne will be resentenced July 15
Steve Murphy Sentencing on Monday! (tags)
Please join us in the courtroom on Monday!
Steve Murphy Update - Your Support Still Needed! (tags)
Ways you can help and email list problems...
12/11/09 Update on Imprisoned People's Lawyer Lynne Stewart (tags)
Your holiday cards to framed and falsely imprisoned workingclass lawyer Lynne Stewart and financial contributions to her legal defense are needed now. Your letters are also needed as she faces a new sentencing hearing on April 22. Her high blood pressure at age 70 is sufficient grounds to free her as it is deadly. Here are the latest updates from her website.
Post sentencing update
Eric McDavid Update - New Address and Sentencing (tags)
Eric has a new address, and sentencing has been moved...again
Eric McDavid's Sentencing Set for April 17th (tags)
Sentencing set for April 17, Elle magazine article
Eric McDavid Update - 3/7/08 (tags)
Hearing, sentencing and more
Eric McDavid's Sentencing Moved (tags)
Sentencing moved to March 6
Eric McDavid Update - 2.14.08 (tags)
Hearings on Feb. 28th
Eric McDavid - 2 Years and Counting (tags)
After two years of isolation, Eric still needs your support...
Eric McDavid Update - 1.08.08 (tags)
Hearings moved, letters to the judge, and more...
URGENT- Eric McDavid denied critical medical care! (tags)
Please call the jail immediately...
Hearings, fundraising, sentencing and more...
Ecoactivist Daniel McGowan sentenced to 7 years (tags)
Daniel McGowan of New York City, was sentenced to seven years in prison today and designated a terrorist for his role in two acts of environmentally motivated property destruction in 2001.
America is now the worlds biggest, best police state!!! (tags)
Amerika the worlds #1 police state! More people are behind bars in the United States than in any other country in the world. The U.S. incarceration rate of 737 per 100,000 people in the worlds highest.
BTL:Reforms Allow More Ex-Felons to Vote, but Numbers of... (tags)
...Disenfranchised Remain Unchanged~Interview with Ryan King, policy analyst with the Sentencing Project, produced by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus
Lay Dead? Rumors Abound that Ken Lay Still Alive (tags)
Houston - The sudden, unexpected death of Enron Corp. CEO Kenneth Lay on the eve of his court sentencing has prompted widespread speculation that the convicted multimillionaire is in fact, not actually dead.
An Open Letter to Randy “Duke” Cunningham (tags)
The corrupt ex-Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, an eight-term member of the Congress, will be sentenced on 02/27/06, for taking $2.4 million in bribes. An ultra hawk, he pushed for the Iraqi War which has cost untold misery for the Iraqi people and death and pain to the lives of so many American families. Cunningham said he wants to “atone” for his wrong doings. If so, let him come clean at his hearing about all of the pervasive corruption on Capitol Hill.
Clark County Public Defender Phil Kohn, seen in his office in May 2004, says he has noticed a trend in which illegal immigrants are getting prison time when probation usually is warranted.
Hummer Arsonist Sentenced (tags)
A man who was a graduate physics student at the California Institute of Technology was sentenced today to 100 months in federal prison for his conviction last year on a series of arson charges related to firebomb attacks on sport utility vehicles in the San Gabriel Valley.
Sherman Austin: Counterpunch Article (tags)
A Strange and Tragic Legal Journey The Case of Sherman Martin Austin By MERLIN CHOWKWANYUN
A Strange and Tragic Legal Journey (tags)
A Strange and Tragic Legal Journey The Case of Sherman Martin Austin By MERLIN CHOWKWANYUN
Los Angeles Indymedia Center Interviews Sherman Austin (tags)
graphic © 2003 by charles amsellem. all rights reserved. activists may reproduce for non profit use only
Ashcroft Memo Targets Lenient Sentences (tags)
Attorney General John Ashcroft wants prosecutors to closely monitor which judges impose more lenient sentences than federal guidelines recommend, a step some critics say could limit judicial independence.
Sherman Austin / Raisethefist.com sentencing update (tags)
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RTF UPDATE: Judge wants 8-10 months jail time, involvement from head of head of FBI in DC (tags)
RAISE THE FIST UPDATE: Judge wants 8-10 months jail time, but first wants suggestion from head Director of the FBI, Robert S. Muller, and the Justice Department in Washington, DC. Sentencing delayed July 28th.
Federal Judge Throws Out Death Sentence of Mumia Abu-Jamal (tags)
Published on Tuesday, December 18, 2001 by the Associated Press at 1:09 PM
To the Vandenberg Four: A Tribute (tags)
Let us make our solidarity real for these most courageous people.