"Anonymous, the loosely affiliated group of computer hackers, is planning a flesh-and-blood demonstration Monday afternoon in San Francisco to protest the Bay Area Rapid Transit cutting off underground cellphone service to thwart protesters. 

"In a statement released Friday, the government-run transit company said it allowed expressive activities, protected by the First Amendment in its public areas. But in the areas accessible to paid ticket passengers, it interrupted the phone to ensure safety for its customers and employees. “BART temporarily interrupted service at select BART stations as one of many tactics to ensure the safety of everyone on the platform,” the statement reads.

No protest occurred on Thursday night, but cell phone service was still interrupted.

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When lawyers Nadia Costa and Joshua Safran first encountered Deborah Peagler, she already had served 20 years of a 25-years-to-life sentence for involvement in the 1982 murder of her pathologically abusive boyfriend. Taking advantage of a California law that allows reconsideration of cases involving battered women, the lawyers embarked on a pro bono journey to free her that would last eight years and unearth a reeking trail of perjury, prosecutorial misconduct and political malfeasance.

"The police shooting victim whose death sparked the riots did not fire at officers before he was killed, ballistic tests indicate.

There is "no evidence" that a handgun found at the scene where Mark Duggan was killed by armed officers was used, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said.

The 29-year-old's death, after receiving a gunshot wound to the chest last Thursday, was a trigger for the first night's rioting in Tottenham on Saturday.

Mr Duggan's death came after two shots were fired by a Scotland Yard CO19 firearms officer, investigations show.

Doubts have emerged over whether Mark Duggan, whose death at the hands of police sparked the weekend's Tottenham riots, was killed during an exchange of fire .

The Guardian understands that initial ballistics tests on a bullet, found lodged in a police radio worn by an officer during Thursday's incident, suggested it was police issue – and therefore had not been fired by Duggan.

Jerry represents the Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition, and Carol Strickman is staff attorney to the mediations team for the hunger strike.

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We received a letter from Todd Ashker, one of the hunger strike leaders at Pelican Bay, dated July 24th, 2011. He says the hunger strikers are giving the CDCR 2-3 weeks from July 20th to come up with some substantive changes in response to their five core demands. If the CDCR does not follow through, prisoners at Pelican Bay plan to go back on hunger strike. Todd writes:

Hungerstrike NewsJuly 27, 2011No. 9
Written Statement by Short Corridor Collective(a small representative of the Hunger Strike Leaders at Pelican Bay)

The Attorney General of the United States manages the Department of Justice, of which the Bureau of Prisons is a part. For the next two days, we ask supporters to contact Attorney General Eric Holder. Whether for a week, a month, a year, or 10 years... Solitary Confinement is Torture! Solitary is cruel and unusual and was recognized as such by the U.S. Supreme Court a century ago. Express your concern about the impact of solitary on the health of Leonard Peltier, a 66-year-old man in poor health.