http://www.newsweek.com/id/214833 For years, death-penalty opponents and supporters have been working
their way toward a moment in which each side would rethink things. They
were seeking a case in which a clearly innocent defendant was wrongly
put to death. In a 2005 Supreme Court case that actually had nothing to
do with the execution of innocents, Justices David Souter and Antonin
Scalia tangled over the possibility that such a creature even existed.
Homes Not Jails - Rally, March, and
Building Occupation on Easter Sunday, April 4th @ noon. Rally at 24th
Street & Mission Streets followed by march to the occupation site.
Housing should not sit vacant when people are living on the streets.
People should not not be evicted for profit. People's rights should
come before property rights. Come out and let your voice be heard.
I am writing to you because a young queer prisoner in the Federal Prison system at La Tuna in New Mexico needs your support! Anthony LaRue (85582-008) has been fighting to take care of his teeth for many, many months now. He currently has only eleven (11) teeth with NO contact points, making chewing nearly impossible. Tony has lost a considerable amount of weight and can't chew his food properly,
New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- A former New Orleans police
lieutenant pleaded guilty Wednesday to obstruction of justice in
connection with the police shootings of civilians in the days after
Hurricane Katrina.
Two civilians were killed and four others were injured in the
shootings on the Danziger Bridge.
Mumia Abu-Jamal is an innocent political prisoner, framed for a crime he didn't commit, and now in his 28th year of incarceration on death row. Recent Supreme Court rulings have upheld his fraudulent conviction in a grotesquely unfair trial, and sent him closer to execution.
Pam Africa, Spokeswoman for the Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal
