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Prison Book: The Guardians: The True Story of The Saints of Dannemora
Society & Culture  (tags: books, book, reading, prison, crime, law, wrongful conviction, wrongfully convicted, innocence, death penalty, death row, death sentence, capital punishment, exoneration, exonerated )

Courtney
- 105 days ago - genpop.org
He was sentenced to die by electrocution. A lot of people believe Izzy was innocent and as such, two hours before he was set to be executed, the call came in that his sentence had been commuted to life in prison.
Gitmo Rocked By The High Strung
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: prison, crime, law, guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Prison, gitmo, prisons, cuba, music )

Courtney
- 105 days ago - genpop.org
A humorous account of Indie Rock Band, The High Strung playing live shows at Gitmo
An Interview With Bryant Terry on Race, Class, Food, and Culture - Part 1
Green Lifestyle  (tags: food, health, humans, ecosystems, class, culture, food, race )

Sarah
- 105 days ago - racialicious.com
Bryant Terry is an eco chef, food justice activist, and author of Vegan Soul Kitchen (VSK): Fresh, Healthy, and Creative African-American Cuisine (Da Capo/Perseus March 2009).
New York's Cash to Needy Program Is a Model for Public-Private Partnerships
Society & Culture  (tags: children, GoodNews, philanthropy, family, education, food )

Aurora
- 105 days ago - spotlightonpoverty.org
George Soros, billionaire financier and philanthropist, recently teamed up with the state of NY to give $200 to every child between the ages of 3-17 whose family receives temporary assistance or food stamps.
Video: Protestors Stand Their Ground in Battle Over Indian Mound
Society & Culture  (tags: Native Americans, burial site, destruction, progress )

Lone
- 104 days ago - www2.nbc13.com
Oxford, Ala. - The battle over a Native American Indian mound in Oxford has garnered national - even international attention. The city is tearing down the historic site to help build a new retail development. The dirt work at the mound has created
Scalia Thinks It's Ok to Commit Murder
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: scotus, supreme court, scalia, crime, law, prison, murder, capital punishment, execution, death row, death penalty, death sentence, appeals process, prisons, wrongful conviction, wrongful convictions, innocence, innocence prolect, troy davis )

Courtney
- 105 days ago - genpop.org
This is an excellent opinion piece on statements Justice Antonin Scalia made in objection to the Supreme Court's decision to order a new hearing for Georgia death row inmate, Troy Davis
Dying Inmate Pleads for Parole
Society & Culture  (tags: women, cancer, disease, society, abuse, crime, freedoms, violence, sadness, rights, politics )

Erica
- 206 days ago - abclocal.go.com
Deborah Peagler, a wrongfully incarcerated battered woman in California State Prison, is dying of lung cancer behind bars. Watch this video to learn more, and sign a petition here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/free-debbie-peagl er
JUSTICE--FINALLY!---Exonerated Death Row Inmate: 'Took 'Em Long Enough'
Society & Culture  (tags: law, JUSTICE, rights, usa, abuse, goodnews )

Cal
- 203 days ago - cnn.com
Former death row inmate Paul House woke to laughter and cries of joy from his mother on Tuesday, the day he learned he was a free man.House, 47, spent 22 years on Tennessee death row for the rape and murder of his neighbor, Carolyn Muncey, in 1985.'
World Wide Protest for Death Row Inmate Troy Davis - LiveSteez
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: TroyDavis, wrongly convicted, death penalty, AnmestyInternational )

Davida
- 197 days ago - livesteez.com
Thousands of people in 43 U.S. states and five continents participated in Amnesty International's "Global Day of Action," where people from all over the world protested the death sentence of Georgia man Troy Davis.
 
 
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