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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
- 128 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
- 128 days ago - genpop.org
A humorous account of Indie Rock Band, The High Strung playing live shows at Gitmo
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
- 128 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
Michael Moore: Make Us a Film About Prison, Please!
Society & Culture  (tags: prison, crime, law, criminal justice, criminal justice system, wrongful conviction, wrongfully convicted, exonerated, michael moore, documentaries, documentary, film, movie, entertainment )

Courtney
- 132 days ago - genpop.org
I have often thought about what a documentary by Michael Moore on the US prison system would be like, and I know without a doubt that I would love it, as I do most of his documentaries. As such, I have signed this petition and you should too.
Dear California
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: prison, incarceration, inmates, offenders, crime, law, jail, budget, recession, money, finances, california, death row, death penalty, human rights, drug war, drug offenders, drug users, education, education cuts, non-violent )

Courtney
- 139 days ago - genpop.org
How changes in the corrections industry can help California's ailing budget.
Sunday Sites#15: Write a Prisoner
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: prisons, prison, inmate, incarcerated, incarceration, convict, penpal, prison penpal, inmate penpal, crime, law, recidivism )

Courtney
- 175 days ago - genpop.org
http://www.genpop.org/2009/07/sunday-sites15-write -prisoner.html
Benjamin Jealous on the Troy Davis Case
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: prison, crime, law, prisons, execution, death row, death sentence, death penalty, capital punishment, wrongful conviction, wrongfully convicted, innocence, innocence project, georgia, troy davis, clemency )

Courtney
- 177 days ago - genpop.org
No physical evidence was ever produced that tied Davis to the murder of Mark Allen MacPhail, a white off-duty Savannah police officer who was killed as he tried to break up a street fight.
Featured Prison: York Correctional Institution, CT
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: prison, prisons, incarcerated, incarceration, crime, law, correctional officers, female offenders, womens prison, inmate, connecticut )

Courtney
- 179 days ago - genpop.org
York CI, founded in 1918, houses all of the state of Connecticut's female offenders, both pretrial and sentenced.
Troy Davis Decision Postponed
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: prison, prisons, capital punishment, death penalty, death sentence, death row, appeal, supreme court, law, crime )

Courtney
- 179 days ago - genpop.org
Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court delayed a decision on whether to grant Troy Davis an appeal until after it returns from recess in September.
 
 
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