Posts Tagged ‘criminal justice’

May12

Justice for All Murder Victims

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This piece was originally posted at California Progress Report. Murder is something I know well. In November of 1997, three days before Thanksgiving, my fiancé, Steve Henry was murdered execution style on the streets of Kingston, Jamaica. His body was stuffed in a barrel. I later learned that 1000 people were murdered in Jamaica that [...]

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Apr07

Senate Committee Approves Proposed Law to Reduce Discrimination in Death Penalty Sentencing (Updated)

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UPDATE MAY 27, 2010: The Senate Appropriations Committee did not pass out the bill, which effectively kills it for this session. The state Senate Public Safety Committee yesterday approved a bill proposing changes in the criminal justice system to ensure that no one is sentenced to die because of race or ethnicity. Senate Bill 1331, [...]

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Jul15

Press Conference and Rally for the People’s Budget Fix

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Our friends at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights have organized a rally to propose criminal justice reforms to help solve California’s budget crisis and we encourage you to attend! The rally is at 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 30, at the Elihu M. Harris State Building, 1515 Clay St., in Oakland, near the [...]

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