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Monday, January 31, 2011

GOP lawmakers paying price for tough-on-crime laws - Yahoo! News

GOP lawmakers paying price for tough-on-crime laws - Yahoo! News
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Three Strikes Clinic

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Sunday, January 30, 2011

Dirt Sandwich

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Labels: coerced confession, Nancy Grace, wrongful imprisonment

Lest we be too smug about torture in "inferior" countries.

Jon Burge Case: Final Judgment In A Notorious Police Abuse Scandal
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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Texas man cleared of rape after 24 years in jail | Raw Story

Texas man cleared of rape after 24 years in jail Raw Story
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

11-year-old Pennsylvanian is youngest person in world to face life without parole | Raw Story

11-year-old Pennsylvanian is youngest person in world to face life without parole Raw Story
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Exclusive: Border guard fired, ‘interrogated’ for saying pot should be legalized | Raw Story

Exclusive: Border guard fired, ‘interrogated’ for saying pot should be legalized Raw Story
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

The Boyce Blog: Mother Jailed For Sending Kids to Wrong School District

The Boyce Blog: Mother Jailed For Sending Kids to Wrong School District
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Monday, January 24, 2011

US man wrongfully jailed shares cautionary tale | Raw Story

US man wrongfully jailed shares cautionary tale Raw Story
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James Mandarino, Suburban Chicago Police Officer, Stands Trial For Beating Motorist (VIDEO)

James Mandarino, Suburban Chicago Police Officer, Stands Trial For Beating Motorist (VIDEO)
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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Removing the Roadblocks to Rehabilitation - NYTimes.com

Removing the Roadblocks to Rehabilitation - NYTimes.com
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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Justices To Pot Users: Be Careful When You Flush

Justices To Pot Users: Be Careful When You Flush
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

The Scott Sisters' "Debt to Society" and the New Jim Crow | Mother Jones

The Scott Sisters' "Debt to Society" and the New Jim Crow Mother Jones
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Monday, January 10, 2011

Prosecutor misconduct: Supreme Court takes dim view of suing prosecutors - latimes.com

Prosecutor misconduct: Supreme Court takes dim view of suing prosecutors - latimes.com
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The Wages of Sin Are....Nothing Much | Mother Jones

The Wages of Sin Are....Nothing Much Mother Jones
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Thursday, January 6, 2011

San Francisco police shoot wheelchair-bound man twice in the groin | Raw Story

San Francisco police shoot wheelchair-bound man twice in the groin Raw Story
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Prisoners report beatings in retaliation for December protests  | ajc.com

Prisoners report beatings in retaliation for December protests ajc.com
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

‘Bad’ science still rampant in US justice system | Raw Story

‘Bad’ science still rampant in US justice system Raw Story
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Monday, January 3, 2011

Decriminalizing Self-Defense: Victoria Law on Resisting Gender Violence Outside of the Prison-Industrial Complex

Decriminalizing Self-Defense: Victoria Law on Resisting Gender Violence Outside of the Prison-Industrial Complex
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Cellphones, Though Banned, Thrive in U.S. Prisons - NYTimes.com

Cellphones, Though Banned, Thrive in U.S. Prisons - NYTimes.com
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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Ohio man dies after cops subdue him with stun gun :: WRAL.com

Ohio man dies after cops subdue him with stun gun :: WRAL.com
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Public Employee Unions Face Rising Public Anger - NYTimes.com

Public Employee Unions Face Rising Public Anger - NYTimes.com
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A diaryof ideas, books, movies and, most importantly, outrages. Welcome information includes taser abuse, significant court rulings, human rights violations. A really good book, movie, the obscure but necessary documentary, the must-have techno gadget. The kindness of strangers.



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Books

  • Capote, Truman, In Cold Blood
  • Conroy, Pat; The Great Santini
  • Mitford, Jessica; Daughters and Rebels
  • Mitford, Nancy; The Pursuit of Love
  • Salinger, JD: Franny and Zooey; Nine Stories; Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour
  • The Bolter

Blogroll

  • Prison Culture
    New Zine: Letter to the Anti-Rape Movement - I first read the “Letter to the Anti-Rape Movement” from Santa Cruz Women Against Rape in the mid-1990s. It was a balm. I was already becoming disenchanted...
    5 years ago
  • Me and My Dog ...and My RV
    A very sad post - I lost my best girl Katie on Tuesday. It's the hardest, saddest thing I've ever done. I rescued Katie when I was in my San Diego condo when she was a y...
    6 years ago
  • Public Defender Revolution
    Gideon, etc. - In Chasing Gideon, The Elusive Quest For Poor People's Justice published today, on Gideon's birthday, of course, Karen Houppert outs me in a number of way...
    12 years ago
  • Tiny Boss Says
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  • Hullabaloo
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Netflix Recommendations

  • Better Call Saul
  • The Boys of 36
  • Last Tango in Halifax
  • Happy Valley
  • Monsoon Wedding
  • Every F&$#++ Day of My Life
  • In Prison My Whole Life
  • Capote
  • Tom Dowd and the Language of Music
  • Ghenghis Blues
  • I have loved you so long
  • How Sweet the Sound
  • The Wild Parakeets of Telegraph Hill
  • Romantico
  • Murder on a Sunday Morning

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  • How fleeting are all the human passions when compared with the massive continuity of ducks
  • Facts are stubborn things

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