Round-Up From The Feeds: Oklahoma State Senator Files Wrongful Conviction Bill

A round-up of links from feeds I subscribe to:

Oklahoma State Senator Files Wrongful Conviction Bill | KJRH.com

Florida Issues: Fewer Florida juries voting for death — why is unclear

National Public Service Council To Abolish Private Prisons: Acts of cruelty to immigrants

wrongful-convictions: Exonerated Death Row Inmate Speaks To Students

Correctional Officers Fighting for Jobs - KGPE - CBS TV47

Florida Issues: Man convicted in 1991 slaying gets new sentencing phase

Conn. closes Webster prison in Cheshire - Courant.com

Florida Issues: Court vacates Polk killer's death sentences due to prosecutor's misconduct

WKMS: Kentucky prison goes 'all-girl' (2010-01-15)

ACLU keeps Wyo prison system accountable

Death penalty repeal stalls

Capital Punishment...

New DNA test cited in bid for Dechaine retrial

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Twitter Round-Up: Speak out Against Lethal Injection

Prison-related links from the people I follow on Twitter:

ACLU of Northern California: Speak out against lethal injections!

Help Exonerate the Wrongfully Convicted - Petition Spot

Texas Death Penalty Blog: Execution Watch: On the execution of Kenneth Mosley

Prison Reform Community Center

Texas Moratorium Network: Anti-Death Penalty Activists: Make a Video for this Contest Run by the State Bar of Texas

Johnson Files Wrongful Conviction Bill - FOX23 News

Medill Innocence Project Fights Subpoenas of Student Records -- Politics Daily

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Facebook Round-Up: Texas State Bar Video Competition!

Here's a round-up of prison-related links from my Facebook friends:

DNA evidence prompts charge in 1972 cold case murder - RocNow.com

Facebook | Texas Moratorium Network: Anti-Death Penalty Activists: Make a Video for this Contest Run by the State Bar of Texas

MyPrisonSpace — Blog — Inmates & Parolees can now vote in Washington

Facebook | ACLU of Northern California: Say NO to lethal injections in California

Facebook | Students Against the Death Penalty: Statesman: "it's time to address state's flawed system"

facebook, prison, crime, law, video, competition, texas, bar

Round-up from the Feeds: Is the Death Penalty Dying?

A round-up of prison-related links from feeds I subscribe to:

Is the Death Penalty dying? - National Corrections Oversight Coalition

Death penalty up for debate - GreenwichTime

The Innocence Project - News and Information: Innocence Blog: The Cost of Faulty Forensics

Florida Issues: A plea to learn from past injustices

A voice from Devil's Island : Dreyfus notebooks published

DNA proved you were wrongfully convicted. after 30 years in prison, ...

The Long Vindication: After 35 years and a lengthy sentence for robbery, Ronnie Barrs remains determined to prove his innocence

Law students offer counsel to needy

Newsvine - $12 million wrongful conviction settlement is hailed

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Piece on Timothy Cole on Mysanantonio.com

It won't bring him back, salvage the dreams he had or undo the irreparable pain his family has endured for a quarter of a century, but let the words continue to be trumpeted: Timothy Cole was an innocent man.

All that he, his family, friends and defense attorneys said about him was true: Timothy Cole was an innocent man.

Yet bittersweet is his exoneration because Timothy Cole died an innocent man while still imprisoned for crimes he didn't commit.

Cary Clack: Exoneration came far too late for Cole

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John Maki: The Rape That Wasn't

If you know the history of racism in the United States, you'll be familiar with what happened to Jarrett Adams, an African American from the South Side of Chicago who in 1999 was wrongfully convicted of raping a white woman.

In The Rape That Wasn't: The Wrongful Conviction of Jarrett Adams, Jarrett and his lawyer from the Wisconsin Innocence Project, Keith Findley, describe his case and how he was ultimately exonerated in 2007.

John Maki: The Rape That Wasn't: The Wrongful Conviction of Jarrett Adams

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The Return

Yes, I am back. Things have been hectic and they still are somewhat but I've shuffled some things around and made time to post again. Hopefully all will work out. I would still love to have some guest bloggers though! Let me know if you're interested.

Anyway, the title of this post has two different meanings. Obviously one is that I'm back, and two is that, and this is huge for me, my friend who is locked up and who inspired this blog and who I haven't heard from in two years, finally wrote me!

I am ecstatic! I'll post again later! I need to do a few laps around my apartment!

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