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ACT NOW TO STOP EXECUTIONS IN CALIFORNIA!

The
California Department of Corrections (CDCR) is pushing forward with
plans to execute Albert Brown on September 29th at 12:01am.



Despite the
fact that there are multiple unresolved legal issues surrounding the
lethal injection procedure, the state of California is pushing to rush
and restart executions next week.

 

Oral Hearing for Mumia


Oral Arguments with three-judge panel on November 9, 2010
in Philadelphia

from Mumia's Lead Counsel Robert Bryan:

There is a major new development regarding my client, Mumia Abu-Jamal, the journalist and author who has been on Pennsylvania's death row for nearly three decades. My quest for a hearing has been granted.

Judge rejects lifting disabled inmate decree

September 17, 2010
Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer
For full article, click here.

Nearly nine years after a federal judge ordered California to protect mentally disabled inmates in state prisons, those inmates are still being beaten, robbed and deprived of food and sanitation, the judge said Thursday in refusing to lift the decree.

Amnesty: Thousands of Iraqi detainees at risk of torture after US handover

13 September 2010

Tens of thousands of detainees held without trial in Iraq, many of whom were recently transferred from US custody, remain at risk of torture and other forms of ill-treatment, Amnesty International said in a new report launched on Monday.

New Order, Same Abuses: Unlawful detentions and torture in Iraq details thousands of arbitrary detentions, sometimes for several years without charge or trial, severe beatings of detainees, often in secret prisons, to obtain forced confessions, and enforced disappearances.

SUPPORT SF 8....COURT SEPT 17...9AM....850 BRYANT

There will be a brief hearing for Francisco
Torres on Friday, September 17 at  9am  at 850 Bryant St.

Atty
Gen. Jerry Brown and the state of California have spent more than 2 million
dollars to prosecute this 39 year old case based on  torture.  Over
the past four years, broad and powerful support for the SF 8 has resulted in
charges being totally dropped for Ray Boudreaux, Richard Brown, Richard O'Neal,
Hank Jones and Harold Taylor.  Jalil  Muntaqim and Herman Bell
received no additional time to their sentences.

The Government Can Use GPS to Track Your Moves

From Time Magazine
For original article, click here

Government agents can sneak onto your property in the middle of the night, put a GPS device on the bottom of your car and keep track of everywhere you go. This doesn't violate your Fourth Amendment rights, because you do not have any reasonable expectation of privacy in your own driveway — and no reasonable expectation that the government isn't tracking your movements.

Radical Eco-Activist Imprisoned for 'Friending' Someone on Facebook

From Alternet.com
For original article, click here.

Radical Eco-Activist Imprisoned for 'Friending' Someone on Facebook
Who knew that accepting a Facebook friend invitation could be a parole violation?
September 1, 2010

LARGEST NUMBER OF HATE CRIMES ARE AGAINST HOMELESS

From Indybay.org
For original article, click here.


Hate Crimes Against Homeless Outnumber All Other Hate Crimes Combined

by Edward Campbell

CBC: G20 crossbow detainee languishes in jail

Man with history of mental illness denied bail and suffers jailhouse beating
Last Updated: Monday, August 30, 2010 | 6:53 PM ET
By Zach Dubinsky, CBC News

Two months after he was pulled over in his car, surrounded by two dozen police officers and arrested for having a crossbow near the G20 zone in downtown Toronto, a 53-year-old man with mental-health issues is still in jail.

NPR: Often, You Can Film Cops; Just Don't Record Them

by Cheryl Corley
September 1, 2010

If the government can record citizens, why can't citizens record the government? That's the question posed by a Chicago artist who faces prison for recording the sound of his own arrest.

Drew is a free-speech advocate; his State Street appearance was part of an ongoing protest against a Chicago law restricting where artists can sell their wares. A Chicago police officer noticed Drew in the off-limits area, and told him to move along.

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