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5 WOMEN STOP MAN ATTACKING ANOTHER FEMALE STUDENT

BANGOR, Maine — Five female students, including one who'd recently
completed a self-defense class, jumped to the aid of a fellow student,
grabbing her knife-wielding attacker and holding him until police
officers arrived at Husson University, officials said Wednesday.

DNA VINDICATES OHIO MAN CONVICTED OF '81 RAPE

Ohio man tasted freedom for the first time in nearly 30 years on
Wednesday after a judge vacated his conviction because DNA evidence
showed he did not rape an 11-year-old girl.

"It finally happened,
I've been waiting," Raymond Towler, 52, said as he hugged sobbing
family members in the courtroom.

He walked from the
courthouse, arms around his family members, amid the smell of freshly
cut grass, blooming trees and a brisk wind off Lake Erie. He was headed
to an "everything on it" pizza party.

OAKLAND POLICE GUN DOWN UNARMED DEER

Oakland residents were shocked to see a deer
frolicking in the flatlands of East Oakland, but were even more
disturbed when an Oakland Police officer murdered the deer on Saturday.

California revises execution guidelines

Officials address concerns that the three-drug procedure may have constituted cruel and unusual punishment. Challenges may block executions for months or years.

By Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times

April 30, 2010

California moved a step closer to resuming executions Thursday when corrections officials announced new lethal injection procedures, beating a May 1 deadline by one day.

Chip Fitzgerald on hunger strike


URGENT UPDATE ON CHIP FITZGERALD!
CHIP ON
HUNGER STRIKE!

Chip is demanding a transfer out of the hole
at Corcoran State Prison where he has been for over a year.

In
response to his unfair housing in Administrative Segregation (“the
hole”) Romaine “Chip” Fitzgerald is currently refusing food. In support
of Chip we ask that you call Warden Raul Lopez to DEMAND that Chip be
transferred out of Ad Seg and into general population immediately.

PASS
THIS CALL FOR SUPPORT WIDELY!

WATCH ERYIKA BADU 'WINDOW SEAT' VIDEO

ERYKA  BADU WAS FINED $500  for her video shoot that has created  much thought and many conversations...check it out for yourself .... thinking and conversating are good things!!!!!!

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hVp47f5YZg

S F 8 REPORT


--- On Mon, 4/19/10, SF-8 case


A spirited demonstration Monday
morning included many members of the community, five of the San
Francisco 8, leading members of the Black clergy, SF supervisors Eric
Mar and John Avalos, and the rhythms of the Brass Liberation Orchestra.
The crowd demanded that the charges be dropped against Francisco Torres,
the last remaining defendant in the case. 

The actual court
hearing was packed with supporters but was extremely brief. It merely

COLORADO JUSTICE REPORT

http://www.ccjrc.org/index.shtml

The Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition (CCJRC) is a non-profit
organization that was formed to halt the exponential growth in the state
prison population. CCJRC believes that we are currently overusing
incarceration and that a comprehensive reevaluation of current criminal
justice policy is necessary. We advocate for the expansion of funding
for treatment, alternatives to incarceration, and reintegration services

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