Doingtime2: October 2012

" ALL OF US OR NONE FOR MUMIA AND LEONARD " 10/12/12 - YouTube ~` ****This is about the lives of political prisoners Mumia abu-Jamal and Leonard Peltier. This is about the lives of all political prisoners. This is about the lives of all people locked up in this hypocritical system of injustice. This is about us taking back our power which has been taken from us and placed in the hands of psychotic racists with penchant for making profit off of all of our lives as a part of the capitalist machine. SO BUILD WITH US ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwZ6F16Iz9o&feature=colike

In ‘Juvenile In Justice,’ Children Caught in America’s Prison System - The Daily Beast ~ “The majority of kids [in juvenile jail] are victims,” “They don’t wake up one day and decide they’re going to be criminals. A kid might be smoking weed on a Friday night and all of a sudden their life spirals down.The most horrifying facilities are most often where you’d least expect them. “Hawaii is a pure shithole,” Ross says. “The system is based on keeping kids isolated in cells. It’s basically based on Pelican Bay,” he says, referring to the infamous “supermax” California prison that keeps many of its prisoners in solitary confinement.

Regulation of Coroner and Medical Examiners | Regulation of Coroner and Medical Examiner | causes.com ~~

PETITION: Regulation of Coroner and Medical Examiners

September 26 · Started by Shirley Sanservino · Invite Friends ·

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To: National Association of Governors, US Senate and House.

Legally Kidnapped: 'Orphan Train' a bold, entertaining look at kids' ...: 'Orphan Train' a bold, entertaining look at kids' hard lives In 1854, the Rev. Charles Loring Brace and the Children's Aid Society of New ...

PressTV - US, allies care nothing for Islam, Muslims: Analyst ~~ Press TV has conducted an interview with Randy Short, from the Dignity, Human Rights and Peace Organization in Washington, to further discuss the issue at hand.

The video also offers the opinions of two additional guests: Sharif Nashashibi, chairman of Arab Media Watch from London, and Caleb Maupin who is with the International Action Center from New York. The following is an approximate transcription of the interview.

Petition | Justice NOT Politics: Hold Prosecutors Accountable for Misconduct in Wrongful Convictions | Change.org ~ Please sign the petition to ask our lawmakers to hold prosecutors more accountable for the epidemic of wrongful convictions that routinely steal the freedom and even the very lives of innocent men and women. This will not stop until they are called to answer for their wrongdoing!!! PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION AND SHARE THE PAGE ON YOUR WALLS AND WITH YOUR FRIENDS!

Grits for Breakfast: Solitary confinement closely examined: I wanted to point out a couple of recent resources on issues surrounding solitary confinement. First, Doug Berman recently pointed out " ...

Law lets juveniles appeal life sentences - SFGate ~` Prisoners sentenced to a lifetime behind bars for crimes committed as juveniles will soon be able to appeal to the courts for shorter prison terms under a much-debated bill signed Sunday by Gov. Jerry Brown.

Also Sunday, Brown vetoed a number of bills, including one that would have given nannies, housekeepers and other domestic employees overtime pay, two that offered farmworkers more protection from abusive employers, and another that would have prevented people convicted of low-level crimes from being deported. All three were supported by advocates for the state's growing Latino community.