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Will a Legal Defender of Terror Suspects Die of Cancer in Prison?
Will a Legal Defender of Terror Suspects Die of Cancer in Prison? ******Lynne Stewart fell afoul of the state apparatus because she dared to demand justice rather than acquiesce to state sponsored witch hunts. And now, with stage 4 cancer that has metastasized, spreading to her lymph nodes, shoulder, bones and lungs, creating a grave threat to her life, she sits in a prison cell at the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas, where she is serving a 10-year sentence. Stewart’s family is pleading with the state for “compassionate release” and numerous international human rights campaigners, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, have signed a petition calling for her to be freed on medical grounds. It is not only a crime in the U.S. to be poor, to be a Muslim, to openly condemn the crimes committed in our name in the Muslim world, but to defend those who do. And the near total collapse of our judicial system, wrecked in the name of national security and “the war on terror,” is encapsulated in the saga of this courageous attorney—now disbarred because of her conviction. http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15869-will-a-legal-defender-of-terrrorist-suspects-die-of-cancer-in-prison
Monday, April 22, 2013
Justice for Christy Clinton Phillips: Justice for California Prisoner Christy Clinton Ph...
Justice for Christy Clinton Phillips: Justice for California Prisoner Christy Clinton Ph...: Listen to internet radio with TheNancyLockhartShow on Blog Talk Radio Christy Phillips CDC# W-94100 is unjustly convicted and curr... ~~~~ Christy Phillips CDC# W-94100 is unjustly convicted and currrently housed at Central California Women Facility. Christy was convicted in 2002 of an elderly woman's murder that occurred in 2000,based on a coerced confession, and despite the lack of physical or forensic evidence and expert testimony of Christy"s multiple mental disabiblities, her age and the outrageous police misconduct against Christy during her confinement in the Rialto Police station and interrogation. Barely 15 years old Christy was taken by Rialto Police, held overnight against her will denied her constitutional right to remain silent and to have a parent present during her interrogation. The Rialto Police officers used intimidation and isolation as part of there tactic to manipulate and pressure Christy into making a confession to a crime she originally reported. Due to Christy's youth, mental disabilities the lack of experience with the criminal justice system, Christy was an easy victim of police manipulation. Christy's trial judge Gus Skorpos admitted Rialto Police Department violated Christy's rights under Welfare and Institution Codes 637(a).
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Friday, April 19, 2013
Bill Could Allow Death Row to Appeal Sentences Based on Race | NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Bill Could Allow Death Row to Appeal Sentences Based on Race | NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth ~~Under House Bill 2458, convicted murderers could challenge their sentences by proving that race played a significant role in the decision to seek or impose the death penalty. While statistical evidence of a district attorney's record on seeking the death penalty could be offered, other evidence particular to the case would be required. To qualify for a hearing, defendants would have to accept an alternate sentence of life without parole. Kentucky and North Carolina have enacted similar laws.
Of the 304 inmates on death row in Texas last year, according to the most recent count by the Death Penalty Information Center, 122 were black, 89 were white and 89 were Latino.
"We know," said Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, "that blacks and Hispanics are overrepresented in Texas on death row."
Thompson cited the case of Duane Buck, a black man sentenced to death in 1997 for the murder of his former girlfriend and another man. At Buck's trial, a state psychologist listed race as one of several factors in describing the danger he would continue to pose. Though the psychologist was called to the stand by defense lawyers, a prosecutor emphasized the testimony in her closing argument. http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/politics/Bill-Could-Allow-Death-Row-to-Appeal-Sentences-Based-on-Race-203370661.html
Of the 304 inmates on death row in Texas last year, according to the most recent count by the Death Penalty Information Center, 122 were black, 89 were white and 89 were Latino.
"We know," said Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, "that blacks and Hispanics are overrepresented in Texas on death row."
Thompson cited the case of Duane Buck, a black man sentenced to death in 1997 for the murder of his former girlfriend and another man. At Buck's trial, a state psychologist listed race as one of several factors in describing the danger he would continue to pose. Though the psychologist was called to the stand by defense lawyers, a prosecutor emphasized the testimony in her closing argument. http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/politics/Bill-Could-Allow-Death-Row-to-Appeal-Sentences-Based-on-Race-203370661.html
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Occupying Baltimore Exposing the cradle to prison pipeline
Occupying Baltimore Exposing the cradle to prison pipeline~~ http://youtu.be/xkuAd8WwbSY
White House backs conference committee as path to debt deal - The Hill's On The Money
White House backs conference committee as path to debt deal - The Hill's On The Money ~~ Democrats Rep. Marc Pocan (D-Wis.) and Rep. Michelle Grisham (D-N.M.) also challenged Zients on the chained consumer price index proposal and cited their own mothers' financial situations.
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Zients said that the chained CPI proposal is not a cut in benefits but a cut in the growth of benefits. He also said the Obama proposal bumps up payments to seniors older than 75.
“We have had one crisis after the other, we need to put deficit reduction behind us,” he said of the attempt to compromise.
Budget Committee ranking member Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said that while he had “concerns” with some aspects of the Obama budget, Republicans should give Obama credit for making his offer.
“The president has clearly indicated a willingness to meet the Republicans more than halfway,” he said.
Van Hollen said that House Democrats will press Boehner "every day" to appoint conferees for budget negotiations.
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Sunday, April 7, 2013
Tracy: Brooklyn woman on rough NYPD treatment
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***Tracy is a mother and a public housing resident of Fort Greene, Brooklyn. She recounts an encounter with the NYPD, where she was pushed against the wall by an officer in her building. She took action and was able to have the officer removed from her area. Her son's have also had negative experiences with the police, and she is "disgusted" with the NYPD's treatment of minorities.
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***Tracy is a mother and a public housing resident of Fort Greene, Brooklyn. She recounts an encounter with the NYPD, where she was pushed against the wall by an officer in her building. She took action and was able to have the officer removed from her area. Her son's have also had negative experiences with the police, and she is "disgusted" with the NYPD's treatment of minorities.
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Saturday, April 6, 2013
Judge rejects California's bid to end U.S. court control of prison mental health care - Capitol and California - The Sacramento Bee
Judge rejects California's bid to end U.S. court control of prison mental health care - Capitol and California - The Sacramento Bee ~~ "In summary, for over a decade a disproportionately high number of inmates have committed suicide in California's prison system," Karlton wrote. "Review of those suicides shows a pattern of identifiable and describable inadequacies in suicide prevention" in the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
"Defendants have a constitutional obligation to take and adequately implement all reasonable steps to remedy those inadequacies. The evidence shows they have not yet done so."
Michael Bien, lead counsel for the inmates, saw the order as a clear win for the 33,000 inmates represented in the suit.
"It is obviously a complete victory for us in our effort to keep our clients alive and ensure adequate treatment," he said. "Hopefully this rebuke by Judge Karlton will cause the state to address the constitutional deficiencies in the care of our clients, who are seriously mentally ill and the most vulnerable inmates in the system."
State corrections officials said they do not agree with the order and will appeal based on their view that California prisons are now providing the best mental health care in the nation.
"We will appeal this decision and are confident that we will prevail," department spokeswoman Deborah Hoffman said in an emailed statement. "It's time for this costly and intrusive lawsuit – now in its twenty-third year – to come to an end."
Friday, April 5, 2013
P P S I M M O N S: BREAKING! Justice Scalia RESIGNS? LEAVING THE USA?
P P S I M M O N S: BREAKING! Justice Scalia RESIGNS? LEAVING THE USA? ~~ Throwing off his robe in a dramatic gesture, Justice Scalia reserved his harshest parting shot for his fellow-Justices, screaming, "Damn you! Damn each and every one of you to hell! You call yourself judges? That's a good one. You're nothing but animals!"
Breathing heavily after his tirade, he turned to Justice Clarence Thomas and said, "Except you, Clarence. Are you coming with me?"
Justice Thomas said nothing in reply.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Leaks reveal secrets of the rich who hide cash offshore | UK news | The Guardian
Leaks reveal secrets of the rich who hide cash offshore | UK news | The Guardian
Leaks reveal secrets of the rich who hide cash offshore
Exclusive: Offshore financial industry leak exposes identities of 1,000s of holders of anonymous wealth from around the world
The British Virgin Islands, the world's leading offshore haven used by an array of government officials and rich families to hide their wealth. Photograph: Duncan Mcnicol/Getty Images
Millions of internal records have leaked from Britain's offshore financial industry, exposing for the first time the identities of thousands of holders of anonymous wealth from around the world, from presidents to plutocrats, the daughter of a notorious dictator and a British millionaire accused of concealing assets from his ex-wife.
The leak of 2m emails and other documents, mainly from the offshore haven of the British Virgin Islands (BVI), has the potential to cause a seismic shock worldwide to the booming offshore trade, with a former chief economist at McKinsey estimating that wealthy individuals may have as much as $32tn (£21tn) stashed in overseas havens.
In France, Jean-Jacques Augier, President François Hollande's campaign co-treasurer and close friend, has been forced to publicly identify his Chinese business partner. It emerges as Hollande is mired in financial scandal because his former budget minister concealed a Swiss bank account for 20 years and repeatedly lied about it.
In Mongolia, the country's former finance minister and deputy speaker of its parliament says he may have to resign from politics as a result of this investigation.
But the two can now be named for the first time because of their use of companies in offshore havens, particularly in the British Virgin Islands, where owners' identities normally remain secret.
The names have been unearthed in a novel project by the Washington-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists [ICIJ], in collaboration with the Guardian and other international media, who are jointly publishing their research results this week.
The naming project may be extremely damaging for confidence among the world's wealthiest people, no longer certain that the size of their fortunes remains hidden from governments and from their neighbours.
BVI's clients include Scot Young, a millionaire associate of deceased oligarch Boris Berezovsky. Dundee-born Young is in jail for contempt of court for concealing assets from his ex-wife.
Young's lawyer, to whom he signed over power of attorney, appears to control interests in a BVI company that owns a potentially lucrative Moscow development with a value estimated at $100m.
Another is jailed fraudster Achilleas Kallakis. He used fake BVI companies to obtain a record-breaking £750m in property loans from reckless British and Irish banks.
As well as Britons hiding wealth offshore, an extraordinary array of government officials and rich families across the world are identified, from Canada, the US, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Iran, China, Thailand and former communist states.
The data seen by the Guardian shows that their secret companies are based mainly in the British Virgin Islands.
Sample offshore owners named in the leaked files include:
• Jean-Jacques Augier, François Hollande's 2012 election campaign co-treasurer, launched a Caymans-based distributor in China with a 25% partner in a BVI company. Augier says his partner was Xi Shu, a Chinese businessman.
• Mongolia's former finance minister. Bayartsogt Sangajav set up "Legend Plus Capital Ltd" with a Swiss bank account, while he served as finance minister of the impoverished state from 2008 to 2012. He says it was "a mistake" not to declare it, and says "I probably should consider resigning from my position".
• The president of Azerbaijan and his family. A local construction magnate, Hassan Gozal, controls entities set up in the names of President Ilham Aliyev's two daughters.
• The wife of Russia's deputy prime minister. Olga Shuvalova's husband, businessman and politician Igor Shuvalov, has denied allegations of wrongdoing about her offshore interests.
•A senator's husband in Canada. Lawyer Tony Merchant deposited more than US$800,000 into an offshore trust.
He paid fees in cash and ordered written communication to be "kept to a minimum".
• A dictator's child in the Philippines: Maria Imelda Marcos Manotoc, a provincial governor, is the eldest daughter of former President Ferdinand Marcos, notorious for corruption.
• Spain's wealthiest art collector, Baroness Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza, a former beauty queen and widow of a Thyssen steel billionaire, who uses offshore entities to buy pictures.
• US: Offshore clients include Denise Rich, ex-wife of notorious oil trader Marc Rich, who was controversially pardoned by President Clinton on tax evasion charges. She put $144m into the Dry Trust, set up in the Cook Islands.
It is estimated that more than $20tn acquired by wealthy individuals could lie in offshore accounts. The UK-controlled BVI has been the most successful among the mushrooming secrecy havens that cater for them.
The Caribbean micro-state has incorporated more than a million such offshore entitiessince it began marketing itself worldwide in the 1980s. Owners' true identities are never revealed.
Even the island's official financial regulators normally have no idea who is behind them.
The British Foreign Office depends on the BVI's company licensing revenue to subsidise this residual outpost of empire, while lawyers and accountants in the City of London benefit from a lucrative trade as intermediaries.
They claim the tax-free offshore companies provide legitimate privacy. Neil Smith, the financial secretary of the autonomous local administration in the BVI's capital Tortola, told the Guardian it was very inaccurate to claim the island "harbours the ethically challenged".
He said: "Our legislation provides a more hostile environment for illegality than most jurisdictions".
Smith added that in "rare instances …where the BVI was implicated in illegal activity by association or otherwise, we responded swiftly and decisively".
The Guardian and ICIJ's Offshore Secrets series last year exposed how UK property empires have been built up by, among others, Russian oligarchs, fraudsters and tax avoiders, using BVI companies behind a screen of sham directors.
Such so-called "nominees", Britons giving far-flung addresses on Nevis in the Caribbean, Dubai or the Seychelles, are simply renting out their names for the real owners to hide behind.
The whistleblowing group WikiLeaks caused a storm of controversy in 2010 when it was able to download almost two gigabytes of leaked US military and diplomatic files.
The new BVI data, by contrast, contains more than 200 gigabytes, covering more than a decade of financial information about the global transactions of BVI private incorporation agencies. It also includes data on their offshoots in Singapore, Hong Kong and the Cook Islands in the Pacific.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Legally Kidnapped: New law declares parental rights ‘fundamental’
Legally Kidnapped: New law declares parental rights ‘fundamental’: New law declares parental rights ‘fundamental’ Starting July 1st, parents in Virginia will have “a fundamental right to make decisions co...
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
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Monday, April 1, 2013
Maliki's Iraq: Rape, executions and torture - Human Rights - Al Jazeera English
Maliki's Iraq: Rape, executions and torture - Human Rights - Al Jazeera English ~~ They made some other inmates stand barefoot during Iraq's summer on burning concrete pavement to have sunburn, and without drinking water until they fainted. They took some of them, broke so many of their bones, mutilated their faces with a knife and threw them back in the cell to let the others know that this is what will happen to them."
She said her nephew was tortured daily, as he wouldn't confess to a crime he says he didn't commit. He wouldn't give names of his co-conspirators, as there were none, she said.
"Finally, after the death of many of his inmates under torture, he agreed to sign up a false confession written by the interrogators, even though he had witnesses who have seen him in another place the day that crime has happened," she added.
He remains in prison, where he has told his aunt he is now being tortured by militiamen and one of his eyes has been lanced by them.
Yousef Abdul Rahman has an equally shocking story, from being detained in 2011 and spending four months in "the worst of prisons".
"I was kept in a Maliki prison, where they dumped cold water on me and used electricity on me," he told Al Jazeera. "Many of the prisoners with me were raped. They were raped with sticks and bottles. I saw the blood on their bodies, and I saw so many men this happened to."
In today's Iraq, it is unfortunately all too easy to find Iraqis who have had loved ones who have been detained and tortured, and the trend is increasing, according to Iraqis Al Jazeera spoke with, along with several human rights groups.
He remains in prison, where he has told his aunt he is now being tortured by militiamen and one of his eyes has been lanced by them.
Yousef Abdul Rahman has an equally shocking story, from being detained in 2011 and spending four months in "the worst of prisons".
"I was kept in a Maliki prison, where they dumped cold water on me and used electricity on me," he told Al Jazeera. "Many of the prisoners with me were raped. They were raped with sticks and bottles. I saw the blood on their bodies, and I saw so many men this happened to."
In today's Iraq, it is unfortunately all too easy to find Iraqis who have had loved ones who have been detained and tortured, and the trend is increasing, according to Iraqis Al Jazeera spoke with, along with several human rights groups.
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Petition | Remove all New York students from the Judge Rotenberg Center | Change.org ~~Sign & Share~The Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton, Massachusetts tortures children and adults with disabilities and calls it treatment. Any students from New York City should be removed once and for all.
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