death penalty « In this case…real-life legal stories

As quoted in the Washington City Paper blog and WAMU's The Kojo Nnamdi Show ****************** "Casey" spent five days in the D.C. jail..... They just threw me in the cell and shut the door, and no one said anything, and that was it....This is the scary thing. People just screaming ******** at you, and then they throw you in your cell, and that's it. ( More....)
Sharon's husband lost his license over decades-old DWIs. ( story) ....................................... "Casey" says the police who arrested him were biased against black men. ( story) ........................................ Pam had to use a breast pump in the bathroom during jury duty. ( story) .......................................... "Deborah" couldn't get the judge to order child support. ( story) ....................................... Kenny got held up at gunpoint. ( story) .......................................
Categories
- children (8)
- civil rights (2)
- consumer rights (4)
- copyright (1)
- corporate issues (3)
- crime (10)
- death penalty (2)
- disabled rights (1)
- divorce (1)
- drunk driving (3)
- education (1)
- employment (3)
- family law (4)
- gay marriage (1)
- gay rights (1)
- happy lawyers (2)
- immigration (3)
- internet (2)
- jail (11)
- judges (4)
- jury (3)
- legal jobs (6)
- military (3)
- murder (1)
- negligence (1)
- punishment (14)
- race (4)
- religious freedom (1)
- restraining orders (1)
- terrorism (1)
- the press (1)
- women (11)

Inmates want info on their executioners

Posted on January 26, 2008 by Tracey

Five death-row inmates in Missouri have asked the state to provide more information on the criminal backgrounds of individual executioners after learning that one was on probation for stalking. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Filed under: death penalty, jail, murder, punishment | Tagged: death penalty, jail, law | No Comments »

An innocent man was released.

Posted on July 28, 2007 by Tracey

FIRST-PERSON….Several years ago I attended a gathering to oppose the penalty of death. The speaker was a man in his late thirties. In his youth he worked, lived his life. Then he was arrested for a heinous crime. The “evidence” was a physical characteristic. He was convicted and [...]

Filed under: death penalty, jail, punishment | Tagged: death penalty, DNA evidence, law | 3 Comments »

In this case…real-life legal stories

Categories

Inmates want info on their executioners

An innocent man was released.

Blogroll