Archive for 'Prison Issues'

Orlando Sentinel agrees: “death penalty system is busted.”

Orlando Sentinel agrees: “death penalty system is busted.”

Many have criticized Florida’s death penalty system and now The Orlando Sentinel  validates that criticism. A new problem comes fast in the form of a bill coming up to the legislature. The Orlando Sentinel (02/06) calls State Rep. [...]

Shocking Number Of Wrongful Convictions In U.S. Courts Revealed

Shocking Number Of Wrongful Convictions In U.S. Courts Revealed

AP  |  By PETE YOST Posted: 05/21/2012 12:02 am Updated: 05/21/2012 5:49 pm WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 2,000 people who were falsely convicted of serious crimes have been exonerated in the United States in the [...]

Thousand Kites

Thousand Kites

Starting 1998, as host of the rural, Appalachian region’s only hip-hop radio program “Lights Out,” Thousand Kites media artist Nick Szuberla received hundreds of letters from inmates recently transferred from distant cities into two new, local [...]