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News Releases

Lengthy prison term for Bradley Manning
2013-08-21
Reporters without Borders
Reporters Without Borders condemned the 35-year prison sentence meted out today to U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning on charges including 10 counts of espionage and theft.
Rachel Corrie's Death is Not Merely "Regrettable Accident"
2012-08-28
Independent Jewish Voices
IJV condemns Israeli court decision absolving army of responsibility in death of Rachel Corrie.

Sources Select Resources

Abu-Jamal, Mumia
Connexipedia Article
Article
An African-American activist who was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1981 murder of a Philadelphia police officer. His conviction was based on dubious evidence and dubious legal proceedings. ...
The Fight for Leonard Peltier
Perry, Hayden
Article
1999
Against the Current
LEONARD PELTIER, A Native American class-war prisoner, has served twenty-three years in federal prisons for a crime he did not commit—and authorities admit they do not know who did it.
I Am Barack Obama's Political Prisoner Now
The Denial of My Parole
Peltier, Leonard
Article
2009
CounterPunch
Given the complexion of the three recent federal parolees, it might seem that my greatest crime was being Indian. But the truth is that my gravest offense is my innocence.
LeBourdais, Isabel
Connexipedia Article
Article
Canadian journalist and author. (1909-2003).
Oscar Hangover Special: Why "Spotlight" Is a Terrible Film
Wypijewski, Joann
Article
2016
CounterPunch
I am astonished (though I suppose I shouldn't be) that, across the past few months, ever since Spotlight hit theatres, otherwise serious left-of-centre people have peppered their party conversation wi...
Sacco and Vanzetti
Connexipedia Article
Article
Labourers and anarchists who were tried, convicted and executed in Massachusetts in 1927.
Statement to the Court
Saro-Wiwa, Ken
Article
1996
Against the Current
I have no doubt at all about the ultimate success of my cause, no matter the trials and tribulations which I and those who believe with me may encounter on our journey. Nor imprisonment or death can s...
Truscott, Steven
Connexipedia Article
Article
Canadian who was sentenced to death in 1959, when he was a 14-year old student, for the allegedly murdering a classmate. (Born 1945).
Why is Leonard Peltier Still in Prison?
Justice is 33 Years Overdue for America's Most Famous Political Prisoner
Bollinger, Michelle
Article
2009
CounterPunch
Leonard Pletier is a political prisoner who has spent more than 33 years in U.S. prisons for a crime he didn't commit.

Sources Bookshelf

Life Sentence
Stories from four decades of court reporting - or, how I fell out of love with the Canadian justice system (especially judges)
Blatchford, Christie
Book
2016
Through an examination of notable trials she has covered, Chrisitie Blatchford makes the case that Canada's judicial system is out of control and often inept. Judges, she says, are the new senators, u...
Satan's Silence
Ritual Abuse and the Making of a Modern American Witch Hunt
Nathan, Debbie; Snedeker, Mike
Book
1995
About the wave of hysteria over alleged satanic abuse of children which hit the United States in the 1990s.


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