dozzamTwo buildings damaged by fire, but no injuries after Banksia Hill New Year's Eve riotverified_publisherabc.net.au - ABC NewsStaff at Perth's Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre had to barricade themselves during a New Year's Eve riot, which saw two buildings damaged by …
dozzamNew York City, State To Pay $36 Million To Men Exonerated In Malcolm X MurderHuffPost - Nick Visser“Muhammad Aziz, Khalil Islam, and their families suffered because of these unjust convictions for more than 50 years." New York City and New York state agreed to pay $36 million to settle lawsuits filed on behalf of two men wrongly convicted of assassinating Malcolm X in 1965, an attorney …
dozzamOklahoma executes Benjamin Cole for the murder of his 9-month-old daughter. His attorneys said he had schizophrenia and was mentally illverified_publisherCNN - Dakin AndoneCNN — Oklahoma has executed by lethal injection Benjamin Cole, who was sentenced to death for the 2002 murder of his 9-month-old daughter Brianna Victoria Cole, over the objections of defense attorneys who argued the 57-year-old suffered from schizophrenia and was severely mentally ill. The case …
dozzamAs Victoria's incarceration rate rises, children of jailed parents are 'invisible victims', report saysverified_publisherabc.net.au - By Georgia Lenton-Williams and staffAs Holly Nicholls grew up, her mother struggled to support the family while her father was in jail. She was often forced to skip dinner or have toast …
dozzamWhen Jessica Hill saw the 'ladies in pink' in a Fijian prison, she feared the worst. Instead, she gained forgiveness and a passion for fashionverified_publisherabc.net.au - By Melissa Maykin, Inga Stünzner and Hilda Wayne for Sistas, Let's Talk on ABC Radio AustraliaIn prisons around the world, more and more women and girls are doing time. There are more than 700,000 female prisoners globally – a figure that …
dozzamOn this day, George Stinney became the youngest American executed in the 20th centuryboingboing.net - Devin NealyMy parents spared no expense to instill the putrid reality of American racism into my mind. I studied W. E. B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey extensively …
