“Anthony Ray Hinton is thankful to be free after nearly 30 years on Alabama’s death row for murders he says he didn’t commit. And incredulous that it took so long. Hinton, 58, looked up, took in the sunshine and thanked God and his lawyers Friday morning outside the county jail in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘justice’
Why DOJ Should Exercise Oversight Of Southern Death Penalty Cases
News media recently gave extensive coverage to the Supreme Court decision that invalidated provisions of the 1964 Voting Rights Act requiring certain states, all in the South, to submit changes in their election laws to the Department of Justice for review and approval. These provisions were origi[...]
Lawyers as Thugs: One Man’s Approach
If you’re willing to look a monster in the eyes, you just might find that he has no teeth. There are all kinds of lawyers …. civil right attorneys, lawyers hired by corporations to limit rights of employees, corporate lawyers who protect corporate rights at the expense of others who can not [...]
I Go To Court and Get Effed by My Insurance Company
Now a year later, I get a mail from my insurance company claiming I was at fault and my insurance is being cancelled! I was involved in a serious car accident. Without going through the details there was a lot of damage and with a few changes someone might have been killed. No one was […][...]