Miami’s Activists rally to prevent jail time for people who are Homeless in Miami. Demonstration calling for systemic change reach City Hall David Peery, who previously experienced homelessness as a victim of the 2008 recession, knows far too well how one unfortunate circumstance can drastically alter the trajectory of someone’s life. Last Thursday, the attorney Read More…
MARIJUANA PLANTS BITE THE DUST. SAN LEANDRO, Calif. — Authorities in a northern California county said an 18-month investigation has led to the seizure of up to 500,000 marijuana plants and more than $10 million in cash. According to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, the bust also included the confiscation of 6 tons of processed Read More…
Committee week, in Florida Capital – Festival of Ignorance. It’s all about sparing white people’s feelings, y’all. Legislators came to town for the autumn ritual of political harlotry they call “committee week.” Tallahassee’s collective IQ dropped by a good 60 points. That’s bad, but what they propose doing to Florida is worse. Seems Sen. Joe Read More…
Non-Profit Prison Reform Organization to Review 1,000 Wrongful Conviction Cases, The Prison Reform Project, a California-based non-profit organization, has set the goal of reviewing at least 1,000 wrongful conviction cases from across the country. The organization is led by its director, Clyde Beasley, who himself was once wrongfully incarcerated and was able to skillfully exonerate himself Read More…
Florida State Bounced Checks Teacher bonus checks are bouncing in Florida When dozens of Florida teachers tried to cash their state-issued $1,000 bonus checks this week, they got a startling response: “insufficient funds.” No, the State of Florida hasn’t run out of money. Instead, the bad checks are being blamed on a “banking error” by Read More…
Global report: FL among top states for mass incarceration. Florida and a dozen other states imprison people at the highest rates in the world, without demonstrating that incarceration reduces crime, says the Prison Policy Initiative, a non-partisan research and policy advocacy organization. Florida’s rate of incarceration in prisons and jails was 795 people per 100,000, Read More…
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