tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612053.post110546741883032427..comments2023-11-05T03:28:19.528-05:00Comments on So what can I do?: Insist on justice: Innocence ProjectsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612053.post-30304102974430026892007-11-27T09:56:00.000-05:002007-11-27T09:56:00.000-05:00The Sunday (11/25/07) New York Times has a nice ar...The Sunday (11/25/07) <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/us/25jeffrey.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin" REL="nofollow">New York Times</A> has a nice article on life for the 206 people who have been exonerated by DNA evidence. All the more reason to support Innocence Projects.Karamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992377826071152236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612053.post-72782986489716311342007-01-24T16:07:00.000-05:002007-01-24T16:07:00.000-05:00Score another one for the Georgia Innocence Progje...Score another one for the <a href="http://ga-innocenceproject.org/">Georgia Innocence Progject</a>:<br /><br />From today's AJC: "After almost 22 years falsely imprisoned, Willie O. Williams became a free man Tuesday night with a few simple pleasures in mind: a steak and potato dinner and a hot bath. . . . It had only been five days since the Georgia Innocence Project discovered his DNA did not match a swab taken from the women he was convicted of raping in 1985. On Monday Fulton County DA Paul Howard announced he would free Williams, now 44."<br /><br />Great work!!Karamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992377826071152236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612053.post-1134165501045205692005-12-09T16:58:00.000-05:002005-12-09T16:58:00.000-05:00Here's yet another reason to support innocence pro...Here's yet another reason to support innocence projects and work for justice: <BR/><BR/><B><I>DNA absolves inmate of 1981 rape</I><BR/>Release in works; lawyers say another convicted felon implicated</B><BR/> <BR/>Bill Rankin, Don Plummer - Staff<BR/>Thursday, December 8, 2005<BR/><A HREF="http://www.ajc.com/thursday/content/epaper/editions/thursday/news_3479ad231729511000b6.html" REL="nofollow">Atlanta Journal-Constitution</A> <BR/><BR/>"Robert Clark always said he was innocent of the rape that has kept him behind bars for nearly a quarter of a century. Now DNA evidence has proved him right and revealed that the real culprit is a man who went on to commit further crimes, Clark's lawyers said Wednesday. <BR/><BR/>During his time in prison, Clark's two children have grown into adulthood and his mother has passed away. Today a Cobb County judge is expected to set him free. <BR/><BR/>Clark, 45, was convicted in 1982 of a brutal attack on a 29-year-old woman the year before. The woman was abducted outside an East Atlanta fast food restaurant and then taken to Cobb County and raped repeatedly. <BR/><BR/>During a three-day trial, the victim identified Clark, saying "I will never forget the face, the skin color and his voice." Clark, who maintained that a friend of his was the likely perpetrator, was sentenced to two life terms plus 20 years in prison for rape, kidnapping and armed robbery. <BR/><BR/>Recent DNA tests, which were unavailable at the time of his trial, show Clark is innocent, a court motion filed Wednesday by Clark's lawyers said. <BR/><BR/>"Despite the fact that Robert was a head taller than the description, once the police locked in on him, it was all over," Peter Neufeld, one of Clark's lawyers from the New York-based Innocence Project, said in a statement. "Tunnel vision not only cost Robert a quarter-century of freedom, it enabled a serial rapist to assault at least three more victims.""Karamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992377826071152236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612053.post-1121799400334319722005-07-19T14:56:00.000-04:002005-07-19T14:56:00.000-04:00And check out this article titled "Genetic Justice...And check out this article titled "Genetic Justice" in the <A HREF="http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/352/26/2667" REL="nofollow">New England Journal of Medicine</A>.Karamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992377826071152236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612053.post-1109696718771551442005-03-01T12:05:00.000-05:002005-03-01T12:05:00.000-05:00Click here for some recent changes in the death pe...Click <A HREF="http://jenrae.typepad.com/index/2005/03/death_penalty_n.html" REL="nofollow">here</A> for some recent changes in the death penalty.Karamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992377826071152236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612053.post-1106577059638500582005-01-24T09:30:00.000-05:002005-01-24T09:30:00.000-05:00For more on Clarence Harrison who was recently fre...For more on Clarence Harrison who was recently freed as a result of work by the Georgia Innocence project, read this <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ajc.com%2Ftoday%2Fcontent%2Fepaper%2Feditions%2Ftoday%2Fmetro_144fa915d3a891231040.html">AJC article</A>. Free registration may be required to view it.Karamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992377826071152236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612053.post-1105641996549684532005-01-13T13:46:00.000-05:002005-01-13T13:46:00.000-05:00Thanks for these links, Anonymous. I especially ap...Thanks for these links, Anonymous. I especially appreciate the death penalty links. Please stop by again soon, and spread the word!Karamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992377826071152236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612053.post-1105560752057727452005-01-12T15:12:00.000-05:002005-01-12T15:12:00.000-05:00Hello. Just wanted to throw a few bits of informa...Hello. Just wanted to throw a few bits of information out...<br /><br />First, death penalty information: http://www.nlada.org/NLADA/Links/Links_Home#links_DeathPenalty<br /><br />Second, while this is not exactly capital punishment, you can't discuss capital punishment and not understand criminal justice:<br />Georgia is developing their public defender office into a statewide defender system. http://www.gidc.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612053.post-1105473913627176292005-01-11T15:05:00.000-05:002005-01-11T15:05:00.000-05:00Leftcoastman: I'm so glad you found this useful. ...Leftcoastman: I'm so glad you found this useful. Thanks for posting about the innocence projects. They are very important. Thanks also for stopping by. Please visit again soon and spread the word.<br /><br />Peace and blessings to you and yours.<br /><br />All: Check out this site as well: <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.innocenceproject.org%2F">www.innocenceproject.org</A>. They started it all.Karamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992377826071152236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612053.post-1105472609752017982005-01-11T14:43:00.000-05:002005-01-11T14:43:00.000-05:00Thanks for letting us know about Innocence Project...Thanks for letting us know about Innocence Projects in each state. Your site led me to the link that I will add in my next post at my post at WeAreGrowing.<br /><br />God Bless You.<br /><br />http://WeAreGrowing.blogspot.comLeftcoastmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982364484000452399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612053.post-1105467477814305942005-01-11T13:17:00.000-05:002005-01-11T13:17:00.000-05:00Another reason I think the death penalty should be...Another reason I think the death penalty should be outlawed (and the justice system revamped) is that it is unequally applied based on the race and class of the victim. People who kill rich white folks are more likely to get the death penalty that people who kill poor folks of color. This violates the <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fsowhatcanido.blogspot.com%2F2004%2F12%2Funderstand-justice-live-just-life.html">formal principle of justice</A> and suggests the incorrect notion that wealthy white people are more valuable, their loss more trying, than poor people of color and their loss. Until that disparity is corrected, I cannot fully support our current system of criminal justice.Karamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992377826071152236noreply@blogger.com