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ORLANDO SENATOR FILES BILL TO BRING BACK DEATH PENALTY
Gray Rohrer: Contact Reporter Tallahassee Bureau January 6, 2017 In 2016, only five states in America continued to execute people. Florida was one of them. And now the United States Supreme Court said that was wrong. TALLAHASSEE — Hoping to reinstate the death penalty in Florida, a Democratic state senator from Orlando filed a bill […]
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MARISSA ALEXANDER NOW
Wondering what Marissa Alexander is doing NOW? She’s fighting and she’s only just begun. Introducing: The Marissa Alexander Justice Project. Why I created this organization: I am the Lord’s servant. May your word to me be fulfilled….. The Mission of the MAJP is to provide services that promote the collaboration of broader movements of social justice and […]
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MARISSA ALEXANDER’S LETTER TO COMRADES
Marissa Alexander, whose case became a rallying cry for survivors of domestic violence, walks by her dad Raoul Jenkins surrounded by her legal team and supporters, Jan. 27, 2015, after three years of incarceration. Photo by Bob Mack/Florida Times-Union/AP […]
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DESPERATELY NEEDED HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE
Courtesy of Timothy Williams New York Times – July 2015 Photo credits to Joshua Lott- Exhibiting Compassion for the Incarcerated Mentally Ill. CHICAGO — Nneka Jones Tapia, who runs the sprawling Cook County Jail here, has an indelible childhood memory of police officers pounding on the aluminum walls of the family’s double-wide trailer home in […]
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FLORIDA SUPREME COURT DECISION: ATWELL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
May 26, 2016 Article Courtesy: Moritz Law/Sentencing Law and Policy Justice Barbara J. Pariente Chief Justice Jorge Labarga Justice R. Fred Lewis Justice Ricky Polston Justice Peggy A. Quince Justice Charles T. Canady Justice James E.C. Perry Split Florida Supreme Court finds […]
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OBAMA BANNED THE BOX
New Obama Executive Order will ban Government From Asking Criminal History On Job Applications The White House is unveiling an executive order from President Obama instructing all federal government agencies to remove admission of a criminal history from job application. The proposal, described as “banning the box,” would delay an investigation into a potential employee’s […]
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248 FEDERAL OFFENDERS SET FREE! THANK YOU PRESIDENT OBAMA!
On Wednesday, March 30, President Obama commuted the sentences of 61 federal prisoners, four of whom are FAMM members. This brings the total number of commutations during the Obama administration to 248. At FAMM’s 25th anniversary celebration last week, White House counsel, Neil Eggleston, shared the president’s commitment to the clemency initiative. Mr. Eggleston advises […]
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‘JUSTICE FOR THE INCARCERATED’ RALLY CANCELED
The Rally originally scheduled to take place on Monday, March 7, 2016 on the steps of the Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida has been canceled but is being planned for a future date. Stay tuned.
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FDOC’S SWIFT RESPONSE TO THE BROWNIE BATTERY COMPLAINT
FDOC’s response to the barrage of complaints about the ineffective Brownie battery. Forgotten Majority sent the following message to Sec. Jones regarding this issue. _________________________________________ 2/5/16 “Dear Secretary Jones, You may not be aware that the Alkaline batteries once sold in the Canteen for MP3 use have been replaced by an inferior Zinc Chloride […]
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THE SLOW AND WELCOME DEATH OF MANDATORY MINIMUMS
Yesterday was an historic day for the sentencing reform movement in Florida. For the first time in more than 20 years Florida repealed a mandatory minimum sentence! As most of you know, we have worked for years to reform Florida’s 10-20-Life gun sentencing law, which has created some of the worst injustices I’ve seen. After […]
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