New Report Shows that Cameron Todd Willingham, executed in Texas in 2004, was Innocent. “There can no longer be any doubt that an innocent person has been executed.The question now turns to how we can stop it from happening again”
Author: Larry Fedja
The Chinese connection: death penalty
China is home to about one-fifth of the world’s population and is one of the oldest civilisations, going back several millennia, with a complex history of essentially all the modes of governance.
Protests over deaths while in custody: New Jersey
The Peoples Organization for Progress, concerned friends and family members recently held rallies for two Black men, Basire Farrell, 30, of Newark and Jahqui Graham, 21, of East Orange, who were killed while in police custody in New Jersey.
Report into police killing of Ian Tomlinson handed to Crown Prosecution Service
The family of Ian Tomlinson has accused the City of London police, Scotland Yard and the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) of trying to prevent them from speaking out about the circumstances of his death.
Godfrey Moyo – prisoner or patient?
On 6 July 2009, an inquest jury recorded a highly critical verdict of neglect in the death of Godfrey Moyo in HMP Belmarsh. Twenty-five-year-old Godfrey Moyo, a Zimbabwean, died while on remand at the Category A Belmarsh prison on 3 January 2005 in the early hours of the morning after suffering an epileptic fit.
The role of police in the contemporary U.S.
When Sergeant James Crowley of the Cambridge, Massachusetts, police recently arrested Professor Henry Gates, Jr., mistaking the professor for a burglar, all hell broke out in the media and across the U.S.
Police custody death: family’s anger
The family of a man who died in police custody tell us why they think the independent police investigation into his death has been so flawed. Emily Reuben reports.
UK PM’s response to No10 custody death petition
Statement issued by 10 Downing Street 28th April 2009 The Government takes this issue very seriously. The Government also deeply sympathises with those who have lost family members in such tragic circumstances. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. All incidents where someone has died following direct or indirect contact with the police must, by law, […]
