Questionable Convictions

Rodney Reed lawyers ‘relieved and thankful’ after stay of execution

Posted By: Kushi Amlak-Sakhuon: 17 November 2019In: All News, Capital Punishment, Questionable Convictions

"Reed's execution should not just be delayed, but canceled," said Bernie Sanders. "Real criminal justice reform must include joining every other major democracy in eliminating the death pena... Read more

Film-making pair team up to tell British woman’s story [Ruth Ellis]

Posted By: Alison Leslieon: 10 November 2019In: All News, Capital Punishment, Featured Articles, Questionable Convictions, Tributes & Remembrance

She was the last woman hanged in the UK after being convicted of shooting her lover to death. And a director/producer in Los Angeles, and a cameraman/videographer, are teaming up to tell her... Read more

Peterborough prison death family ‘treading water’

Posted By: Gaynor Kuyeon: 27 October 2019In: All News, Custody Deaths & Abuse, Prison Deaths, Questionable Convictions

The family of a woman who died in prison while serving an indefinite term say they feel like they are treading water after an inquest into her death was delayed. Charlotte Nokes was sentence... Read more

Eritrea: 28 prisoners of conscience must be immediately and unconditionally released

Posted By: Tippa Naphtalion: 18 September 2019In: All News, Human Rights, Questionable Convictions, Race & Society

The Eritrean government must release the 11 politicians and 17 journalists who were arrested in 2001 after criticising President Isaias Afwerki’s rule, and have never been seen or heard from... Read more

Family and nun fight for retrial as man convicted by all-white jury faces death penalty

Posted By: Kushi Amlak-Sakhuon: 13 September 2019In: All News, Capital Punishment, Questionable Convictions

Supporters of Rodney Reed point to racial bias and questionable evidence. “He never had a chance.” That’s what Sandra Reed said at the start of a rally at the Texas governor’s mansion callin... Read more

New evidence of innocence spurs two court filings for Mumia Abu-Jamal

Posted By: Kushi Amlak-Sakhuon: 13 September 2019In: All News, Capital Punishment, Human Rights, Questionable Convictions, The State

The struggle to free unfairly-convicted Mumia Abu-Jamal took a significant step forward on Sept. 3 when his attorneys submitted two documents to the Pennsylvania Superior Court. Read more

Update: Rodney Reed supporters take to capitol to demand new trial

Posted By: Kushi Amlak-Sakhuon: 30 July 2019In: All News, Capital Punishment, Questionable Convictions

Family and supporters of a man on death row, convicted of capital murder, rallied at the State Capitol Wednesday. Rodney Reed was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1998. His supp... Read more

Eddie Africa of the MOVE 9 released after nearly 41 years in prison

Posted By: Kushi Amlak-Sakhuon: 8 July 2019In: All News, Questionable Convictions, The State

Edward Goodman Africa, released earlier this month after four decades of wrongful imprisonment, spoke this morning to dozens of supporters and members of the press gathered at the Philadelph... Read more

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	November 2019
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				1	2 Martine Brandon Martine Brandon 2 November 2019 Martine Brandon, 48, died after committing suicide just 18 hours after being arrested on the 1November 2014. She was arrested in the town centre of Eastleigh after she was found wielding a large knife in an agitated state. www.4wardeveruk.org/cases/adult-cases-uk/police-medical-asylum/martine-brandon See more details Sheneque Proctor Sheneque Proctor 2 November 2019 Family demands a federal and state investigation into the death of 18-year-old Sheneque Proctor. Proctor died in the Bessemer City Jail after she was arrested on November 1st. She was at a Bessemer hotel at a party with friends when police arrived and arrested her for “disorderly conduct,” according to her aunt, Tracy Rodda. www.countercurrentnews.com/2014/12/sheneque-proctor-the-female-eric-garner See more details • •	3 Jeremy Mardis Jeremy Mardis 3 November 2019 Body camera footage shows that, Chris Few, the father of a six-year-old autistic boy, Jeremy Mardis, was attempting to surrender before police opened fire, killing his son, a lawyer has said. The young boy was killed by police gunfire, whilst his father was left seriously injured. www.4wardeveruk.org/cases/cases-abroad/shootings/jeremy-mardis See more details •
4 Leon Briggs Leon Briggs 4 November 2019 In November 2013 following the death of 39 year-old Leon Briggs in Luton, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) confirmed in a Press Release that they would be treating the police custody death as a criminal investigation. The offences could include negligence or manslaughter, it said. www.4wardeveruk.org/cases/adult-cases-uk/police-medical-asylum/leon-briggs See more details •	5 Cameron Whelan Cameron Whelan 5 November 2019 A Birmingham man has drowned after reportedly leaping into the river Avon as he was followed by police. Cameron Whelan, 26, was enjoying a night out in Stratford-upon-Avon when the tragedy occurred. Police were called to the town’s McDonald’s restaurant at Waterside following reports of an assault. www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-man-cameron-whelan-dies-14754555 See more details •	6	7	8	9 Michael Bell Michael Bell 9 November 2019 On 9 November 2004, a Kenosha police officer shot 21 year-old Michael Bell in the head one day before he was due to testify at a court hearing regarding a previous incident with the same officer who stopped him this last fatal time. www.4wardeveruk.org/cases/cases-abroad/shootings/michael-bell See more details •	10
11 Jemel Roberson Jemel Roberson 11 November 2019 Outrage over the death of an African-American security guard has sparked discussions around the perils of gun ownership. Twenty-six-year-old Jemel Roberson, an African-American security guard, was attempting to defuse an escalation at Manny’s Blue Room Bar during the early hours of November 11, 2018. www.peoplesworld.org/article/killing-of-jemel-roberson-challenges-good-guy-with-gun-myths See more details •	12 Tanisha Anderson Tanisha Anderson 12 November 2019 Tanisha Anderson, 37 years old, tragically died on the night of the 12 November 2014. Tanisha, from Cleveland, Ohio had been diagnosed in her early 20’s with bipolar disorder. She was prescribed medication for this and schizophrenia. On the day of Tanisha’s death, she was described as having a “bad day” by her younger sister Jenifer. www.4wardeveruk.org/cases/cases-abroad/police-medical-asylum/tanisha-anderson See more details Wendy Booth Wendy Booth 12 November 2019 Wendy Booth was found hanging in her cell in 12 November 2003. She had been placed on suicide watch on numerous occasions since arriving at the troubled prison in February 2002. Wendy had been described as withdrawn and very down and had not been eating properly. Despite her clear vulnerability the observations by prison staff on her were reduced on the day of her death. www.inquest.gn.apc.org/pdf/2005/wendy_booth_inquest_verdict_12_05.pdf See more details • •	13 Brett Hartmann Brett Hartmann 13 November 2019 Brett was arrested on September 10th, 1997 for the murder of Winda D. Snipes. It was Brett whom discovered Winda and placed a series of 911 calls. He was executed Tuesday, 13 November 2012 at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. www.oneforten.com/tag/brett-hartman See more details Vikki Thompson Vikki Thompson 13 November 2019 Vikki Thompson, aged at 21; a vulnerable transgender women, was sent to an all-male prison (HMP Armley in Leeds) despite being at risk off self-harm. She took her own life on 13 November 2015. She had threatened to kill herself if she was sent to a male prison. www.4wardeveruk.org/cases/youth-cases-uk/prison/vikki-thompson See more details • •	14	15	16	17
18	19 Cameron Doomadgee Cameron Doomadgee 19 November 2019 In November 2004 anger over a death in custody on Palm Island in North Queensland escalated into a full scale riot. It started with the death in custody of Cameron Doomadgee. Mr Doomadgee, also known as Mulrunji, was found dead in a cell of the police station after he was arrested for being drunk in public. He had suffered broken ribs and a ruptured liver and spleen. www.4wardeveruk.org/cases/cases-abroad/police-restraint/cameron-doomadgee See more details •	20	21 Annv of Birmingham Pub Bombings Annv of Birmingham Pub Bombings 21 November 2019 We Remember : Birmingham Pub Bombings Visit - http://justice4the21.co.uk/ The Birmingham Pub Bombings took place on November 21, 1974 www.birminghammail.co.uk/all-about/birmingham-pub-bombings See more details •	22 Tamir Rice Tamir Rice 22 November 2019 12 year-old Tamir Rice was fatally shot by a police officer whilst playing in a local park in Cleveland, Ohio. On the 22 November 2014 police officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback were dispatched to reports of a man pointing a firearm at members of the public at Cudell Recreation Center. www.4wardeveruk.org/cases/cases-abroad/shootings/tamir-rice See more details Ricky Bishop Ricky Bishop 22 November 2019 On 22nd November 2003 dozens of people chanted ‘What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now!’ as they marched through the streets of Brixton, London to protest the death of Ricky Bishop. The demonstration took place on the second anniversary of the killing of 25 year old Ricky Bishop, while in police custody and after a subsequent inquiry was labelled a whitewash by campaigners. www.4wardeveruk.org/cases/youth-cases-uk/police-restraint/ricky-bishop See more details • •	23 Delbert Tibbs Delbert Tibbs 23 November 2019 On November 23, 2013, the death penalty abolition movement lost a beloved family member and friend when Delbert, 74, passed away in his home in Chicago. www.4wardeveruk.org/cases/tributes/tributes-brothers/delbert-tibbs See more details Craig Young Craig Young 23 November 2019 Two police sergeants faced charges of misconduct after an inquest found Craig Young, who collapsed in custody and later died, was neglected. He suffered a cardiac arrest in a cell at Cheadle Heath police station, Stockport, in the early hours of November 23, 2010. He had been left on the cell floor for several hours without being roused, an inquest heard. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/police-sergeants-on-misconduct-charge-over-688000 See more details • •	24 Petra Blanksby Petra Blanksby 24 November 2019 Petra Blanksby’s Father, Peter, told us that she had been charged with, “Arson with intent to take her own life. “That was the charge. “Three weeks prior to her tragic death Petra was in hospital for doing the same thing for 6 days, why? “It will be 1 year this month (24th November 2004) when they switched the life support off and we watched my beautiful daughter take her last heart beat at 11.43 am.” www.4wardeveruk.org/cases/youth-cases-uk/prison/petra-blanksby See more details •
25 Kenneth Severin Kenneth Severin 25 November 2019 An inmate died after being beaten up in his cell by prison officers, an inquest jury was told. Peter Smith, who was in the cell next door at Belmarsh Prison, in Woolwich, south-east London, claimed the thuds of their kicks landing on Kenneth Severin’s body were clearly audible. www.4wardeveruk.org/cases/youth-cases-uk/prison/kenneth-severin See more details Sean Bell Sean Bell 25 November 2019 Two police detectives involved in the shooting death of Sean Bell last November [2006] have been indicted on charges of first-degree manslaughter and second-degree manslaughter, and, if convicted, face maximum sentences of 25 years in prison. An unarmed Sean was shot dead by police in New York City hours before he was to have been married, prompting the fury over the officers’ actions. www.4wardeveruk.org/cases/cases-abroad/shootings/sean-bell See more details • •	26 Anna Baker Anna Baker 26 November 2019 An inquest on an inmate at Styal prison, where six women died in the space of 12 months, has concluded that the jail was, "inadequate" at assessing her needs, and the drug detoxification programme she was placed on was " inappropriate and insufficient to her needs". www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/nov/18/prisonsandprobation.society See more details •	27 Cheryl James Cheryl James 27 November 2019 Cheryl James, aged 18 was a young solider at Deepcut Barracks; surrey. In November 1995 she was found with a fatal bullet wound to her head. Cheryl had become yet another squaddie to die at the army training camp, over a seven year period. Privates Sean Benton aged 20, James Collinson aged 17, and Geoff Gray aged 17, also died from gunshot wounds at the barracks between 1995 and 2002. www.4wardeveruk.org/cases/youth-cases-uk/shootings/cheryl-james See more details Joanne Latham Joanne Latham 27 November 2019 Joanne Latham, 38, was found dead inside her cell at HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes on Friday 27 November. Joanne was a transgender woman being held in an all-male high security prison. According to reports, Joanne who had recently changed her name from Edward Latham, was being held on a Close Supervision Centre and was receiving regular 30 minute checks. www.4wardeveruk.org/cases/adult-cases-uk/prison-restraint/joanne-latham See more details • •	28	29 Malissa Williams Malissa Williams 29 November 2019 On 29 November 2012, 30 year-old Malissa Williams and her friend Timothy Russell were killed by Cleveland police following a high speed car chase. Malissa was homeless and had met her friend Timothy at a shelter where they would often get meals together. www.4wardeveruk.org/cases/cases-abroad/shootings/malissa-williams See more details Liam McManus Liam McManus 29 November 2019 A 15-year-old boy has died after being found hanged in his cell in Lancashire, the Prison Service has confirmed. Liam McManus, of St Helens, Merseyside, was discovered by staff at Lancaster Farms Young Offenders’ Institution on Thursday morning (29 November 2007). Staff and paramedics tried to resuscitate him but he was pronounced dead at the facility. www.4wardeveruk.org/cases/youth-cases-uk/prison/liam-mcmanus See more details • •	30 Nathaniel Jones Nathaniel Jones 30 November 2019 Nathaniel Jones died after being clubbed repeatedly by officers in a videotaped beating that raised new claims of police brutality in Cincinnati, nearly three years after the Ohio City was rocked by riots. The mayor of the city claimed that the videotape showed that the baton-wielding officers were defending themselves. www.4wardeveruk.org/cases/cases-abroad/police-restraint/nathaniel-jones See more details •

‘Our brother shouldn’t have died like this,’ say Sheku Bayoh’s family https://t.co/t3GNRLEjaz
Rodney Reed lawyers ‘relieved and thankful’ after stay of execution https://t.co/efI06nw7ue
Rodney Reed: Texas appeals court halts execution of inmate https://t.co/atsBDGj0Ur
Event : Mark Duggan – The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth https://t.co/HexO6BU3TK @StaffordScott_
Public inquiry ordered over death of Sheku Bayoh in custody https://t.co/ueRHmhgG4l

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