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Tag: Good News
McCollum & Brown: The end of death row
Last week, North Carolina released the 145th and 146th prisoners (Henry McCollum and his half-brother, Leon Brown) from death row for wrongful conviction.
Family of dad who died in police custody welcomes new support for relatives
The family of a dad who died in police custody has welcomed the launch of a support project for bereaved relatives as they face inquest hearings.
Parents of Darius Simmons shot by neighbor win $1.5m judgement
The parents of a 13-year-old Milwaukee boy who was fatally shot by an elderly neighbor have won a $1.5 million civil judgment against the convicted killer.
President pardons 21 death row inmates
President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana has granted amnesty to 1,104 prisoners in commemoration of 54th Republic Anniversary which fell on 1 July.
Talha Ahsan : The terrorist that wasn’t
After eight years in American and British prisons, Talha Ahsan is free. James Ridgeway and Jean Casella, who run the Solitary Watch website (www.solitarywatch.com) detail the remarkable case of the terrorist who wasn’t.
Judge strikes down California death penalty
A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued an extraordinary ruling yesterday that California’s death penalty is unconstitutional, vacating Ernest Dewayne Jones’ death sentence.
Dorothy ‘Cherry’ Groce inquest finds police failures contributed to her death
Police failures contributed to the death of a mother whose shooting by an officer triggered the 1985 Brixton riots, an inquest jury has found. Dorothy Groce, known as Cherry, was wounded and paralysed by armed police who were searching for her son in a planned raid at her home in south London.
