It’s now more than 20 years on, and that US symbol of mistreatment and injustice, Guantánamo Bay, is still open. In fact, as 2021 ended, it was reported the Pentagon’s plans to build a brand-new courthouse at the base.
Tag: Questionable Convictions
Justice is again denied for Mumia Abu-Jamal
The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Oct. 26 denied Mumia Abu-Jamal’s appeals, filed by Pennsylvania Common Pleas Court Judge Leon Tucker, awarding Abu-Jamal the right to reopen his appeals.
The people [that are] rethinking methods of execution
The lethal injection brought an end to the macabre executions of the past. But after a string of botched deaths, its humanity is being brought into question. Is there another option?
The American prison system revisited
In Solitary, his new book (University of California Press) about prisons, prisoners and their keepers, Terry Allen Kupers has his eyes on readers who aren’t prisoners and who have probably rarely if ever been locked up behind bars.
Justice on Trial: from The Guardian
The Guardians’ ‘Justice on Trial’ is ongoing series that aims to highlight cases where there are major concerns of a miscarriage of justice. Since the 1980s and 90s a flow of cases has undermined public confidence in the justice system.
Justice on Trial : Highlights from The Guardian
The Guardians’ ‘Justice on Trial’ is an ongoing series that aims to highlight cases where there are major concerns of a miscarriage of justice. Since the 1980s and 90s a flow of cases has undermined public confidence in the justice system.
Justice on Trial : from The Guardian
The Guardians’ ‘Justice on Trial’ is an ongoing series that aims to highlight cases where there are major concerns of a miscarriage of justice. Since the 1980s and 90s a flow of cases has undermined public confidence in the justice system.
Free Talha Ahsan
Talha Ahsan is a British-born poet and writer with Asperger syndrome who faced extradition to America. Talha was arrested at home on 19th July 2006 pursuant to a warrant under the controversial Extradition Act 2003.