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- Abu-Jamal, Mumia
Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article An African-American activist who was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1981 murder of a Philadelphia police officer. His conviction was based on dubious evidence and dubious legal proceedings. (Born 1954).
- Dark Days
The Story of Four Canadians Tortured in the Name of Fighting Terror Resource Type: Book Published: 2008 An exposé of Canadian national security investigations, Kerry Pither's Dark Days exposes a disturbing record of human-rights abuses, both at home and abroad, and ultimately questions our notion of the "Just Society".
- The Fight for Leonard Peltier
Resource Type: Article Published: 1999 LEONARD PELTIER, A Native American class-war prisoner, has served twenty-three years in federal prisons for a crime he did not commitand authorities admit they do not know who did it.
- Lenny Hochberg - Hochberg, MacGregor LL.B.
Media Profile in Sources Resource Type: Organization
- I Am Barack Obama's Political Prisoner Now
The Denial of My Parole Resource Type: Article Published: 2009 Given the complexion of the three recent federal parolees, it might seem that my greatest crime was being Indian. But the truth is that my gravest offense is my innocence.
- I Stand Before You as a Proud Man - I Feel No Guilt
Resource Type: Article Published: 1978
- LeBourdais, Isabel
Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article Canadian journalist and author. (1909-2003).
- Lengthy prison term for Bradley Manning
Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2013 Reporters Without Borders condemned the 35-year prison sentence meted out today to U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning on charges including 10 counts of espionage and theft.
- Life Sentence
Stories from four decades of court reporting - or, how I fell out of love with the Canadian justice system (especially judges) Resource Type: Book Published: 2016 Through an examination of notable trials she has covered, Chrisitie Blatchford makes the case that Canada's judicial system is out of control and often inept. Judges, she says, are the new senators, unelected, unaccountable and overly entitled, while lawyers are often self-satisfied and contemptuous of anyone who is not a member of the club.
- Marshall, Donald, Jr
Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article Accused of murder, Marshall, a 16-year old Micmac, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. After he had served 11 years in a penitentiary, a re-examination of the case found him innocent. (1953-2009).
- Oscar Hangover Special: Why "Spotlight" Is a Terrible Film
Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 I am astonished (though I suppose I shouldn't be) that, across the past few months, ever since Spotlight hit theatres, otherwise serious left-of-centre people have peppered their party conversation with effusions that the film reflects a heroic journalism, the kind we all need more of. I was in Boston in the Spring of 2002 reporting on the priest scandal, and because I know some of what is untrue, I don't believe the personal injury lawyers or the Boston Globe's "Spotlight" team or the Catholic "faithful" who became harpies outside Boston churches, carrying signs with images of Satan.
- Peltier, Leonard
Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article American activist and member of the American Indian Movement. (Born 1944).
- Rachel Corrie's Death is Not Merely "Regrettable Accident"
Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2012 IJV condemns Israeli court decision absolving army of responsibility in death of Rachel Corrie.
- Sacco and Vanzetti
Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article Labourers and anarchists who were tried, convicted and executed in Massachusetts in 1927.
- Truscott, Steven
Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article Canadian who was sentenced to death in 1959, when he was a 14-year old student, for the allegedly murdering a classmate. (Born 1945).
- Why is Leonard Peltier Still in Prison?
Justice is 33 Years Overdue for America's Most Famous Political Prisoner Resource Type: Article Published: 2009 Leonard Pletier is a political prisoner who has spent more than 33 years in U.S. prisons for a crime he didn't commit.
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