Posts Tagged ‘ USA ’

Action of the Week: Help Shaina Sepulvado.

Action of the Week: Help Shaina Sepulvado.

Help Shaina Sepulvado, who was sentenced to life without parole at the age of 16.   SIGN the petition for full pardon for Shaina Sepulvado today. Ms. Sepulvado’s advocates are working hard for a full pardon in her case. Shaina Sepluvado was sentenced, at the age of 16, to life without parole for the murder…

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Action of the Week: Letter Campaign to Akron

Action of the Week: Letter Campaign to Akron

     It is very easy to take action, just follow the guidelines:   1. Send this letter (you can personalize if you want to): Dr John N. Kapoor, Chairman of the Board, Akorn inc. “Drug Discovery & Development Strategies & Technologies Driving Drug Discovery to Market” reported on January 5, 2012, that Danish Lundbeck Inc,…

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Women in Prison: Protecting your body leads to life imprisonment.

Women in Prison: Protecting your body leads to life imprisonment.

Women in Prison: Protecting your body leads to life imprisonment.   A black teenage girl is attending a party, she is drugged and raped by three white boys. She is now serving a life sentence in a US prison for protecting herself during the attack.   This young woman is 28 years old today and she…

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Action of the Week: Improve Living Conditions on Texas Death Row.

Action of the Week: Improve Living Conditions on Texas Death Row.

Call on Texas officials to improve living conditions on Texas death row. Polunksy unit.  This action has been provided by the pen pal site Concrete Tomb Pals and also by fellow activists around the world.  It is very easy to take action, just follow the guidelines:   1. Send this letter (you can personalize it,…

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Action alert: February executions and possible actions.

Action alert: February executions and possible actions.

  This blog post will give you an overview of this month’s (February 2012) planned executions with links to articles, websites and petitions. We encourage you to contact governors to protest to the the death penalty every time it is imposed!  Sample letter, applicable to all cases, is found here. We will also leave contact information to…

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CODE OF ETHICS: The Absurdity of the Polunsky Unit

CODE OF ETHICS: The Absurdity of the Polunsky Unit

For those who do not know what the Polunsky Unit is; it is the Death Row Unit in Texas, USA. In 2010, I actively supported a death row inmate, Michael James Perry. After only a couple of weeks, we became close friends and saving his life became my priority number one. When you support a…

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A letter to John Huppenthal in regards to the rejection of ethnic studies in Arizona.

A letter to John Huppenthal in regards to the rejection of ethnic studies in Arizona.

Dear Sir John Huppenthal, I am an Latin-American woman. While living in Europe, I experience for the first time what it is to be an immigrant. So, I feel that I am entitled, first; as an American, second; as a Latina, and third; as an immigrant, to give my opinion and my feelings regarding your…

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Change: One of the fundamental questions in the application of death penalty and life imprisonment.

Change: One of the fundamental questions in the application of death penalty and life imprisonment.

Do you believe that you can change? Do you believe that your partner has the ability to develop? Have you ever experienced a change in the behavior of yourself, of someone you love, of someone you hate or of someone you’ve just been viewing from a distance?   The lack of belief in change that permeates…

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Action alert: January executions and possible actions.

Action alert: January executions and possible actions.

This blog post will give you an overview of this months planned executions with links to articles, websites and petitions. We encourage you to contact governors to protest to the the death penalty every time it is imposed!  Sample letter, applicable to all cases, is found here. We will also leave contact information to the governors.…

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Sample letter: Applicable to all capital cases.

Sample letter: Applicable to all capital cases.

  This is a sample letter that is applicable to most death penalty cases. This letter is a protest to the usage of death penalty, therefore it minimize the risk of spreading confidential case information.     To: Governor (insert Governor’s name) Re: (Insert inmate’s name) – planned execution (insert date of execution or other…

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