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New DPIC Report Traces Ohio's History of Racial Violence to the Modern Use of Capital Punishment in the State 
“I Just Wanted…to Stay Alive”: Who was William Henry Furman, the Prisoner at the Center of a Historic Legal Decision? 
Iwao Hakamada: Japan: (Part One): Death row letters: (First of four): As the retrial of this 88-year-old man who had been incarcerated for nearly half a century on murder charges draws near, The Asahi Shimbun ((Reporters Yuri Murakami and Ryuichiro Fukuoka) shines the spotlight on letters he wrote on death row, in a four-part series…Part One is headed, Hakamada writes, ‘God, I’m innocent,’ at the start of ordeal.…(Reporters Yuri Murakami and Ryuichiro.. 
Solidarity Is the Only Thing We Need: What Working People Are Doing This Week 
Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Condé Nast Union Overwhelmingly Ratifies First Contract 
Iwao Hakamada; Rubin Hurricane Carter: Part Three: Death Row Letters: As the retrial is about to wind up (May 22) , The Asahi Shinbum (Reporter Hisashi Homma, Yuri Murakami and Ryuichiro Fukuoka) report, in their moving story, that Iwao Hakamada was inspired by Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, the former U.S. boxer who was sentenced to life imprisonment for a triple homicide in 1966 - and, after his exoneration, moved to Canada where he became a powerful force in AIDWYC (The.. 
Iwao Hakamada: Japan: Death row letters: Part Two: (Second of four): As the retrial of this 88-year-old man who had been incarcerated for nearly half a century on murder charges draws near, The Asahi Shimbun ((Reporters Yuri Murakami and Ryuichiro Fukuoka) shines the spotlight on letters he wrote on death row, in a four-part series…Part Two is headed: Hakamada felt 'betrayed' by judiciary he once had faith in.…His sister, Hideko, now 91, recalled that her brother.. 
No, President Biden Did Not Commit an Impeachable Offense in Freezing the Arms Shipment to Israel 
Larry Swearingen: Texas: As Robert Roberson faces the pending setting of his execution date by the State of Texas because of junk shaken baby syndrome evidence, it is useful to revisit the case of Larry Swearingen, who sadly was executed on August 21, 2019, also having being convicted because of junk science - after multiple courts declined to consider new evidence that revealed flaws in the forensic evidence presented at trial. In this interview by Anne Holsinger, Death Penalty.. 
Dr. Scott Woodside: Ontario: Ontario's highest court has slammed the forensic psychiatrist who has been defended by who argued that 'Woodside’s mistakes were the “one-off slip-ups” of an “extremely well-respected” expert whose extensive experience included 160 'dangerous offender' assessments,' The Law Times (Key Media Canada Editor) reports…. (Link provided below to the appeal court decision which refers to Charles Smith, the namesake of this Blog - and to The Goudge.. 
Did Michael Cohen Commit Perjury in the Trump Trial? 
Thank a Teacher: In the States Roundup 
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profile: Yan Yan Teague 
Service & Solidarity Spotlight: CLUW Celebrates 50th Anniversary 
Upcoming Speaking Engagements 
Another Chrome Vulnerability 
Ban-the-Box Busted 
Insufficient SCOTUS Cases 
Clemency and Prison Education Benefits Everyone 
Unfixable: Michael Cohen Faces a Reckoning of Biblical Proportions on Cross Examination 
Oklahoma Judge Finds Wade Lay Mentally Incompetent to Be Executed 
The Appearance of Michael Cohen: A Wreck in Search of a Race 
“I See Dead People”: Bragg’s Case Against Trump Goes Paranormal 
LLMs’ Data-Control Path Insecurity 
What You Aren’t Hearing About Marijuana’s Health Effects 
Oklahoma Court Modifies Execution Scheduling Process, Granting Attorney General’s Request to Extend the Interval Between Executions But Choosing to Set Execution Dates Individually 
Articles of Interest: Los Angeles Times Editorial Board Says Systemic Racism in California Death Penalty Is Just One of Many Reasons for Abolition 
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Mating Strategies 
New Attack Against Self-Driving Car AI 
Forfeitures: Govt. Win in SCOTUS with a Warning 
Rogue Prosecutor Event Online Tomorrow 
What Happens When We Support Parents Instead of Sending Them to Prison 
In Memphis, Minor Traffic Stops are Clogging Courts and Draining Resources 
Police Violence on College Campuses is Unacceptable 
States’ Dangerous Attempts at Immigration Enforcement Threaten Our Communities 
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