Prison News: prisoners

Wrongful Conviction of Youth - Devontae Sanford

False confessions by dysfunctional people are a fact of life. Sanford's confession is about as probative as those given under torture during the Spanish Inquisition, so what gave it enough legs to land Sanford in prison on a guilty plea?

State by State Database | Death Penalty Information Center

Check out CALI's statistics: State by State Database | Death Penalty Information Center

Lawsuit Challenges FDA's Inaction on Lethal Injection Drugs in Many States

On February 2, the national law firm of Sidley Austin LLP filed a suit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in federal court on behalf of six death row inmates from Arizona, California, and Tennessee. The suit seeks to compel the FDA to bar the importation or use of unapproved sodium thiopental, a drug used by most states in lethal injections, but no longer available in the U.S.

Death Penalty Documentary: Execution Tour of NC Death Row

A death penalty documentary short film (10 minutes) by Scott Langley. The warden of North Carolina's Central Prison (Marvin Polk) narrates the preparation and final hours before a state execution in Raleigh, where the execution facilities are located.

Second Look Legislation for Juveniles

It's time to start fighting for our youth to get a 2nd chance at living... at life. Making youths stand trial as adults, do time with adults and serve adult sentences is just outright wrong. There is no excuse for a society that prides itself on education and family to have such disgusting morals when it comes to the future of our country... the youth!