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El Comadante Fidel Castro, Presidente
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro, the iconic revolutionary leader, beloved by many and hated by few, has passed away Friday (11-25-2016) at the ripe old age of 90 in his homeland of Cuba. The news… Full Transcript
Family Day Program Fails to Deliver
The long-awaited Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC) Juvenile Lifer Program’s “Friends Family Day For Child Lifers” was held in late October at SCI-Rockview for the 31 Child Lifers at that institution. Attended by officials from… Full Transcript
White Supremacist Controlling the White House
America is facing dire straits ahead. Donald J. Trump is now President-Elect, the Republicans have won the majority in the House and Senate, the majority of Governors are Republicans, Trump’s Cabinet positions are being filled… Full Transcript
Elections by the Numbers
The 2016 elections for the United States presidency was truly a nail-biter that went down to the wire to determine the winner. But in the end, Donald J. Trump seized electoral victory and has now… Full Transcript
Hillary Clinton and the DNC are to Blame
It’s official, after the stunning upset victory over Hillary Clinton, Donald J. Trump is now the President-Elect of the United States of America. Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee (DNC), after losing the electoral… Full Transcript
Juvenile Lifer Project: Symbol without Substance
Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings in Miller v. Alabama and Montgomery v. Louisiana, the PDOC Secretary John Wetzel has implemented the Juvenile Lifer Project (JLP) for the child lifers in the State prison system,… Full Transcript
Denial of Transfer Prevents Representation
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions in Miller v. Alabama and Montgomery v. Louisiana held that mandatory Life-Without-Parole (LWOP) sentences were unlawful for child homicide offenders and required trial courts to provide child homicide offenders a… Full Transcript
Courts Ruling in Mumia Exposes PA Dept of Corrections’ Modern Tuskeegee Experiment
PA Federal Judge Says Re-sentencing To 35-Years-to-Life is Illegal
Philly DA Seth Williams Blocked Child Lifers’ Path to Freedom
Donald Trump: Genius or Idiot?
Chickens Coming Home to Roost
A Silent War Being Waged on African Americans
In the wake of the July 4th weekend, rogue police officers committed cold-blooded murder of three African American men in separate incidents in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and St. Paul, Minnesota. The world… Full Transcript
Why Black and Latino Americans Won’t Vote for Trump or the Republican Party
Lets face some truths here, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has an image problem of being racist, xenophobic, sexist, and a politically unpolished blabbering brute. Trump represents everything that is wrong with the Republican Party.… Full Transcript
House Bill 2135 and Parole Eligibility for Life Sentence Prisoners
In a House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda posted May 25,2016 to all House members, Representative Jason Dawkins announced he will be introducing a bill in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives that will abolish Life-Without-Parole (LWOP) imprisonment in… Full Transcript
Philly District Attorney Trades One Illegal Sentence For Another
Philadelphia District Attorney (D.A.) Seth Williams finally released his Juvenile Resentencing Protocol in compliance with the U.S. Supreme Court rulings in Miller vs. Alabama and Montgomery vs. Louisiana. D.A. Seth Williams has stated “we are… Full Transcript
PA Parole Board Lags Behind In Reform for Child Lifers
Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (PBPP) is in the pits when it comes to reforming the way it handles parole review of child offenders and child lifer prisoners. In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court… Full Transcript
“Court Injunction Granted to Mumia Abu-Jamal for Hep C Treatment” by Shakaboona. The detestable Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, who have been denying cures has Hep C treatment to Mumia Abu-Jamal and 10,000 Hep C infected… Full Transcript