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Slavery Is On The Ballot
Kenjuan Congo Jr.
My inmate number is in ND7568. The title of this piece is “Slavery is on the ballot.” This is Kenjuan Congo, Jr. calling from a prison behind enemy lines. The Thirteenth Amendment punishment clause allows… Full Transcript
John Paul Stevens on Kavanaugh
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“John Paul Stevens on Kavanaugh.” The late Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens, in the last words he wrote in his life, said some interesting thing about then-judge Brett Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh, while a judge on… Full Transcript
Domestic Violence
Charles Karim Diggs
Charles Karim Diggs. I’m a Pennsylvania prisoner at Phoenix, a new prison. And the name of my, uh, title is “Domestic Violence, Harassment, and Denial.” Domestic violence has taken front stage because the president and… Full Transcript
Prison Voters
Charles Karim Diggs
Okay, the obsession with struggling year after year, asking for justice and equality, has caused many African-Americans and others away from the voting polls. They see no use. They hear the same talk, same issues.… Full Transcript
Are We Letting The Great Moment Vanish
Charles Karim Diggs
My name is Charles Karim Diggs. I’m calling from, uh, Pennsylvania Graterford state prison, and the, uh, topic for my, uh, little essay here is, uh, “Are We Letting a Great Moment Vanish?” This nation… Full Transcript
American Prisons as Senior Citizen’s Warehouses
Charles Karim Diggs
Hello everyone. My name is Charles Karim Diggs. I’m at Graterford, uh, prison. And my number is AK7945, Box 244, Graterford, PA 19426. I wanted to, uh, share my feelings about the senior citizens in… Full Transcript
White Supremacy
Charles Karim Diggs
My name is Charles Karim Diggs. My subject today is white supremacy. I think first we have to understand this country was founded by white males, and all the laws, rules, and customs was put… Full Transcript
The Clinton Coup
Pennsylvania Courts and DA’s are Hellbent on Railroading 500 Child Lifers at Resentencing
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
In a 6-3 decision, the nation’s high court, on January 25th, ruled in Montgomery v. Louisiana that its own 2012 ruling in Miller v. Alabama, holding mandatory life sentences without parole for child defenders to… Full Transcript
Brief Thoughts on Antonin Scalia, Presidential Nominations and Republican Obstructionism
Jaan Laaman
Brief Thoughts on Antonin Scalia, Presidential Nominations, and Republican Obstructionism from Political Prisoner, Jaan Laaman Supreme Court Justice Scalia’s recent death has again exposed the deep divisions among the elite political managers of the U.S.A.… Full Transcript
Antonin Scalia 1936-2016
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Justice Antonin Scalia, of the U.S. Supreme Court, famous for his quips and his judicial opinions, is no more. The associate justice appointed to the courts by President Reagan in 1986 was coming up on… Full Transcript
President Obama 13th Amendment
The Constitution and Other Illusions (Version B)
The Constitution and Other Illusions (Version A)
When Ineffective Means Effective
Mumia Abu-Jamal
In a case known as Strickland v. Washington, the U.S. Supreme Court drastically narrowed the range of challenges to the effectiveness and competence of counsel at criminal trials. The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution… Full Transcript
“The idiocies of original intent.” For several decades, right wing ideologues and lawyers have argued that the U.S. Constitution must only be interpreted according to what they call original intent—or according to how the Founding… Full Transcript