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Alabama Execution Using Nitrogen Gas
Jy’Aire Smith-Pennick
So the state of Alabama is about to murder a man, by making him breathe pure nitrogen gas, which is an untested method, a method never used before. I’m having a really hard time processing… Full Transcript
An Attempt at a Direct Appeal
Willie Godbolt
My name is Willy C. Godbolt. I’ve been incarcerated since 2020, here in Mississippi, death row, at the infamous Parchman, Count 29. I was convicted of eight murders, four which being capital murders. I was… Full Transcript
The Death Penalty
Kenjuan Congo Jr.
This is Kenjuan Congo, Jr. calling from a prison camp behind enemy lines. The title of This piece is “The Death Penalty.” The death penalty continues to be a controversial subject in the United States… Full Transcript
The Death of The Death Penalty
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The death of the death penalty. In a stunning surprise, the jury, hearing sentencing arguments in the case of Nicholas Cruz at the Stoneman Douglas School, Parkland, FL for the killing of 17 people, recommended… Full Transcript
D.B.I.
Kenjuan Congo Jr.
This is Kenjuan Congo, Jr. from the belly of the beast. My inmate number is ND7568. In issue number 46 of the Movement, I published an article about death by incarceration. This started a lot… Full Transcript
The Truth About The Death Penalty
William A. Noguera
I am William A. Noguera, and this piece is entitled “The Truth About The Death Penalty.” I’m calling from Death Row at San Quentin Prison. Mention the death penalty, and people usually take sides: those… Full Transcript
Equal Protection: Fact or Fiction
William A. Noguera
Hello, and welcome to Prison Radio commentaries. I am William A. Noguera, and this piece is entitled “Equal Protection: Fact or Fiction.” In this country, everyone is supposed to be treated equally and fairly. However,… Full Transcript
Virginia Departs The Death Game
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Virginia Departs the Death Game.” The state of Virginia, long the center of the American system of using the death penalty, has now, just days ago, abolished it. Virginia, the state from which most U.S. presidents… Full Transcript
Color of Mercy
Spoon Jackson
“Color of Mercy,” a monologue by Spoon Jackson. I am a desert turtle flipped on its back under a hot summer sun, unable to turn up right there’s so much pain. So much disappointment in my… Full Transcript
An Abolitionist Life
Mumia Abu-Jamal
What does it mean to call oneself an abolitionist? The word doesn’t mean today what it meant 150 years ago. Then, it meant an end to what some have called ‘America’s Original Sin’–Slavery. Today? Well,… Full Transcript
For Dylann Roof: Life
Mumia Abu-Jamal
For Dylann Roof, the next few days and weeks of his young life will prove his most memorable. That’s saying something, considering his slaughter of 9 sweet souls in a Black Charleston church. For, in… Full Transcript
On Politics
Clintonism Defined
Judging Injustice
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Several weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision, as rare as it i was remarkable. It overturned a decision by the PA Supreme Court, strongly rebuked that court’s former chief justice, and issued… Full Transcript
The Clinton Coup
Mumia Abu-Jamal
One can hardly recall the Clinton years without becoming awash in a wave of exhaustion. For despite the rosy cast granted by the passage of time, it was in fact a time of immense loss… Full Transcript
Mumia Featured on Democracy Now
Mumia Abu-Jamal
JUAN GONZÁLEZ: We end today’s show with news that a federal judge has denied a request from former Black Panther and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal for a life-saving medication that could cure his hepatitis C. Mumia… Full Transcript
Shorty’s Fight For Justice
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It was many years ago, 1991 in fact, when James “Shorty” Dennis was convicted of first degree murder in the killing of an attractive high school student named Shadel Williams. This was despite eyewitness evidence… Full Transcript
Shorty Wins Again
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It’s been several years since Jimmy Dennis, known to his fellow denizens of death row as Shorty, was granted a new trial by U.S. Federal District Court. In that case, in 2013, Judge Anita Brody… Full Transcript
If You Die in Prison, It’s the Death Penalty
Kenneth Hartman
For the 5000 prisoners serving life without the possibility of parole sentences in California, defeating Proposition 62 must be our top priority. If it passes, we’re all as good as dead. It’s important to read… Full Transcript
My Final Journey I’m strapped to a gurney for my final journey for all to see. Premeditated homicide is what it will be. Now the liquid will flow through the IV below. My eyes will… Full Transcript