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For the Youth Hope
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The U.S. Supreme Court issued another landmark ruling recently when it announced, in Montgomery V. Louisiana, that life imprisonment without parole was unconstitutional for juvenile prisoners, and that they should be granted new sentences or… Full Transcript
Speech to the National Convention of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty
Kenneth Hartman
Speech to the National Convention of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty, delivered November 13, 2015 via telephone from the California State Prison, Los Angeles County in Lancaster, California. Greetings, from inside California’s prison… Full Transcript
Save Kerry Shakaboona Marshall PSA
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall: Hello. My name is Shakaboona. At 17 years old, I was sentenced to life without parole in the Pennsylvania State Prison system. Thus far, I have served 28 years in prison. I… Full Transcript
You Will Know Them By Their Actions
Kenneth Hartman
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, It’s not the actions of our enemies that we’ll remember, it’s the silence of our friends.” While he said this in a wholly different context, the principle… Full Transcript
Life As An Innocent Prisoner
Lorenzo Cat Johnson
A lot of people know me as an innocent prisoner who served sixteen and a half years before a federal court vacated my life sentence and sent me home, only for the United States Supreme… Full Transcript
Sydney Underground Film Festival
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Dear friends in Sydney, on the move! I’m tempted to give that common Aussie greeting “G’day,” but it’s not a good day. It hasn’t been a good day for many, many years for me or… Full Transcript
On January 25, 2016 the United States Supreme Court decided the case of Montgomery v. Louisiana, holding that Miller v. Alabama’s prohibition on mandatory life without parole for child homicide offenders is retroactive, on state collateral… Full Transcript