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40th Anniversary
Karen Brown
Today I’d like to share that on February the 8th, I’ll be incarcerated 40 years. I grew up from the age 21 to soon-to-be 62. That number 40 is weighing on me pretty heavy because… Full Transcript
Felony Murder Before PA Supreme Court
Matthew Garcia
Good evening everybody. Salutations. This is Matthew Garcia. I’m calling from SCI Chester. I’m from Philadelphia. I have a petition online with change.org for the Derek Lee case, where the PA Supreme Court is ready… Full Transcript
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 135
Kenjuan Congo Jr.
This is Kenjuan Congo, Jr. calling from a prison camp behind enemy lines. Pennsylvania Senate Bill 135 is parole eligibility for those who are serving life sentences, and of course, people are going to scream… 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
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
Everything That Is Wrong With America
Kevin Cooper
This is Kevin Cooper, and I’m sending my respects and my appreciation to all of you, and to my cultural brother, Mumia Abu-Jamal. Everything that is wrong in America is represented in what is wrong… Full Transcript
Batts II: An Atrocity Towards Children
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Batts II Decision is an Atrocity Towards Child Offenders,” by Shakaboona. There was no victory in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Batts II case decision. In fact, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision was… Full Transcript
Interview on The Other Death Penalty Project
Kenneth Hartman
Speaker 1 0:00 This is Prison Radio, and my name is Carol Seligman. Today we speak with Kenneth E. Hartman, Executive Director of The Other Death Penalty Project, and editor of the forthcoming book, “Too… Full Transcript
The Cost of Loss
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
PA Federal Judge Says Re-sentencing To 35-Years-to-Life is Illegal
Philly DA Seth Williams Blocked Child Lifers’ Path to Freedom
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“Philly District Attorney Seth Williams Blocked Child Lifers’ Path to Freedom,” by Shakaboona. In June 2012 the United States Supreme Court abolished mandatory life without parole sentencing schemes for child homicide offenders in Miller v.… Full Transcript
If You Die in Prison, It’s the Death Penalty
House Bill 2135 and Parole Eligibility for Life Sentence Prisoners
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
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
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
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
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
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
LWOP: Life Without Parole
Asar Imhotep Amen
My name is Troy Thomas. I’m calling from Lancaster, California. You have a lot of people in California, I think, like 4500 or so that are doing LWOP, and our state has given up on… Full Transcript
The Free Virginia Movement
Uhuru Rowe
This is Comrade Uhuru of the Free Virginia Movement. As we inch ever so closer towards the September 9 anniversary of the Attica Prison Rebellion, which happened back in 1971, we, of the Free Virginia… Full Transcript
We’re the Barbarians
Kenneth Hartman
We’re the barbarians. The mainstream media rarely broadcasts something so powerful it calls into question conventional narratives. But on April 3, CBS’ 60 Minutes ran a segment about how prisoners are treated in Germany, that… Full Transcript
Peace. This is Knowledge Born God Allah, honorable Darren C. Stanley. Peace to all my listeners. I want the people to know where I’m coming from. For 37 years, I have walked San Quentin’s death row.… Full Transcript