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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
Mandatory Life Without Parole May Violate 8th Amendment Under Miller
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
In Miller v. Alabama, United States Supreme Court held that imposing a mandatory sentence on a child offender constituted a cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The question remained whether the… Full Transcript
Pennsylvania Courts Must Extend Parole to 550 Child Offenders Serving Life Without Parole Sentences
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
In the aftermath of Miller v. Alabama, a case that abolished automatic life without parole sentencing of children convicted of murder, the question has arisen whether its holding in Miller is retroactive to child offenders… Full Transcript
Supreme Court Declares Miller Retroactive to All Children Sentenced to Life Without Parole
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
In a six three decision, the Supreme Court of the United States held in Montgomery v. Louisiana that Miller’s prohibition on automatic life without parole sentences for child homicide offenders announced a new substantive rule… Full Transcript
Pennsylvania Need Not Create a New Law to Parole 550 Child Lifer Prisoners
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
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
A Summary Review of the Supreme Court’s Montgomery Decision
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
In Miller v. Alabama, the court held that mandatory life without parole for child homicide offenders violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, because a child under the age of eighteen convicted… Full Transcript
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
The Pennsylvania DOC Attempt to Assassinate Mumia Abu-Jamal
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Attempt to Assassinate Mumia Abu-Jamal,” by Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall Many people may question the government’s attempt to murder political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal while in prison, but such people just aren’t… Full Transcript
The Conversation’s Started
Kenneth Hartman
After more than 35 years, it looks like the conversation’s finally started about the cruelty and the unfairness of life without parole sentences. Academics and activists have been talking about it, but now, on August… Full Transcript
The Other Death Penalty: Five Reasons to Abolish Death by Incarceration
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“The Other Death Penalty: Five Reasons to Abolish Death by Incarceration,” by Shakaboona. Life without parole sentences. It is often called “the other death penalty.” But, today, we simply call life without parole sentences what… Full Transcript
June 6th Rally
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“Statement for the June 6th Rally,” by Shakaboona. My name is Shakaboona. At the age of 17, I was certified as an adult for the charge of robbery homicide, given an unfair trial, and was… Full Transcript
The Trouble With Prison
Kenneth Hartman
The Trouble with Prison. Plato’s allegory of the cave describes how the limited perceptions of men leave them measuring the world with only the distorted reflections of reality. The trouble with prison, as it is… Full Transcript
It turns out, we’re the barbarians. It’s not often the mainstream corporate media broadcasts something so powerful it shatters preconceptions and calls into question conventionally accepted narratives. But on April 3rd, CBS’s 60 Minutes ran… Full Transcript