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Philly Judges Seek Legal Lynching of Child Lifer
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
July 24-25, 2017, marks the date that Kempis “Ghani” Songster will have a highly-contested resentencing hearing in a Philadelphia courtroom, and we are calling every Woman, Man, and Child, to appear at the Courthouse in… Full Transcript
PA Parole Chairman Rejects Special Protections for Child Lifer Prisoners
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Leo Dunn, Chairman of Pennsylvania’s Board of Probation and Parole (PBPP) has been touring the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections’ (PDOC) prisons to discuss parole review hearings for child lifer prisoners.On January 9, 2017, Chairman Dunn… Full Transcript
Juvenile Lifer Project: Symbol without Substance
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings in Miller v. Alabama and Montgomery v. Louisiana, the PDOC Secretary John Wetzel has implemented the Juvenile Lifer Project (JLP) for the child lifers in the State prison system,… 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
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
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
The Children of Perdition
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Montgomery v. Louisiana (which made its previous Miller v. Alabama ruling (regarding life terms for juveniles retroactive), shined a harsh light on the systems which utilized… Full Transcript
Mandatory Life Without Parole May Violate 8th Amendment Under Miller
Pennsylvania Courts Must Extend Parole to 550 Child Offenders Serving Life Without Parole Sentences
Supreme Court Declares Miller Retroactive to All Children Sentenced to Life Without Parole
Judicial Fury
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court, in its Montgomery v. Louisiana decision, ruled that its earlier 2012 ruling in the Miller v. Alabama case, (limiting life sentences when it came to juvenile defendants) was indeed retroactive… 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
Kerry Shakaboona Marshall Reacts to Supreme Decision Interviewed by Noelle Hanrahan
Chained As Children
Mumia Abu-Jamal
In 2012 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that mandatory life sentences for juveniles was a violation of the Constitution’s Eighth Amendment prohibition against “cruel and unusual punishments.” Ever since then almost a dozen states have… Full Transcript
“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