Philly DA Seth Williams Blocked Child Lifers’ Path to Freedom
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
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Don’t Let The Perfect Be The Enemy of The Good
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
Butter Scores (Terrence Williams U.S. Supreme Court Reversal)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
His name is ‘Butter’, but to lawyers, judges and cops he’s known as Terrance Williams, a man who, in 2012, came within a few days to die. Williams was convicted of the 1984 homicide/robbery of… Full Transcript
Muhammad Ali 1942-2016
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It was Jan. 1942, when the baby, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. was. Born to a working-class Negro family in Louisville, Kentucky. In those days, Kentucky was famous for its distinctive blue grass, its championship horses… Full Transcript
President Barack Obama Blunders Supreme Court Nomination and Rejects Black Democratic Base
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
The American people, in particular the Democratic Party and the Black Democratic base, anxiously awaited the highly anticipated pick for Supreme Court Justice, only to be utterly disappointed with President Barack Obama’s anti-climactic nomination of… Full Transcript
We Don’t Need Another Moderate
Kenneth Hartman
With the passing of the hard-right ideologue Supreme Court Justice Antonio Scalia, President Obama has an opportunity to shape and sharpen the debate in the coming presidential election. But he’ll need to resist the corporate… Full Transcript
Brief Thoughts on Antonin Scalia, Presidential Nominations and Republican Obstructionism
Jaan Laaman
Brief Thoughts on Antonin Scalia, Presidential Nominations, and Republican Obstructionism from Political Prisoner, Jaan Laaman Supreme Court Justice Scalia’s recent death has again exposed the deep divisions among the elite political managers of the U.S.A.… 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
Antonin Scalia 1936-2016
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Justice Antonin Scalia, of the U.S. Supreme Court, famous for his quips and his judicial opinions, is no more. The associate justice appointed to the courts by President Reagan in 1986 was coming up on… 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 Court Decision
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Kerry Shakaboona Marshall: All the juvenile or child lifers within the state of Pennsylvania, over 500 of them and thousands more across the country, is going to be elated to know that they may get… Full Transcript
Muslims Not Welcome
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The image of an imperious Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, speaks volumes as he calls for a ban on Muslims entering the U.S. The comments flood the globe, the latest expression of American fear, hatred… 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
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
Mumia Abu-Jamal With Democracy Now! About Pennsylvania Legislature’s Attack On His Speech
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Amy Goodman: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. As we turn to Pennsylvania, where Republican Governor, Tom Corbett, has just signed into law a bill critics say will… Full Transcript
The Man Called Robert Byrd (Version B)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The longest serving member of the U.S. Senate would have been a title cherished by Robert Carlyle Byrd, who became, among other things, an historian. Byrd’s beginnings were from the white Southern poor, and he… Full Transcript
