Month: September 2015

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Man Who Likened Himself To George Zimmerman Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder

by Xena

 

Twenty-nine year old Lukace Kendle is going to prison. Friday, he was convicted of second-degree murder with a firearm and attempted murder in the June 1, 2012, shooting that killed Kijuan Byrd, 29, and paralyzed Michael Smathers, 38. Kendle faces life behind bars.

 

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Guns in a racially biased U.S. is a bad idea.

Guns in the U.S. that does not provide universal mental health care is a bad idea.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 9.7
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#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 9.7

#PrisonReform Tweets 9.5
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#PrisonReform Tweets 9.5

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Brothers McCollum 51, Brown 47, Finally Compensated after 30 years wrongfully incarcerated

Henry McCollum sits stunned as applause rings out in a Robeson County courtroom in Lumberton, N.C. Tuesday, September 2, 2014, after a judge has declared McCollum and his brother Leon Brown innocent of a brutal rape murder for which they have spent 30 years in prison. Behind him is Beverly Lake, Jr., founder of the Innocence Commission, who was vital in the process to free the men. Photo: Chuck Liddy/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT via Getty Images

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The knife pulled half way out kind of justice.

The knife pulled half way out kind of good news.

 

#AbolishPrisons