Prison News Update (Archive) Supreme Court delays execution By Terry Kinney, Associated Press Dec. 5, 2006 US Supreme Court refuses to lift stay of Ohio inmate execution Associated Press Dec. 4, 2006 The Real Costs of Prison Budget Cuts by Jerry Smiley, Prisonersolidarity.org Dec. 3, 2006 Boogieman’s Death Won’t End Iraqi Resistance By Dennis S. Boatwright, Prisonersolidarity.org Dec. 2, 2006 Kumi Ya Nne Kanuni Daraka (The Fourteen Principles of Responsibility) By Raynell D. Morgan (aka K T Z Damali), Prisonersolidarity.org Dec. 2, 2006 2 execution dates hand Strickland a hot issue early Matt Leingang, Associated Press Dec. 1, 2006 Court grants stay of execution Annie Hall, Cincinnati Enquirer Dec. 1, 2006 Petition for Clemency for Jerome Henderson Alice Lynd, Prisonersolidarity.org Nov. 28, 2006 Sign Petition Online
Information on Henderson Case Ohio Death Penalty Information Blog Nov. 28, 2006 John Spirko granted inclusion in Ohio lethal-injection challenge case Ohio Death Penalty Information Blog Nov. 28, 2006 Board gives no clemency to convicted murderer Annie Hall, Cincinnati Enquirer Nov. 22, 2006 Kentucky Supreme Court upholds state’s injection method Associated Press Nov. 22, 2006 Strickland, Dann both leery of death-penalty process Alan Johnson, Columbus Dispatch Nov. 19, 2006 Jerome Henderson, Kenneth Biros allowed inclusion in Ohio lethal-injection challenge case Ohio Death Penalty Information Blog Nov. 10, 2006 Ohio AG-elect Marc Dann statement on need for death-penalty study in Ohio Ohio Death Penalty Information Blog Aufio file Nov. 9, 2006 Texas Inmates Protest Conditions With Hunger Strikes By Ralph Blumenthal, New York Times Nov. 8, 2006 States use drugs to calm condemned before execution By Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press Nov. 3, 2006 American Prison Planet. The Bush Administration as Global Jailor By Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com Nov. 2, 2006 Death row prisoner takes his life By Gloria Rubac, Workers World Oct. 26, 2006 Life from Death Row Local and national activists fight to kill capital punishment with University of Toledo event By Rick Claypool, Toledo City Paper Oct. 25, 2006 A Condemned Man Speaks Out TCPs exclusive interview with Siddique Abdullah Hasan By Rick Claypool, Toledo City Paper Oct. 25, 2006 We do not have a humane and peaceful way of killing Barbara Becnel discusses the death of Crips founder By Rick Claypool, Toledo City Paper Oct. 25, 2006 Appeals court clears way for cult leader’s execution The Associated Press Oct. 24, 2006 Court sets December execution date for 1985 killing The Associated Press Oct. 23, 2006 Poll: Does the death penalty prevent murders? No 59.2 % Yes 35.9 % Canton Repository, Oct. 21, 2006 Condemned mans fate passed to Tafts successor Alan Johnson, Columbus Dispatch Oct. 21, 2006 Legendary Historian Staughton Lynd on the 1993 Lucasville Prison Uprising By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now Oct. 20, 2006 Staughton Lynd tells the hidden story of… The Lucasville Prison revolt By Patrick Dyer, Socialist Worker Oct. 20, 2006 Freedom sought for Lucasville Five By Sharon Danann, Workers World Oct. 19, 2006 Execution Delayed By Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press Oct. 17, 2006 A Time Bomb Waiting to Explode (Ohio’s Protective Custody Prisoners Fill Cells at Lucasville) By Clarence Bogan, Prisonersolidarity.org Oct. 17, 2006 “He never let them break his Spirit” Book review of Kunta Kenyatta’s “Life after Life” by C. Red Horse Driscoll, Prisonersolidarity.org Oct. 15, 2006 ACLU says wrong man convicted of killing guard Court papers blame perjured testimony John Caniglia, Cleveland Plain Dealer Oct. 13, 2006 Is lethal injection barbaric? Ohio revisits the ethics of execution By Daniel Sturm, Columbus Free Press Oct. 12, 2006 Lethal injection takes the stand In Ohio, a botched execution has led some to ask if lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment By Daniel Sturm, Youngstown Walruss Oct. 11, 2006 The Illusion of Hope&Is all but gone By Steven Woods (From Texas Death Row) Alternative Press Review Oct. 11, 2006 In Defense of Siddique Abdullah Hasan By Staughton Lynd, Prisonersolidarity.org Oct. 10, 2006 The fourth World Day Against the Death Penalty: Executions as a failure of justice Amnesty International Oct. 10, 2006 Petro seeks 5 th reprieve for killer on Death Row By Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press Oct. 8, 2006 Blood Revenge, the Death Penalty and Kevin Cooper. The Walls That Racism Built By Elizabeth Terzakis, Counterpunch.org Oct. 4, 2006 The Chaos Behind California Executions By Maura Dolan and Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times Oct. 2, 2006
Doctor says ethics stopped him from aiding execution By David Kravets, Associated Press Sept. 29, 2006 ‘Chopper out of here,’ salad for later: inmates’ last day By Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press Sep. 29, 2006 Sedation May Fail in California Executions, Doctor Testifies By Maura Dolan and Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times Sept. 28, 2006 Life After Life [PDF] By Kunta Kenyatta, Prisonersolidarity.org Sept. 24, 2006 End Medical Experimentation on Prisoners Now By Silva J.A. Talvi, In These Times Sept. 26, 2006 WHY? By Raynell D. Morgan (Aka. Tebogo Zulu Damali), Prisonersolidarity.org Sept. 23, 2006 The U.S.-China Undeclared Cold War and Tougher Times for African Americans By Dennis Boatwright, Prisonersolidarity.org Sept. 23, 2006 Witness describes prolonged, painful execution By Ben Nuckols, Associated Press Sep. 22, 2006 Time to End the Barbarity By Siddique A. Hasan, Prisonersolidarity.org Sept. 18, 2006 Inspired By Travis Bray, Prisonersolidarity.org Sept. 15, 2006 Who am I? By Kamaal Q.M. Deen, Prisonersolidarity.org Sept. 13, 2006 Finding Bickel Gold in a Hill of Beans [PDF] By Douglas A. Berman, Cato Supreme Court Review September 2006 Will You Save Me? By Ali Khalid Abdullah, Prisonersolidarity.org Sept. 8, 2006 Problems Alleged in Execution of Crips Co-Founder By Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times Sept. 6, 2006 Lucasville killer testified on riot; now he walks By John Caniglia, The Cleveland Plain Dealer Sept. 4, 2006 Blue Monday By Pascal Morgan, Prisonersolidarity.org Aug. 22, 2006 In Search of a Penpal By Jeffery Miller, Prisonersolidarity.org Aug. 15, 2006 Saving Our Youth By Daniel McCauley, Prisonersolidarity.org Aug. 10, 2006 An Innocent Man on Texas Death Row By Michael Toney, Prisonersolidarity.org Aug. 1, 2006 Racial Hatred and Profiling By Mosi O. Paki, Prisonersolidarity.org July 15, 2006 A Prisoners State of Mind By Fred Tuitasi, Prisonersolidarity.org July 7, 2006 Homage to Black Women By Nikki Blakely, Prisonersolidarity.org July 1, 2006 Our Rights: Religious Land Uses and Institutionalized Persons Act By Rashid Junaid, Prisonersolidarity.org June 31, 2006 Choices By Greg Curry, Prisonersolidarity.org June 30, 2006 The Struggle By Azim Jahaar (Kelly Watts), Prisonersolidarity.org June 27, 2006 YSU Prison Forum in the News The Vindicator / Tribune Chronicle June 11, 2006 Who killed Officer Vallandingham? By Staughton Lynd, Prisonersolidarity.org June 10, 2006 Death Row inmate may receive fourth reprieve By Alan Johnson, The Columbus Dispatch June 8, 2006 What Makes a Man Cheat? By Ali Khalid Abdullah, Prisonersolidarity.org June 1, 2006 Justices reverse death penalty over killer’s abusive childhood By Carrie Spencer Ghose, The Associated Press May 31, 2006 Stuck in the Slammer (Youngstown, Ohio) By Miriam Gottfried, Forbes.com May 22, 2006 The Parallels of Prisoner Abuse: A Glimpse Into the Psychological Abuse of Ohio’s Inmates By Jason Goudlock, Prisonersolidarity.org May 21, 2006 “If I snooze, I lose my life”. An interview with Keith LaMar By Kevin Lowery, Prisonersolidarity.org May 20, 2006 The Unseen, Uncounted Casualties of the Death Penalty By Michael Kroll, New America Media May 18, 2006 Ohio officials spar over Clark execution By Jim Provance, Toledo Blade May 18, 2006 Senate committee recommends confirming new prisons director By Carrie Spence Ghose, Associated Press May 17, 2006 Lethal Injection (Barbie Jail Fun series) By Isabelle Heitzmann of Paris, France Death Penalty Art Show, Texas Moratorium Network Audio May 7, 2006 The Slow Rot at Supermax By Richard A. Serrano, The Los Angeles Times May 5, 2006 The Outside Story An ex-con’s legal magazine fights for prisoners’ rights By Jenna Fisher, New York Review of Magazines Spring/Summer 2006 Update on death row inmates from our area By Greg Sowinski, The Lima News May 8, 2006 Lethal Injection (Barbie Jail Fun series) By Isabelle Heitzmann of Paris, France Death Penalty Art Show, Texas Moratorium Network May 7, 2006 Take My Life, Please Merciful (but messy) alternatives to lethal injection. By Hanny Hindi, Slate.com May 5, 2006 This is no way to seek justice Regina Brett, The Cleveland Plain Dealer May 5, 2006 Clark execution raises lethal-injection issues By Jim Provance and Christina Hall, Toledo Blade May 4, 2006 ‘It don’t work,’ inmate says during botched execution Alan Johnson, The Columbus Dispatch May 3, 2006 Problems bog down execution of Clark Drugs take his life after 86 minutes May 3, 2006 By Jim Provance and Christina Hall, The Toledo Blade Death penalty foes hope Ohio execution problems draw attention Erica Ryan, Associated Press May 3, 2006 A Letter from Pelican Bay State Prison By Fred Tuitasi, Prisonersolidarity.org May 3, 2006 Why the Outrage? By Siddique Abdullah Hasan, Prisonersolidarity.org May 3, 2006 A Critical Look at the American War on Drugs By Ron Ridenour, Prisonersolidarity.org April 24, 2006 “Appropriate Medical Care” and the Paradox of Sanitized Execution: Doctors and Lethal Injection.” By Justin E. Smith, Counterpunch.org April 20, 2005 “The Death Penalty: No Evidence for Deterrence” By John Donohue and J.J. Wolfers, The Economists’ Voice Vol. 3: No. 5, Article 3 (2006) Amnesty International’s New Worldwide Death Penalty Report Finds United States Still Among Top Executing Countries Amnesty International April 19, 2006 Board advises Taft not to stop Clark execution By Jim Provance, The Toledo Blade April 18, 2006 Exonerated death-row inmate says Ohio needs to take good look at system By Beth L. Jokinen, Lima News April 13, 2006 Kenny Richey supporters to petition PM Alan Roden, Evening News (Scotland) April 13, 2006 Ohio to settle Elkins lawsuit Local man exonerated in 1998 murder, rape to get $1.075 million for his years in prison By Phil Trexler, The Akron Beacon Journal March 31, 2006 My death row romance is finished, reveals Richey Jacqui Goddard, The Scotsman March 30, 2006 Judge says inmate entitled to retrial Cleveland man on death row By Mike Tobin, The Cleveland Plain Dealer March 25, 2006 Family and Marriage By Rashid Junaid, Prisonersolidarity.org March 25, 2006 Death-row inmate recounts life By Paul E. Kostyu Copley, The Canton Repository March 23, 2006 Allah’s Saving Power By Chiwanda Gambo, Prisonersolidarity.org March 21, 2006 Verdict may mean millions By Alan Johnson, The Columbus Dispatch March 16, 2006 Death Row Scot to kiss fiancée for first time The Edinburgh Evening News (Scotland) March 13, 2006 A Moment in Time Kelly Watts, Prisonersolidarity.org March 1, 2006 The Lucasville Uprising: New Discoveries S. Lynd, Prisonersolidarity.org Feb. 27, 2006 Justices won’t expand death penalty review Gina Holland, The Associated Press Feb. 27, 2006 Lawmakers apologize to exonerated man Howard Fischer, Arizona Daily Sun Feb. 21, 2006 A Change Within Oneself Yusuf A. Khalid, Prisonersolidarity.org Feb. 19, 2006 Life is What Life Does Printess Williams, Prisonersolidarity.org Feb. 19, 2006 Still Feeling the Downpouring of Injustice Greg Curry, Prisonersolidarity.org Feb. 19, 2006 Brother’s nightmares come to end after forgiving sister’s murderer Carol Biliczky, Akron Beacon Journal Feb. 18, 2006 Supreme Court Puzzles Some With Mixed Answers on Lethal Injection Charles Lane, Washington Post Feb. 10, 2006 Execution follows apology Stephanie Warsmith, Akron Beacon Journal Feb. 8, 2006 When Death Is on the Docket, the Moral Compass Wavers Benedict Carey, The New York Times Feb. 7, 2006 New discoveries about the Lucasville uprising Staughton Lynd, The Columbus Free Press Feb. 7, 2006 Taft denies clemency to Benner Stephanie Warsmith, Beacon Journal Feb. 6, 2006 Book review The Cost of Prisons Tom Montgomery-Fate, Sojourners Feb. 6, 2006 Travesties of Justice: An interview with S.A Hasan By Daniel Sturm, Columbus Free Press Feb. 5, 2006 Supermax prisons losing favor as demand shifts Charlie Frago, Democrat-Gazette Feb. 5, 2006 On behalf of Glenn Benner Staughton & Alice Lynd, Prisonersolidarity.org Feb. 1, 2006 Patriot Act provision could limit inmate appeals James Kuhnhenn, Knight Ridder Newspapers Jan. 31, 2006 Amnesty says U.S. executes many mentally ill By Alan Elsner, Reuters Jan 31, 2006 Judge Requests Clemency for a Killer He Condemned Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times Jan. 27, 2006 Contemplating Torture Bill Nichols, Prisonersolidarity.org Jan. 27, 2006 A Death Row Blogger’s Advice for Life Eric Rich, Washington Post Jan. 27, 2006 Hearing Set on Lethal Injections Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times Jan. 27, 2006 Tainted Trials, Stolen Justice The Mercury News Jan. 22-26, 2005 Ohio’s top court hears death penalty case Ryan Merrill, The Lantern Jan. 25, 2006 A Special Tribute to Lewis Williams Jr. Carl Hyde, Prisonersolidarity.org January 25, 2006 |