24 November 201016 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Anti-death penalty activist meets with Troy

all credits: AJC News
November 2010

A prominent anti-death penalty activist visited a Georgia death row inmate who claims he was wrongly convicted.

Sister Helen Prejean said Monday that Troy Anthony Davis was in “strong spirits” and that he gave a persuasive argument about his case during her visit with him at the Georgia State Prison in Jackson.

Davis has spent nearly 20 years on death row for the 1989 slaying of an off-duty police officer and has long claimed new evidence would clear his name if a court gave him a chance to present it.

17 November 201016 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Habib Ullah: Long awaited inquest commences

provided by: Justice 4 Habib Ullah Campaign
published: 16th November 2010

Statement from the family of Habib Ullah:

Habib Ullah’s inquest commenced on 6th December, and will run to 15th December 2010 @ the Evreham Centre, Iver near Slough. We are looking for support in key ways:

1) Attend the inquest and pledge your support to come to one sitting – most days there will be a morning and afternoon session. Come and support the family and the campaign.

2) If you cannot attend please put a message of support up on the Facebook page or on the website.

17 November 201016 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Johannes Mehserle sentenced in Oscar Grant shooting trial

originally published by: AssociatedContent.com
published: 8th November 2010

Johannes Mehserle, the former Bay Area Rapid Transit cop who shot and killed Oscar Grant, a man who was being detained for a fight on a train on New Year’s Day 2009, has been sentenced to two years for involuntary manslaughter, according to the New York Daily News. The sentencing came down from Judge Robert Perry.

After the sentencing, riots and protests broke out all over California, with stores being broken in to and looted and areas around the state were also being vandalized. The family’s reaction to the two-year prison term was one of disgust, as they were hoping for the maximum term of 14 years for Mehserle, according to Yahoo News.