11 January 201521 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Immigrant children still being detained, figures show

source: The Independent
published: 8 January 2015

More than 600 children, the majority under 12 years old, have been put in detention under immigration rules in the four years since the Government claimed to have ended the controversial practice.

A new analysis of Home Office statistics by The Independent also reveals that the number of children being held increased from 127 in 2011 to 228 in 2013 – an 80 per cent rise. This is despite Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg stating in December 2010: “We are ending the shameful practice that last year alone saw over 1,000 children – 1,000 innocent children – imprisoned.”

8 January 201521 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Death of Tanisha Anderson, ruled a homicide

source: The Huff Post
published: 2 January 2015

The death of Tanisha Anderson, the Cleveland woman who died in police custody late last year, has been ruled a homicide.

According to the Northeast Ohio Media Group, the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office announced its assessment on Friday, saying that the woman died “as a result of being physically restrained in a prone position by Cleveland police.”

Anderson suffered from heart disease and mental illness. The medical examiner’s office said those conditions were also factors in her death, per CBS News.

19 December 201420 December 2022 4WardEverUK

George Stinney Jr: Black 14-year-old boy exonerated 70 years after he was executed

source: The Independent
published: 19 December 2014

George Stinney Jr became the youngest person to be executed in the US in the 20th century when he was sent to the electric chair in 1944, but more than 70 years after his death his conviction has been overturned.

Circuit Judge Carmen Mullen said the speed with which the state meted out justice against the boy was shocking and extremely unfair, and that his case was one of “great injustice” in her ruling exonerating Stinney Jr.