1 October 201116 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Wardens who protested Troy Davis’s execution: are a rare breed…

originally by: The Nation
published: 24th September 2011

In the waning hours of protests against the execution on Troy Davis by the state of Georgia last Wednesday, one action drew particular notice: a group of six former wardens and correctional officials pleading for clemency and suggesting that prison staffers be allowed to refuse to take part in the death process.

“While most of the prisoners whose executions we participated in accepted responsibility for the crimes for which they were punished,” the wardens’ statement read, “some of us have also executed prisoners who maintained their innocence until the end. It is those cases that are most haunting to an executioner….

2 September 201116 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Police involved in the fatal arrest of Smiley Culture will not face any charges

originally by: The Guardian
2nd September 2011

Police officers who carried out the raid in which the reggae star Smiley Culture allegedly stabbed himself to death are unlikely to face criminal charges, disciplinary action or be officially questioned, the Guardian has learned. The disclosure comes despite an admission by the Independent Police Complaints Commission that the operation at the singer’s home in Warlingham, Surrey, on 15 March was “not satisfactory” and that the actions of at least one officer have been criticised.

In a confidential letter to the singer’s family, Mike Franklin, commissioner of the IPCC, said: “The [IPCC] investigation has identified aspects of the operation which were not satisfactory, and criticisms have been made of some of the officer’s actions. However, these do not meet the threshold for misconduct under the police misconduct system.”

28 August 201116 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Armed police stop and search girls aged nine and 15

originally by: Birmingham Mail
published: 26th August 2011

Two young sisters aged nine and 15 were stopped by armed police hunting robbery suspects as the girls walked to a nearby school to collect exam results.

The girls’ outraged mother today demanded an apology and accused the officers of ignoring tensions in the area following the recent disturbances.

The sisters were stopped and searched by police in Church Road, Aston, yesterday as they travelled to the elder girl’s school to collect her A* GCSE qualifications.