Last Updated Stories in The Cochran Firm

(UPDATED) Paul House: Innocent and Handicapped on TN Death Row

Attached is an article about a man on death row, and despite the high court ruling that he is probably innocent, important folks apparently intend to have themselves an execution!Multiple sclerosis victim, Paul...

Announcing Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill ("AIMI")

Personal tragedy sometimes gives rise to important new legislation, organizations, and programs promoting social change that benefits Americans, like the Amber Alert, America’s Most Wanted, Mothers Against...

Mama, by Mary Neal

She's just one of those womenwho took care of other people’s houses and childrenExcept during cotton-picking season, because the fields paid per poundIncreasing her daily take-home from $3 to $10She’s...

DOG JUSTICE, by Mary Neal

Too bad you weren't a dog, my brotherIn my heart, I criedMany more people would care about youAnd wonder why you diedYou had no spots or floppy earsYou never fetched a ballInstead, you were a human beingBut poor,...

The Lynching, by Mary Neal (wrongfuldeathoflarryneal.com)

 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. Psalm 7:11Amid the uproar regarding the comment by Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman, who said that today's young players...

Updated~ Kilpatrick: Gov Won't Give Me Fair Shake! by Mary Neal

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is under increasing pressure to resign or face being removed from office.  But perhaps with his impressive defense “dream team,” Kilpatrick may believe it is best to hold...

TASER DEATH TOLL HELD SECRET, by Mary Neal

Burke said right: "All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing"Police use of Tasers continue to be a matter of grave concern to human...

Michigan - $3.25 Million Suit re Torture/Death of Sick Prisoner

A settlement has been reached in the lawsuit involving the prison torture and death of Timothy Souders, a young man with psychiatric problems who was shackled to a cement slab for four days until his...

Memphis Police Department Hiring – Perhaps Blacks Need Not Apply

There are 500 police jobs up for grabs on the Memphis Police Department, but according to an Associated Press article released July 9, 2008, perhaps African Americans need not apply.  The article reports...

Petition to the U. S. Justice Department

Dog Justice Is Needed for the Mentally Illhttp://www.petitiononline.com/Neal/petition.html To:  United States Department of...

Mental Patients Gassed in Florida, by Mary Neal

As a child, I watched a movie that presented a shocking display of man's inhumanity to man, and it impressed me for life:  The Diary of Anne Frank.  It awakened me to the fact...

Letter to Denise Brown, Sister of Nicole Brown, from Mary Neal, Victim of The...

Re:  Hattie Neal and Mary Neal v. The (Johnny) Cochran FirmUnited States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Div;  Civil Action No. 1:07-cv-1935-TCB; Legal Malpractice, Fraud, Contract...

Be Careful, Bush Administration! Stay Back, Doctor Kevorkian!

A wise man wrote, “We all face disabilities sooner or later, if we live long enough.”  Posted below in this article is one of the most life-affirming messages and videos ever. The video...

Memphis Police Taped Beating Transsexual Detainee - $1.3 Million Lawsuit File...

Duanna Johnson is filing a $1.3 million lawsuit for her beating while in custody of Memphis/Shelby County police officers, which was caught on tape.  A local television station carried...

(updated) Another Death by Memphis-Shelby County Police?

It seems that there are more reports of law officers being held accountable for their abuses of power lately.  If so, this is a very positive development for citizens and for honest law officers who want to...

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