Georgia Execution for September 23: Troy Anthony Davis, Possibly Innocent

Troy Anthony Davis is scheduled for execution by lethal injection  in Georgia on September 23, 2008.  Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the ACLU, is appealing to the public to object to Mr....

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...

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...

Senator Biden for VP - Excellent News for Mental Health Care Advocates!

THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR MENTAL HEALTH!  Senator Joseph Biden, co-sponsor of the Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act, has agreed to be Senator Obama’s running mate.  Senator Biden is...

Scheduled for Texas Execution: Jeff Wood, a Mentally Challenged Young Man

SOMETIMES YOUR CHILD could be with the wrong crowd.  His friends could do things and your kid might be charged for a crime right along with them.  Now imagine that your child has a...

Mentally Ill Citizens Caged in China and America, by Mary Neal

What are families to do when their mentally ill loved ones need hospitalization, but the system says they fail to meet the rigid test of being an immediate danger to self and others?  Must we cage them in our...

Police Officer Down! by Mary Neal

Mesha Irizaary's only child, 23-year-old African American honor student, Idriss Stelley, was killed by the San Francisco Police Department on June 13, 2001, with 48 shots by nine officers, as he stood...

LIVE LONGER - BLOG! by Mary Neal

Blogging has now replaced exercise as the single most therapeutic endeavor available to modern man.  It lowers blood pressure, prevents cardiovascular disease, and helps with weight loss...

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...

Delaware says "No" to Killing Brain Damaged Woman

Great news for Lauren Richardson and her father, as he fights for her life!  Delaware, the first state, passed a resolution supporting the right to life for this disabled U.S. citizen!  This must be quite a blow for health insurance companies that stand to...

U.S. Judiciary Finally Wising Up? by Mary Neal

ARE WE BEING BLESSED with more compassionate and righteous judges?  Judges are declaring more defendants incompent to stand trial.  Could it be that our judiciary is beginning to acknowledge the...

(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...

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...

Enforced Treatment vs. Prison for Acute Mental Patients and Updates, by Mary ...

Who's child is this?  It is not often that the public gets to see the loss of control that mental patients sometimes suffer: <http://youtube.com/watch?v=-NZtGz_7WI0>  The unfortunate girl in this...

HAPPY HEROES DAY -- APRIL 4! by Mary Neal

A hero is someone who steps out of the everyday conditions of his life to do something great and usually something sacrificial to benefit others.  There are many people whom we may admire -- teachers who made...

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