topic : executions
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July 2006
by Marco Rosaire Rossi
Since 1982, journalist and political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal has been incarcerated for the murder of police officer Daniel Faulkner. Abu-Jamal has claimed his innocence, and a massive mountain of evidence has accumulated to support this claim - including the testimony of Arnold Beverly. In 2001, Beverly signed a sworn affidavit claiming that he was the true murderer of Daniel Faulkner and was hired as a hit man to get rid of Faulkner for his meddling in affairs between the mob and a particularly crooked clique of the Philadelphia Police Department. Despite this . . .
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February 2006
by Marco Rosaire Rossi
It may be a surprise to most Americans, but the individual whose ideas on justice and law shaped the more libertarian aspects of the American constitution was not Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, or Thomas Jefferson. The individual was not even an American or part of the American revolution. Many of the concepts outlined and explored in the Bill of Rights have their home in the mind of the quiet Italian judicial philosopher Cesare Becaria. Becaria's classic work Of Crimes and Punishment was considered the Enlightenment's response to the draconian judicial systems on the . . .
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December 2005
by Marco Rosaire Rossi
Stories of true redemption are rare in our criminal justice system. For that reason alone, those stories ought to be publicly recognized and the redeemed characters ought to be celebrated. That isn't the case. The tragedy of our criminal justice system is that in the majority of cases it will follow punishment through to the end regardless of whether the punishment is rational, just, or compassionate. That is the tragedy of our criminal justice system, and it could be the tragedy of Stanley "Tookie" Williams.
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December 2005
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Rally at San Quentin on November 19, 2005 to prevent the execution of Stan Tookie Williams
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