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Working to end drug war injustice, the November Coalition,
a non-profit grassroots organization, was founded in 1997.
Members educate the public about destructive, unnecessary
incarceration due to the U.S. drug war, and advocate for drug
war prisoners.
We rely on support from people like you - please join and
donate today.
The drug war does not reduce drug use. Choosing to wage
a 'war' on drugs stimulates a violent, underground economy, an
economy which would collapse if drug prohibition ended. Our country
and our world should be safer, not simply less free.
Prisoners of the drug war share stories of injustice:
Read about it at
www.appalshop.org/h2h/projects.htm
Listen online and participate at
www.appalshop.org/wmmt
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 02:31 PM PST
Prisoners
In 2007: 1 in 31 American Adults Now in Prison, Jail or on Parole;
from Bureau of Justice Statistics (US), Dec 2008
Locked
Up for Life: The Case of Clarence Aaron; from Fox
News (US), Dec 2008
CATS:
Californians to Amend the Three Strikes Law -- CATS (LAW)
is a nonprofit organization established to rally Californians
with vital information, and expose the issues surrounding California's
"Three Strikes" Law.
The Ninth Annual Calls From Home Radio Broadcast
For Prisoners. Call 877-518-0606 to leave a message to
those behind bars this holiday season. Broadcast on Dec 14 to
over 200 radio stations and available for download at www.thousandkites.org. A project of Thousand Kites/WMMT-FM/Appalshop. For more info, contact thousandkitesproject@gmail.com
Criminal Justice Recommendations For New Administration
And Congress; from The Criminal Justice Transition
Coalition, 11/6/08
Report
Review: New Federal Drug Threat Assessment Finds Prohibition
Greatest Drug-Related Menace; from Drug War Chronicle
(US), 12/19/08
Special
Issue: Barred from Life: The Criminal "Justice" System;
from Catholic Worker, Fall 2008
The
Budgetary Implications of Drug Prohibition, by Jeffrey
A. Miron, Department of Economics, Harvard University,
Dec 2008 (pdf) -- More
Studies and Reports
Police
Get The Wrong House In Galveston, Allegedly Assault 12-Year-Old
Girl; from Houston Press (TX), 12/17/08
The
Radicalization Of An American Prisoner; from Information
Clearing House (US), 12/5/08
In Iraq,
'a Prison Full of Innocent Men'; from Washington Post
(DC), 12/6/08
Gotcha! -- KopBusters;
from Reason Magazine (US), 12/6/08 -- More
Abuse News
Legislature
May Extend "Good Time" Policy For Inmates;
from News-Tribune (WA), 12/7/08
Busted:
Washington's Medical Marijuana Law Marks 10 Years; from
Pacific NW Inlander (WA), 12/5/08
Editorial:
Early Treatment Of Mentally Ill Can Reduce Inmates; from
Spokesman-Review (WA), 10/28/08 -- More
WA State News &Activism
Buying
Gun Was Hoffman's Idea; from Tallahassee Democrat
(FL), 11/2/08
The
Left Turn Rachel Hoffman Didn't Make; from Tallahassee
Democrat (FL), 10/5/08
The Informants
Are Watching Us ... But Who's Watching the Informants?
from ACLU Drug Policy Reform Project (US),
11/1/07 -- More Snitch News
Ex-Felon
Voters Foiled By Confused Officials; from Truthout.org
(US), 10/8/08
Angry White Republicans Thwart LEGAL Voter Registration
in Alabama; from NallForGovernor (AL), 9/19/08
Film: Democracy's
Ghosts: How 5.3 Million Americans Have Lost The Right To Vote;
from ACLU
(US) -- More ReEntry News
Preliminary
Crack Cocaine Retroactivity Data Report; from US Sentencing
Commission, 9/17/08 (pdf)
Prison
Terms In Cocaine Cases Reduced For Some Because Of Disparities;
from Sun-Sentinel (FL), 9/21/08
VA Leads
In Crack Sentence Reductions; from Daily Press
(VA), 8/16/08 -- More on
Crack/Powder Cocaine
Visit
The Thousand Kites Project Today! -- Video: About The Thousand Kites Project; from
YouTube, 9/26/07
Column:
The End Of Tough-On-Crime Politics; from The Guardian
(UK), 7/29/08
Film: Democracy's
Ghosts: How 5.3 Million Americans Have Lost The Right To Vote;
from ACLU
(US) -- More ReEntry News
Judges, Lawyers
Question Fairness Of Mandatory Sentences; from Winona
Daily News (MN), 7/27/08
Judges See Failure
In Fate Of Drug Cases; from Baltimore Sun (MD),
3/5/08 -- More
Dissenting Opinions
Editorial:
Crystal Deception; from Free Libertarian Blog
(US), 5/3/08
OpEd: Arizona's
War On Meth: What About All The Other Drugs? from East
Valley Tribune (AZ), 4/18/08 -- More
Meth News
Drug War News - Don't Miss:
Meet Fr.
Tom Hereford, New Haven, MO; Chrystal
Weaver, Pembroke Pines, FL, and Other
November Coalition Staff and Volunteers.
The US Sentencing Commission's Assessment of How Well the
Federal Criminal Justice System is Achieving the Goals of Sentencing
Reform warrants study. View
the Executive Summary and Download the Report -- Read
a Layperson's Assessment of the Assessment, by Nora Callahan
Meet the People Behind
The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines -- Read
More About Guideline Sentencing
Recent Drug War News Stories:
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