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@Justice4Hank

Non-profit org #Justice4Hank created by supporters & friends of #HankSkinner #WrongfulConviction #NoDeathPenalty also on https://xitter.gq/t.co/WjWOcqDyN1

 Paris, France
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Joined March 2011
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Sandrine Ageorges-Skinner : « Pour Hank, l’amitié et l’amour étaient les deux composantes essentielles de sa vie et ses plus grandes sources de bonheur. » #justice4hankskinner justice4hank.org/fr/hank-et-…
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New at The Watch: I interview Peter Stout, the head of the Houston Forensic Science Center, a visionary crime lab that could change how expert testimony is used in court. Link, and a few excerpts, follow.
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Special thank you to our 1 new followers from Australia last week. fedica.com/!Justice4Hank
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There are 9 more executions in the U.S. this year. They're all in Oklahoma and Texas. Here's why Texas remains such an epicenter: themarshallproject.org/2021/… h/t @DPInfoCtr (Ohio has one but there's an unofficial moratorium)
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The lawyer who doesn't defend his clients and gets them executed while pocketing the taxpayers' money...
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“It’s literally impossible to be a good lawyer under those types of caseloads,” said Genesis Draper, who has been a Harris County court-at-law judge presiding over misdemeanor cases since 2018. houstonchronicle.com/news/in…
Despite years of client complaints, Houston lawyer made $586,000 in 2022 on indigent defense

Despite years of client complaints, Houston lawyer made $586,000 in 2022 on indigent defense

For decades, Jerome Godinich has been paid by Harris County to represent thousands who...

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"State and federal governments need to embrace a true end to solitary confinement in all its forms and by all its names." — #AJOpinion by Terry A Kupers ⤵️ aje.io/75n8t6
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote "there is no moral victory in executing someone who believes Satan is killing him to bring about the end of the world." @KelseyReichmann courthousenews.com/liberal-j…
Liberal justices balk at execution of mentally ill Missouri man

Liberal justices balk at execution of mentally ill Missouri man

Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote "there is no moral victory in executing someone who believes Satan is killing him to bring about the end of the world."

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@truthout29 Jul 2023
Experts say the Justice is ignoring centuries of congressional regulation of the Court to claim unfettered authority. truthout.org/articles/alito-…
Alito Claims Congress Can’t Regulate SCOTUS. The Constitution Says Otherwise.

Alito Claims Congress Can’t Regulate SCOTUS. The Constitution Says Otherwise.

Experts say the Justice is ignoring centuries of congressional regulation of the Court to claim unfettered authority.

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@HuffPost28 Jul 2023
“Solitary confinement is a moral catastrophe,” said Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), calling the practice "traumatic for people subjected to it" and "isolating for loved ones." huffpost.com/entry/house-dem…
House Democrats Introduce Bill Aimed At Ending Solitary Confinement, A Form Of Torture

House Democrats Introduce Bill Aimed At Ending Solitary Confinement, A Form Of Torture

“Solitary confinement is a moral catastrophe,” said Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), calling the practice "traumatic for people subjected to it" and "isolating for loved ones."

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NACDL@NACDL20 Jun 2023
Memories Of An Execution: "Twenty-six years ago, I covered a Texas execution, the circumstances of the execution were much different than that of Tisius but the inhumanity I witnessed will never die." @TheCrimeReport buff.ly/3XbOXpA
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'It's inhumane': Advocates, families urge Texas leaders to put AC in prisons amid heat wave statesman.com/story/news/sta…
'It's inhumane': Advocates, families urge Texas leaders to put AC in prisons amid heat wave

'It's inhumane': Advocates, families urge Texas leaders to put AC in prisons amid heat wave

Last month, nine inmates died in Texas prisons, of which two-thirds don't have AC. Advocates called on the governor and Senate to fix that on Tuesday.

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Louisiana youth jailed in solitary cells amid extreme heatwave, ACLU says theguardian.com/us-news/2023…
Isolated, no air conditioning: Louisiana youth in solitary cells amid heat, ACLU says

Isolated, no air conditioning: Louisiana youth in solitary cells amid heat, ACLU says

The children allege they are given only few minutes outside their cells, with some even being maced

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Terrible news for incarcerated people and their loved ones and advocates: Texas prisons to phase out physical mail to reduce contraband despite advocate protests hppr.org/hppr-news/2023-07-1…
Texas prisons to phase out physical mail to reduce contraband despite advocate protests

Texas prisons to phase out physical mail to reduce contraband despite advocate protests

Advocacy groups say physical mail is an important part of contact between those behind bars and the outside world.

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In our #AginginPrison series, PJP contributors chronicle the now ubiquitous experience of growing old behind bars. Take a look back: prisonjournalismproject.org/…
The Graying of America’s Prisons

The Graying of America’s Prisons

Incarcerated writers chronicle growing old behind bars. PJP's special series explores health care, loneliness, parole, and aging in U.S. prisons.

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Since mid-June, at least nine inmates, including two men in their 30s, have died of heart attacks or unknown causes in Texas prisons lacking air conditioning. Family members and advocates blame the deaths on the brutal heat inside Texas prisons. bit.ly/3JCmkMW
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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has denied Rodney Reed, a Black man on death row for more than 25 years, a chance for a new trial. Reed has gained international support for his claims that he did not kill 19-year-old Stacey Stites, a white woman. bit.ly/3NsNsPn
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@KXAN_News25 Jun 2023
Currently, 70% of units within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice that do not have full air conditioning. Some inmates have described stifling conditions, while department officials say work continues to assist inmates during Texas summers. trib.al/hmYOpDR
Texas inmates ‘being cooked alive’ in heatwave with no air conditioning

Texas inmates ‘being cooked alive’ in heatwave with no air conditioning

Current and former inmates describe dangerous conditions inside Texas prisons as they bear an intense heatwave with no air conditioning.

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AlterNet@AlterNet22 Jun 2023
'Shady and corrupt': Barrett real estate de​al added to list of Supreme Court ethics scandals alternet.org/barrett-real-es…
'Shady and corrupt': Barrett real estate de​al added to list of Supreme Court ethics scandals

'Shady and corrupt': Barrett real estate de​al added to list of Supreme Court ethics scandals

Thursday reporting on a real estate deal made by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett months after her confirmation in 2020 was the latest evidence, said a government watchdog, that ethics...

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‘Legally innocent’ prisoner loses Supreme Court bid to challenge 27-year sentence @KelseyReichmann courthousenews.com/legally-i…
‘Legally innocent’ prisoner loses Supreme Court bid to challenge 27-year sentence

‘Legally innocent’ prisoner loses Supreme Court bid to challenge 27-year sentence

The Supreme Court altered precedent after Marcus Jones was sentenced to 27 years in prison but his fight to apply their ruling brought him back to the high court steps.

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Just Another Death Row Exoneration? - By @AmherstCollege prof @ljstprof j.st/56Tb
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Prison officials dumped Barry Jones at the bus station with nothing. But after decades on death row, at least he was free. interc.pt/3PlZFrJ by @lilianasegura interc.pt/3PlZFrJ
Barry Jones Released From Arizona’s Death Row After 29 Years

Barry Jones Released From Arizona’s Death Row After 29 Years

The Supreme Court said his innocence didn’t matter. Jones was released thanks to a plea deal between his lawyers and the state.

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