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Digest Post – 4/5/13

Apr 5, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsDigest PostsBitcoDavid, Colorado, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Felix Garcia Case, Florida, H.E.A.R.D., New York Times, Pam Bondi, Pat Bliss

By BitcoDavid Well, our post-a-day streak was broken yesterday, but before you go thinking I dropped the ball, I want you to know I was busy drumming up some Supporter Contributions that will be going up this week. In keeping with our editorial priority list, the first order of business in today’s digest post is

2nd Update

Mar 27, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsNews#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Bridgewater State University, Deaf in Prison, DeafIInPrison.com, Huffington Post, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Mental health, Paul Heroux, Public speaking

By BitcoDavid My gratitude to the Bridgewater State University Career Services Department, for making a workstation available for me to post from. They didn’t have to do this, and I’m grateful. Paul Heroux, Ma. State Jr. Representative came by as a guest speaker. He has a Deaf friend who taught him Sign, and he used

Live Coverage of Bridgewater Event

Mar 27, 2013deafinprisonorg25 CommentsNews#JusticeForFelix, American Sign Language, Americans with Disabilities Act, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Events, H.E.A.R.D., James Ridgeway, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!

By BitcoDavid This is an initial post. Video and in-depth coverage to follow. But, I wanted to get a chance to just give you a quick update – from the field. By eye, it looks to be a crowd of about 100 – 150 people. there are a few hearies, of which I think I’m

Update on Englewood Case from H.E.A.R.D.

Mar 23, 2013deafinprisonorg2 CommentsNews#JusticeForFelix, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Englewood Colorado, Facebook, H.E.A.R.D., MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, United States Department of Justice

By BitcoDavid This came from HEARD’s FaceBook page. If you haven’t yet done so, and you’re on FaceBook, you can shoot on over there, and give ’em a “Like.” HEARD – Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of the Deaf – is an organization that works tirelessly to aid both the Deaf community and the

NYT Confirms, Ebel Dead after Police Shootout

Mar 23, 2013deafinprisonorg1 CommentNews#JusticeForFelix, Aryan Nation, BitcoDavid, Colorado, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Denver Post, Ebel, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Texas

By BitcoDavid Some of the confusion surrounding the Tom Clements shooting has been cleared up. The New York Times announced this morning, that on Friday, shooting suspect Evan S. Ebel, had died in the hospital following the police shootout, northwest of Dallas, Texas. Police however, will continue the investigation as well as investigations into several other

Follow Up: Texas Style Arrest of Clements’ Alleged Shooter

Mar 22, 2013deafinprisonorg2 CommentsNews#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Colorado, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Denver Post, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Prison gangs, Texas, Tom Clements

By BitcoDavid Boy, they don’t mess around in Texas. After a 100 mph chase, and an OK Coral style shootout, Texas law enforcement officers managed to shoot and wound the suspected killer of Tom Clements, the Colorado Director of Prisons. Apparently, Evan Spencer Ebel, 28, a Coloradoan with a long criminal record, and a current Denver

LA DOJ in Email Blast, Angola 3 Never Held in Solitary

Mar 21, 2013deafinprisonorgNews, Petitions#JusticeForFelix, Albert Woodfox, Angola Three, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, Louisiana State Penitentiary, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Solitary Confinement

By BitcoDavid DeafInPrison.com will always do its best to present both sides of any issue we cover. That of course, isn’t always possible, as commonly law enforcement tends to be quite close-mouthed about things. Not so, apparently, with the Louisiana Attorney General – James “Buddy” Caldwell. I got the following in my e-mail today, and

Chief of Prisons in CO, killed

Mar 21, 2013deafinprisonorg1 CommentNews#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Colorado, Colorado Department of Corrections, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Denver, John Hickenlooper, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Reuters

By BitcoDavid According to Reuters, Colorado’s prison system chief administrator, was shot and killed on Tuesday night. Police suspect that his position in the prison system may have been the motive. This occurred within a few hours of the Governor’s signing of a new gun control law, in response to the increased number of deadly

Colorado to Big Pharma: Got Any Pentothal?

Mar 15, 2013deafinprisonorg2 CommentsNews#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Capital punishment, Colorado, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Lethal injection, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Nathan Dunlap, Sodium thiopental

By BitcoDavid In the good ol’ days before she was a state, executions in Colorado required only a hangman and a tree. The hangman got 5 bucks, but he was expected to provide his own rope. Later, when Edison and Tesla went to war over AC/DC, Colorado sided with Tesla – who after all, lived

Deaf Suspect Gets Settlement

Mar 15, 2013deafinprisonorg2 CommentsNews#JusticeForFelix, American Sign Language, Americans with Disabilities Act, Arrest, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Englewood Police Department, JeanFAndrews, Language interpretation, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!

By Jean F. Andrews Englewood, Co. On August 13, 2011, William Lawrence was arrested for an outstanding warrant. Lawrence has been Deaf since birth and had diminished English capability. He was handcuffed and questioned with no interpreter present. Lawrence went several days, unable to communicate with anyone, and didn’t receive an interpreter until he was