Felony Disenfranchisement

By BitcoDavid I’m old, but back when I wasn’t, we used to have these things called Civics classes. You may have heard of them. They were all the rage, before the No Child Left Standing law. One of the things stressed in these classes, was that felonies were not crimes against individual victims, but rather

Death in Custody: a PDF From the DOJ

By BitcoDavid Below is a report from the Department of Justice, listing the number of deaths among prisoners in custody for the period from 2001 to 2007. [scribd id=149738294 key=key-72cuqll0vqwa4alewbw mode=scroll] BitcoDavid is a blogger and a blog site consultant. In former lives, he was an audio engineer, a videographer, a teacher – even a

Coping With Innocence After Death Row

By Marsha Graham The following embedded PDF written by by Saundra D. Westervelt and Kimberly J. Cook, examines the struggles of exonerated inmates, as they attempt to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. [scribd id=137765917 key=key-144nimprbujdqbyovbs5 mode=scroll] Marsha Graham is the driving force behind several blogs, among them AnotherBoomerBlog. She is a good

March at DeafInPrison.com

By BitcoDavid [scribd id=133480925 key=key-1o44jwlzh3y5n0hhib5t mode=scroll] BitcoDavid is a blogger and a blog site consultant. In former lives, he was an audio engineer, a videographer, a teacher – even a cab driver. He is an avid health and fitness enthusiast and a Pro/Am boxer. He has spent years working with diet and exercise to combat

February at DeafInPrison.com

By BitcoDavid Here’s this month’s update. Since we’ve already posted a number of retrospectives in honor of our upcoming birthday, I chose to go in a different direction with this update. I hope you enjoy it. [scribd id=127972200 key=key-7njbuvzlgvw4vzna9f6 mode=scroll] BitcoDavid is a blogger and a blog site consultant. In former lives, he was an

January at DeafInPrison.com

By BitcoDavid [scribd id=123368992 key=key-218kvk4zyqzp83v88c25 mode=scroll] BitcoDavid is a blogger and a blog site consultant. In former lives, he was an audio engineer, a videographer, a teacher – even a cab driver. He is an avid health and fitness enthusiast and a Pro/Am boxer. He has spent years working with diet and exercise to combat

November at DeafInPrison.com

By BitcoDavid [scribd id=115139292 key=key-1izz010b8vtwwec3yjde mode=scroll] BitcoDavid is a blogger and a blog site consultant. In former lives, he was an audio engineer, a videographer, a teacher – even a cab driver. He is an avid health and fitness enthusiast and a Pro/Am boxer. He has spent years working with diet and exercise to combat

October at DeafInPrison.com

By BitcoDavid We managed to get out 38 posts this month. We covered the Angela McCaskell story, the deaf policemen in Oaxaca Mexico, the overcrowding of American prisons and the changes in your Miranda rights as enacted by the U.S. Supreme Court. We worked hard on getting signatures for the #JusticeForFelix campaign, and we’re about