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The Evolution of Criminal Justice by Sandy Judd In twentieth century America, coerced confessions to criminal acts are not technically admissible as evidence in courts of law. Since the 1980's, however, a movement against the enforcement of such "technicalities" has developed within the federal courts. As more forms of questionable …
Publication • 1993
Infamous Punishment The Psychological Consequences of Isolation, NPPJ,1993 "Infamous Punishment": The Psychological Consequences of Isolation The NPP JOURNAL continues its in­ depth coverage of supermaximum secu­ rity prisons. In the Fall 1992 issue, we ran an overview article, "The Marioni­ zation of American Prisons," and a piece on Barlinnie, the …
Article • April 15, 1993 • from PLN April, 1993
Death Row Prisoners Can Marry by Roger Buehl is a Pennsylvania state prisoner on death row. In 1990 Buehl requested permission for a special one time visit in order to marry his girlfriend, Deborah Ayres. Prison officials denied the request citing a 1985 incident where Ayres had been caught smuggling …
Article • March 15, 1993 • from PLN March, 1993
Disabled Executed by On January 19, 1993, the state of Virginia executed Charles Stamper. Stamper had been confined to a wheelchair since his spinal cord was injured in a prison brawl. Stamper was denied permission to walk to the electric chair in leg braces and a walker. Instead, prison guards …
Article • March 15, 1993 • from PLN March, 1993
Editorial by Ed Mead Why do you think Paul and I go through all the trouble to put out this paper each month? Why do our outside volunteers so consistently work to produce and mail every issue? It certainly isn't because we or our volunteers have nothing better to do …
Article • January 15, 1993 • from PLN January, 1993
Free Speech for Whom? by Mumia Abu-Jamal [EDITOR'S NOTE: In the Dec., 1992 issue of PLN we reported that supporters of Mumia Abu Jamal, the former Black Panther on death row in Pennsylvania accused of killing a cop, had shouted down Penn. Governor Casey at a forum in New York …
Article • December 15, 1992 • from PLN December, 1992
Death Penalty Foes Boo Pennsylvania Governor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Robert Casey is the governor of Pennsylvania. He claims to be "pro-life" because he opposes a woman's right to choose abortion and has signed into law one of the more restrictive abortion laws in the U.S. (which was …
Article • December 15, 1992 • from PLN December, 1992
Texas Death Row Prisoners on Hunger Strike by Texas Death Row Prisoners On Hunger Strike Since July 19, 1992, more that 50 condemned prisoners on Texas's death row commenced a chain hunger strike. They are fasting in pairs for three days at a time, consuming only liquids, when the strike …
Article • December 15, 1992 • from PLN December, 1992
U.S. Slammed on Death Penalty by While a growing number of countries are abolishing the death penalty as a form of justice for convicted criminals, the United States is executing convicts at a faster rate than ever before, the head of Amnesty International recently said. America's insistence on upholding the …
Article • December 15, 1992 • from PLN December, 1992
Crime and Punishment in America by Paul Wright Crime And Punishment In America By Paul Wright The October 7, 1992, edition of the Seattle Times reported that in Carson, CA a homeless man had been acquitted by a jury of stealing aluminum cans from a recycling bin. The man was …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Bill Clinton's Blood Sacrifice by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Recently the media has been awash in allegations by Gennifer Flowers, a nightclub singer, that she had carried on a 12 year love affair with Democratic Party presidential candidate Bill Clinton. Clinton and his wife have both appeared on TV …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Just Us - Ohio Style by John Perotti By John Perotti Three days before former Ohio Governor Dick Celeste left office he commuted the death sentences of Donald Maur, Leonard Jenkins, Willie Jester, Crazy Horse Seiber, Debra Brown, Rose Grant and Elizabeth Green to life in prison. Celeste also commuted …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
Supreme Court Chides Ninth Circuit on Delays in Harris Execution by California's execution of Robert Alton Harris - the state's first execution in 25 years - has highlighted tension between the U.S. Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals over the death penalty appeals process. Judges on …
Article • June 15, 1992 • from PLN June, 1992
South Africa Suspends Executions by On March 27, 1992, the South African government announced a temporary moratorium on executions in Pretoria. The Minister of Justice said that executions have been suspended until an interim bill of rights has been agreed upon in negotiations between the government and the African National …
Florida Visiting Rules Create Liberty Interest by William Van Poyck is a Florida death row prisoner convicted of killing a prison guard while helping another prisoner escape. While Van Poyck was awaiting trial in the Palm Beach County jail he met Deborah Chisholm, a nurse at the jail. After he …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Politicians Exploit Death Penalty by State-level lawmakers are using proposed death penalty legislation for political purposes rather than to deter crime, said the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty on October 9, 1991. The group released its annual survey of state legislation on the volatile issue, finding 183 bills …
Article • December 15, 1991 • from PLN December, 1991
Executions Report Issued by Eleven states executed 23 people last year, the U.S. Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced on September 29th. The Bureau said as of December 31, 1990, there were 2,356 people being held on death row in 34 states. Between 1976, when the U.S. Supreme …
Prison Guards May Not Be Fired for Testifying on Prisoner's behalf by Prison Guards May Not Be Fired For Testifying On Prisoner's Behalf Salvatore Ziccarelli was employed as a guard at the Cook County (Chicago) jail in Illinois. While there he became acquainted with a prisoner facing the death penalty. …
Article • October 15, 1991 • from PLN October, 1991
NCADP Conference in Seattle by NCADP Conference In Seattle The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP) will be holding it's annual convention in Seattle on Friday, November 1st through Monday, Nov. 5, 1991. The conference will be held at the Meany Hotel in the University District and will …
Article • October 15, 1991 • from PLN October, 1991
Death Penalty Resources by Paul Wright By Paul Wright With the NCADP conference being held in Seattle this is a good chance for citizens to learn more about the death penalty and its inherent injustice. One of the often overlooked aspects of the death penalty is that in the criminal …
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