A
very thoughtful lifer in the California prison system, Kenneth Hartman,
is making an effort to try to abolish “Life Without Parole” sentences.
He has put together an anthology of writings from lifers. You can read
below. If you would be willing to forward his fundraising appeal through
Indiegogo to your email list, that would be great.
Thanks,
On 4/15/13 10:34 AM, "Kenneth E Hartman" <kennethehartman@hotmail.com> wrote:
Dear Friends and Supporters:
On Monday, April 15, 2013, the IndieGoGo (www.igg.me/at/todpp.com <http://www.igg.me/at/todpp.com> )
campaign for The Other Death Penalty Project is going live online. The
Other Death Penalty Project is working to raise funds to print and
distribute the new anthology “Too Cruel, Not Unusual Enough.” The issue
of life without the possibility of parole sentences has moved into the
center of the death penalty abolition debate. The Other Death Penalty
Project has been...
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Chronology
of Arnie King's efforts to have his sentence commuted granting him eligible for
parole release
Warm Greetings! I hope you're healthy and
in good spirits! The following is the chronological listing of the commutation
project.
Dec-1987 – 1st
request submitted for a hearing on commutation of sentence to allow petitioner
to become eligible for parole.
Nov-1989 - Request denied
Nov-1990 - 2nd request
submitted by Atty Edward Berkin
Dec-1991 - Request approved
Jan-1992 - Date set for
Public Hearing June 22, 1992
Jun-1992 - Hearing held at
Parole Office in South Boston
Apr-1996 - Petition rejected
unanimously
Dec-1997 - 3rd request
submitted by Attorney Edward Berkin
Jul-1998 - Request denied
Jul-2001 - 4th request
submitted by Attorney Edward Berkin
Mar-2002 - Request approved
and hearing date set for 4/18/02
Apr-2002 - Hearing held at
Parole Office in South Boston
Oct-2002 - Advisory Board
recommends 3-3...
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Warm Greetings: As you may know,
the Massachusetts Advisory Board of Pardons on March 6 voted to deny a public
hearing on my Petition for Commutation of Sentence. Just 1 day prior, a retired
Massachusetts educator wrote:
Arnie is
the classic example of prison injustice gone way over the top. He's jumped through every
hoop, made every effort to contribute to the community from behind bars more than anyone else that I
have known in my 25 years involved in prison higher
education, and remains in the joint at a cost of what - $60,000 + a year when
he could be out contributing
and paying taxes with zero (0) threat to anyone? (March
5, 2013, Walter Silva; advised Arnie at Boston University) An unfavorable vote on the October
2010 hearing was released in May 2011 (after the December 2010 murder of a
Woburn police officer, in which 5 parole board members were fired for voting to
release the accused...
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The link in the previous post is no longer active. The link below will take you to the page where the videos of the forum are archived:http://www.charleshamiltonhouston.org/2012/05/forum-on-commutation-and-parole-in-massachusetts/
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Arnie King Commutation Update Winter/Spring 2013
By Dianne Zimbabwe
Warm Greetings,
In the year 2012 Arnie
King entered his 41st year of a natural life sentence with 2 new
community service awards and a 3rd one on the way. Fighter against racism, Leader in social justice, and Model of courage, Arnie does whatever he
can to keep moving in a positive direction. He joined with others in the
community through barbed wire and shackles, to plan and present the May 16,
2012 Forum
on Commutation and Parole at Harvard Law School. The forum highlighted
the broken process that occupies a place on paper in the charter of
Massachusetts, but does little today to inspire real hope for the hundreds of
lifers without parole eligibility who could benefit from its implementation.
A
video of the forum, which brought together members of the...
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