Fri 4 Jan 2008
John Larson responded in writing to the 12 questions posed by Greater Hartford Impeach several weeks ago, but he supplied answers to none of them. (more…)
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Tue 11 Dec 2007
Protest by The New Haven Coalition to End the Parole Ban
Posted by jerimarie liesegang under crime , governmentNo Comments
The New Haven Coalition to End the Parole Ban - Protest
The Board of Pardons & Parole
Waterbury (55 West Main St.)
Monday, December 17, at 11:30 am
Sign the Petition to END the Parole Ban
Governor Rell has banned parole. Even those, out of parole, who had already rejoined society are being taken back to prison (this includes (more…)
Wed 14 Nov 2007
To Impeach or Not to Impeach, That is the Question
Posted by yossarian under crime , justice , activism , culture1 Comment
Our gallant practitioners of representative democracy * won’t do it, so let’s do it on Broadway. It’s make believe, but then, so is our so-called democracy.
*Yeah, I mean you Murphy, Courtney, DeLauro, Shays, Larson, Dodd, Lieberman.
Thu 18 Oct 2007
Imperial Courts In Safe Hands With Mukasey
Posted by steve fournier under crime , justice[2] Comments
We waited all day for this question: “Judge Mukasey, there’s every reason to believe the last attorney general and the president have violated federal laws, precipitating a crisis of confidence in the Constitution of the United States and the rule of law itself. What are you going to do about that?” (more…)
Mon 15 Oct 2007
Yesterday afternoon, approximately 7 cars were broken into at the ArtSpace parking lot.
Five of the cars belonged to residents and two belonged to visitors. Shattered glass is still strewn about the lot.
It is still unclear what items were taken, but all of the break-ins were traditional “smash and grabs.” The interiors of the vehicles were tossed and small, easily-pocketed items were taken.
Nine days earlier, two cars were broken into in the same manner, including my own. But, unlike this brazen Sunday afternoon spree, these two earlier break-ins were done during the early morning hours, between midnight and 4am. (more…)
Fri 12 Oct 2007
NLG Statement: Clean Slate, Governor Rell and the October 30th Community Conversation
Posted by Peter G under Hartford , crime , justice , race1 Comment
The Clean Slate Committee, a project of A Better Way Foundation, is hosting a Community Conversation on October 30 at 6pm at the West End Community Center, 461 Farmington Avenue, Hartford.
For a copy of the flyer click here: Community Conversation, October 30
Background to the Community Conversation
On September 28, the leaders of the Clean Slate Committee and their allies met with Governor Rell’s legal counsel to express opposition to the governor’s arbitrary and punitive measures against ex-offenders in the wake of the Cheshire murders. Clean Slate presented Governor Rell with four demands: (more…)
Mon 24 Sep 2007
The Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko once wrote that “One day posterity will remember these strange times, when ordinary common honesty was called courage.” Please be sure to read Steve Kalb’s column “Villains in the House” in the Hamden Daily News, “Your hometown cyberpaper.” Kalb tells the truth about the politicians who are engaged in a cynical manipulation of the Petit family murders in Cheshire with their grandstanding for “three strikes and you’re out.”
Tue 11 Sep 2007
Corporate Loan Sharking or The New American Century Money Changers…
Posted by jerimarie liesegang under economics , crime , housing[2] Comments
The Courant ran a piece yesterday about the impact of predatory subprime lending in the Connecticut mortgage market. Of course the good Corporate Capitalists they are, it was entitled Thousands to Feel Mortgage Pain. My guess is that their pain is more that of anger and outrage against Corporate greed and profiteering that feeds off the poor! But alas, does not our corporate media continously re-victimize the victim, rather than place the blame directly where it lies: at the doorsteps of greedy and lying mortgage brokers. (more…)
Thu 6 Sep 2007
Are you fed up with Connecticut’s war on ex-offenders?
Posted by Peter G under Hartford , crime , raceNo Comments
Join Us, Clean Slate Committee, Hope Out Loud, Undoing Racism, Middletown-Hartford Connection, CT Chapter of National Lawyers Guild, Spanish Speaking Center of New Britain, CT Network to Abolish The Death Penalty, American Friends Service Committee and Martin Street Neighborhood Committee for a…
Press Conference Tuesday, September 11 at 12 Noon
Legislative Office Building, Room 2E 300 Capitol Avenue, Hartford
For more info call: (860) 570-0782 or email: samuelssloflo@aol.com
Sun 26 Aug 2007
Three strikes or three blind mice?
Posted by jerimarie liesegang under crime , government , politics , justice , race[5] Comments
On September 11 (an all too ominous date), the CT Judiciary Committee will begin hearing testimony regarding sentencing and inmate release processes, as well as sites for potential new prisons. This hearing comes on the heels of a suburban backlash to the Cheshire murders. There are calls for strengthening Connecticut’s three strike laws through a mandatory minimum of 25 years in prison, replicating California’s three-strikes law. (more…)