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Rethinking Ballot Measure 11

Airs at: Wed, 04/22/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
As Oregon's economy continues to decline, lawmakers are faced with a growing budget gap and spiraling prisons costs driven by state mandatory sentencing laws. Some in the legislature say its time to revise state sentencing programs and find more efficient ways to handle ... Read more

Ramona Africa: What the Corporate Media Didn’t Tell You about May 13, 1985!

Airs at: Thu, 04/23/2009 at 5:00pm
What the Corporate Media Didn’t Tell You about May 13, 1985!   The sole adult survivor of the May 13, 1985 massacre of 11 members of the MOVE organization is Ramona Africa. The the City of Philadelphia and the FBI and  dropped a C4 bomb on MOVE’s 6221 Osage Avenue home in... Read more

Mumia Abu-Jamal on His Birthday

Airs at: Thu, 04/23/2009 at 5:00pm
Mumia Abu-Jamal is a renowned journalist from Philadelphia who has been inprisoned since 1981.   Mumia  has been on death row since 1983 tried and convicted for allegedly shooting Daniel Faulkner a Philadelphia police officer.  Because of his his award - winning reporti... Read more

Robert King: Angola 3

Airs at: Thu, 04/23/2009 at 5:00pm
The Case of the Angola 3 Some 36 years ago, deep in rural Louisiana, three young black men were silenced for trying to expose continued segregation, systematic corruption, and horrific abuse in the biggest prison in the US, an 18,000-acre former slave plantation called A... Read more

A new study shows that courts across the country are overburdend

Airs at: Mon, 04/27/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A new study is painting a bleak picture of American Misdemeanor courts. The study shows that courts across the country are overburdened, and that defendants’ rights to due process are being violated. Locally, though, Multnomah County seems to be bucking the trend with its ... Read more

Ashanti Alston

Airs at: Thu, 03/12/2009 at 5:00pm
an interview with Ashanti Alston, co-chair of the Jericho movement, which works to free all political prisoners in the USA. Read more

Alvaro Luna Hermandez

Airs at: Thu, 03/12/2009 at 5:00pm
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An Interview with Political Prisoner, Bill Dunne

Airs at: Thu, 03/12/2009 at 5:00pm
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Patrice Lumumba Ford - one of the "Portland Seven."

Airs at: Thu, 04/23/2009 at 5:00pm
On 10/04/2002 Patrice  Lumumba Ford was arrested along with 3 other suspects of the Portland Seven in Portland, Oregon. He was accused of traveling overseas in a conspiracy to wage war against the United States, provide material support and resources to Al Qaeda and cont... Read more

Alvaro Luna Hernandez

Airs at: Thu, 04/23/2009 at 5:00pm
Sheriff Jack McDaniel of Alpine, Texas, On July 18, 1996 arrived to arrest Alvaro at his home on a trumped up charge of aggravated robbery  When the unarmed Alvaro questioned the sheriff's action, the officer drew his weapon. Before he could shoot, Alvaro disarmed him an... Read more