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Sedley Alley Executed with Evidence Untested and Guilt in Doubt |
by Randy Tatel
Email: tcask (nospam) nashville.net |
28 Jun 2006
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 Uncertainty and Unanswered Questions Shroud Tennessee Execution
Nashville: Despite serious questions as to the reliability of his conviction, the state of Tennessee executed Sedley Alley in the early hours of the morning. Alleys execution came only days after the Chicago Tribune revealed evidence that Texas executed an innocent man, Carlos De Luna, in 1989. Sedley Alley was convicted of the 1985 murder of Suzanne Marie Collins, but recently revealed evidence has led to questions about his guilt. |
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Pending Double-Execution Reveals Inherent Flaws in Tennessee's Death Penalty System |
by Anna Thompson
Email: annathompson32 (nospam) yahoo.com |
27 Jun 2006
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 Tennessee to Kill Two Men in One Night
Nashville: In the past forty-six years, the state of Tennessee has executed only one man. Now, in one day, it plans to execute two. Both Sedley Alley and Paul Dennis Reid are scheduled to die in the early morning of June 28th and both cases reveal critical flaws in Tennessee’s broken death penalty system. “This double execution unquestionably reveals more flaws with Tennessee’s administration of the death penalty,” said Randy Tatel, Executive Director of the Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing (TCASK). “In the Alley case, we have a 20-year old unreliable conviction where the state is so afraid of the truth that it refuses to release physical evidence for DNA testing. In the case of Paul Reid, we are preparing to execute a severely mentally ill, delusional individual. It shows, yet again, that Tennessee’s death penalty system is broken.” |
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Clarksville Community Comes Together in Memory of Civil Rights Activist |
by Terry McMoore
Email: terrymcmoore (nospam) hotmail.com |
26 Jun 2006
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 The Hispanic Organization for Progress and Education (HOPE), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), along with the Clarksville Korean American Association have joined the Clarksville Montgomery County Community in support of slain civil rights activist, Juan Vasquez, Sr., and his son, Thomas Vasquez. Juan was the founder of H.O.P.E. and served as the Hispanic liaison for the Clarksville NAACP. Mr. Vasquez was an advocate for education for our Hispanic youth. He organized a protest march in support of our schools that helped convince County Commissioners to give more funding toward the school systems budget. Juan also was a driving force and advocate for the newly established Hispanic Cultural Center on the campus of Austin Peay State University. As vice chair for the Clarksville Human Relations Commission, Juan planned to introduce state legislation in support of rights and equality for all Hispanics regardless of legal status. |
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News :: Environment |
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Citizens Worry About Health Effects of Mosquito Spray |
by Rachel Sumner
Email: nospraynashville (nospam) earthlink.net |
24 Jun 2006
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 Emmet Clifford of Donelson was sprayed at close range by a Metro Public Health Department spray truck in 2003. He was driving home with his truck window open unaware his neighborhood was being sprayed with pesticides. Clifford suffered immediate affects and has had long-term health problems since then. He has filed a lawsuit against the city. On June 20, his street (Summerlake Drive) will be sprayed again. Some people from the neighborhood have reported getting automated phone calls from the Health Department announcing the spraying on Monday giving them 24 hours or less to opt out. Others have not received the call because the system does not leave messages. |
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News :: Gender and Sexuality : Protest Activity |
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National Right to Life Hosts Nashville Convention |
by Cynthia Bennett
Email: sinben (nospam) aol.com |
22 Jun 2006
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![webzine-050125-B-Baird[1].jpg](http://web.archive.org./web/20060703000830im_/http://www.tnimc.org/usermedia/image/1/thumb/16027_webzine-050125-B-Baird[1].jpg) The National Right to Life Convention is being held June 22nd-24th here in Nashville at the Sheration Music City Hotel, 777 McGavock Pike, Nashville, 37214. Bill and Joni Baird, Directors of the the Pro Choice League, Inc. have come from New York to protest daily at the entrance to the hotel grounds. They will be there beginning Thursday and continuing through Saturday from 11:30 to 1:30. They welcome anyone who would like to join their daily protest/vigil. Bill has his trademark 8-foot wooden cross inscribed "Free Women from the Cross of Religious Oppression - Keep Abortion Legal". He said that one of his goals as he meets the attendees at the convention is to get them to recognize that they can reduce the number of abortions by supporting birth control. |
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Supreme Court Ruling Asserts Paul House's Innocence |
by Randy Tatel
Email: tcask (nospam) nashville.net |
15 Jun 2006
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 No Reasonable Juror Could Convict House Viewing All Evidence
Nashville: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that the innocence claims of Paul Gregory House were strong enough to have his case remanded back to Eastern District Federal Judge Jarvis. By a 5-3 vote the court ruled that no reasonable juror viewing the record as a whole would lack reasonable doubt. "Innocence matters, that's what the U.S. Supreme Court asserted," said Randy Tatel. "The court has rejected the view that if evidence of your innocence is found after you've been convicted, you have no right to have that evidence brought to the attention of a court." |
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News :: Protest Activity |
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Bureau of Worker's Health Quarantines Charlotte Pike Walmart |
by Christina VanRegenmorter, Middle Tennessee Jobs with Justice
Email: christina (nospam) nashvillepeacejustice.org |
08 Jun 2006
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 On Friday, June 2 from as Wal-Mart convened its annual shareholders meeting, concerned citizens in hazmat suits, face shields and rubber gloves participated in an action to "quarantine" Wal-Mart at locations across the country. Nashville’s action took place at the Charlotte Pike Walmart in West Nashville where the "Bureau of Workers Health" organized by Middle TN Jobs with Justice, ACORN, and the Nashville Peace and Justice Center armed themselves with yellow caution tape, health hazard signs, and "Notices of Quarantine" outside the store. |
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Conscientious Non-voting 2006: Liberation from Within |
by Joey King
Email: JBKRANGER (nospam) aol.com |
07 Jun 2006
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 In 2004, I did something that I had not done since I turned 18 years old; I didn’t vote. At the time, I gave my act a name, conscientious non-voting. Since then, I have studied a lot of pacifist writings and have tried to eliminate acts of aggression in my own behavior whenever practical. I view conscientious non-voting as one step among many I have taken in an attempt towards reducing aggression in my life (although I must confess I am no where near where I’d like to be). In 2004, I said voting for a person to serve in government (which by its very nature is forceful) is an act of aggression. I still believe that. Certainly it is not aggressive as pointing a gun at another human being, but it is an aggressive action nonetheless. |
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