Senate should pass program to reduce women prisoners
Oklahoma, for years, has led the nation in the number of women
in prison per capita. Most of those are serving sentences for
nonviolent offenses.http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/05/18/18648282.php
A brief look at various
issues of the defense and the prosecution in the trial of Oscar Grant's
killer
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The May 7 hearing for Johannes Mehserle, the former
transit cop who killed Oscar Grant on New Year’s Day of 2009, settled
several key issues prior to the beginning of the trial scheduled for
June 2010. The waters have been somewhat muddied, however, due to much
of the media coverage surrounding this case, both before and after the
May 7 hearing.
FOUR: ATTORNEYS AND CLIENTS AND PRIVILEGES
Michael Rains, attorney for Johannes Mehserle, filed the Defense’s ListPeerless, Oaklandish, and Uptown Body
& Fender Among Indie Award Winners | 92510 | East Bay Express
At the fourth-annual Oakland Indie Awards
on Friday night...Uptown Body and Fender won the award for "neighborhood dynamo." Giovanna Tanzillo and Lisandro Allende were honored for the way they have made
their business an integral part of their surrounding community by
providing local organizations the free use of its large 400-person