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Bryan Stevenson

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Name: Bryan Stevenson

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Voting is not a right

Is it time, at long last, for the citizens of the United States to enjoy the constitutional right to vote for the people who govern them? Phrased in that way, the question may come as a shock. The U.S. has waged wars in Iraq and Afghanistan justified, ... [Published Salon - May 23 2013]

Entities: United States, FairVote, Bryan Stevenson

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

FOX6 News investigates: Tutwiler Prison one year later

BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) -One year after the Montgomery law firm Equal Justice Initiative filed a federal complaint alleging widespread sexual abuse against inmates at Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, we follow up to find out how much progress has ... [Published WSFA - May 17 2013]

Entities: Lori Nelson, Bryan Stevenson, Kim Thomas, prison, Grand Jury

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

You don't understand what that's like Mousa Alshanteer

Three days into my summer internship, I found myself with only a glass wall separating me from our defendant. I sat down and picked up the phone to start the conversation. After blankly staring at me for well over a minute, the defendant wearily rubbed ... [Published Duke University Chronicle - May 16 2013]

Entities: Justice System, Criminal, prison, Bryan Stevenson, Imprison

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

State appeals court overturns capital murder conviction, death sentence in 2008 shooting in Center Point

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals this week overturned a Birmingham man's death sentence and capital murder conviction in the 2008 shooting death of his estranged girlfriend.A Jefferson County jury in 2010 convicted , 43, of ... [Published al.com - May 03 2013]

Entities: Bryan Stevenson, Homicide, Circuit Court, Birmingham, Criminal

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Supreme Court Ruling on Sentencing Yields Split Interpretations

WASHINGTON If people who are too young to vote commit crimes short of murder, the Supreme Court said in 2010, they should not be sentenced to die in prison. That sounds straightforward enough. But there are two ways to understand the decision, . One is ... [Published New York Times - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Supreme Court, Juvenile, Sentencing, Parole

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

Gov. Robert Bentley not surprised at DOJ's Tutwiler probe, says state will treat prisoners humanely

MONTGOMERY, Alabama --- Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley said Friday he was not surprised and said he was committed to humane treatment of prisoners. last year said it is preparing a report about other Alabama prisons.Bentley said he had not talked to anyone ... [Published al.com - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: Kim Thomas, Robert Bentley, Bryan Stevenson

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Justice investigates sexual abuse at Tutwiler

The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation of the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, less than a year after a report of allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct against inmates was released.Bryan Stevenson, executive director ... [Published Individual.com - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Julia Tutwiler, Bryan Stevenson, Sexual Abuse, Wetumpka (United States), Kim Thomas

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

National Black Pro-Life Union Students for Social Justice Attend Kermit Gosnell Murder Trial

Contact: Rev. Clenard Childress Jr., 201-704-9325PHILADELPHIA, April 15, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- Desiring to view first hand the murder trial of Kermit Gosnell, students from the National Black Pro-life Union traveled to Philadelphia to witness the ... [Published Christian News Wire - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Kermit Gosnell, National Black Pro-Life Union, Homicide, Abortion, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States)

First reported Apr 09 2013 - Updated Apr 09 2013 - 1 reports

5 powerful talks about the quest for equality in the United States

Photo: James Duncan Davidson Freeman Hrabowski was a 9th grader in Birmingham, Alabama, when he heard a dynamic, impassioned speaker at church — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. At the time, King was organizing a march for children, and Hrabowski begged ... [Published TED Blog - Apr 09 2013]

Entities: Aaron Huey, Bryan Stevenson, Lawrence Lessig, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

First reported Apr 06 2013 - Updated Apr 06 2013 - 1 reports

Moyers: The Hypocrisy of 'Justice For All'

Bill Moyers brutally slams the hypocrisy of “justice for all” in a society where billions are squandered for a war born in fraud while the poor are pushed aside. Turns out true justice — not just the word we recite from the Pledge of Allegiance — ... [Published Crooks and Liars - Apr 06 2013]

Entities: Bill Moyers, Hypocrisy, Bryan Stevenson, Tim O Brien, Criminal

First reported Mar 29 2013 - Updated Mar 29 2013 - 1 reports

Bryan Stevenson to appear on “Moyers & Company”

Bryan Stevenson, who gave the powerhouse talk “ We need to talk about an injustice ” at TED2012, will appear on Moyers & Company this weekend. Bryan Stevenson: We need to talk about an injustice In the episode, titled “ And Justice For Some ,” Moyers ... [Published TED Blog - Mar 29 2013]

Entities: Bryan Stevenson, Gideon v. Wainwright, Imprison

First reported Feb 28 2013 - Updated Feb 28 2013 - 1 reports

The winner of the TED/Prezi contest remixes Bryan Stevenson’s “We need to talk about an injustice”

document.getElementById('wpcom-iframe-form-a9fe3d99ee73fb9d909c748c81d0451d').submit(); Last spring, Robyn Grobler shared a fascinating theory at TED@Johannesburg , one of the 14 stops on our worldwide talent search to find untold stories for TED2013. Her ... [Published TED Blog - Feb 28 2013]

Entities: Bryan Stevenson, TED Conferences LLC, Peter Arvai, Chris Anderson

Quotes

"I think a lot of it has to do with who investigates and the latitude that they have," Stevenson says. "the department of corrections has an internal division that does a lot of that and they have an important role to play, but i think our traditional law enforcement agencies, prosecutor's offices have to be involved."

FOX6 News investigates: Tutwiler Prison one year later [Published WSFA - May 17 2013]

...The women of Tutwiler, EJI executive director Bryan Stevenson told Birmingham TV station WBRC , live with "this fear that you're always at risk, that it's not safe to take a shower, that it's not safe to go to sleep when certain officers are in the dorm, that you can be extorted, that you can be manipulated into sexual favors, it's really horrific."

America's 10 Worst Prisons: Julia Tutwiler [Published MoJo Articles | Mother Jones - May 09 2013]

"we believe that the court of criminal appeals correctly applied the governing legal principles that control these kinds of issues and properly overturned the conviction and sentence" said Bryan Stevenson, the founder and executive director of the EJI

State appeals court overturns capital murder conviction, death sentence in 2008 shooting in Cente ... [Published al.com - May 03 2013]

"we generally want to see an increased commitment to eliminating abuse and misconduct directed at people statewide, not just at tutwiler" Stevenson said

Gov. Robert Bentley not surprised at DOJ's Tutwiler probe, says state will treat prisoners humanely [Published al.com - Apr 20 2013]

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Voting is not a right [Published Salon - May 23 2013]
FOX6 News investigates: Tutwiler Prison one yea... [Published WSFA - May 17 2013]
You don't understand what that's like Mousa Als... [Published Duke University Chronicle - May 16 2013]
America's 10 Worst Prisons: Julia Tutwiler [Published Mother Jones - May 09 2013]
America's 10 Worst Prisons: Julia Tutwiler [Published MoJo Articles \| Mother Jones - May 09 2013]
State appeals court overturns capital murder co... [Published al.com - May 03 2013]
Supreme Court Ruling on Sentencing Yields Split... [Published New York Times - Apr 29 2013]
Gov. Robert Bentley not surprised at DOJ's Tutw... [Published al.com - Apr 20 2013]
Justice investigates sexual abuse at Tutwiler [Published Individual.com - Apr 18 2013]
National Black Pro-Life Union Students for Soci... [Published Christian News Wire - Apr 15 2013]
5 powerful talks about the quest for equality i... [Published TED Blog - Apr 09 2013]
Moyers: The Hypocrisy of 'Justice For All' [Published Crooks and Liars - Apr 06 2013]
Sunday Talking Heads: March 31, 2013 [Published Firedoglake - Mar 31 2013]
Bryan Stevenson to appear on “Moyers & Comp... [Published TED Blog - Mar 29 2013]
Sunday Morning Bobblehead Thread [Published Crooks and Liars - Mar 03 2013]
Sunday Talking Heads: March 3, 2013 [Published Firedoglake - Mar 03 2013]
The winner of the TED/Prezi contest remixes Bry... [Published TED Blog - Feb 28 2013]
A look at TED, from 1984 through the present [Published TED Blog - Feb 22 2013]
The vicious circle of poverty and injustice [Published open Democracy News Analysis - - Jan 22 2013]
Favorites of 2012: Why the eff didn’t you... [Published TED Blog - Dec 28 2012]
Comments we loved this year: The words of support [Published TED Blog - Dec 26 2012]
The Best TED Images of 2012 [Published TED Blog - Dec 20 2012]
Jeff Smith: The rest of his political incarcera... [Published TED Blog - Dec 05 2012]
Defendants sentenced in beating death of Bryan ... [Published Fox 19 - Aug 10 2012]
Suspects sentenced in restaurant parking lot be... [Published Fox 19 - Aug 10 2012]

Blogs

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5 powerful talks about the quest for equality i... [Published TED Blog - Apr 09 2013] Photo: James Duncan Davidson Freeman Hrabowski was a 9th grader in Birmingham, Alabama, when he heard a dynamic, impassioned speaker at church — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. At the time, King was organizing a march for children, and Hrabowski begged ...
Moyers: The Hypocrisy of 'Justice For All' [Published Crooks and Liars - Apr 06 2013] Bill Moyers brutally slams the hypocrisy of “justice for all” in a society where billions are squandered for a war born in fraud while the poor are pushed aside. Turns out true justice — not just the word we recite from the Pledge of Allegiance — ...
Sunday Talking Heads: March 31, 2013 [Published Firedoglake - Mar 31 2013] Ahh yes, Sunday. WASHINGTON JOURNAL. ABC’S THIS WEEK: Archbishop of New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan . Roundtable: Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D-NJ) , Rep. Peter King (R-NY) , Matthew Dowd , Jeff Zeleny , Katrina vanden Heuvel . Religious ...
Bryan Stevenson to appear on “Moyers & Comp... [Published TED Blog - Mar 29 2013] Bryan Stevenson, who gave the powerhouse talk “ We need to talk about an injustice ” at TED2012, will appear on Moyers & Company this weekend. Bryan Stevenson: We need to talk about an injustice In the episode, titled “ And Justice For Some ,” Moyers ...
Sunday Morning Bobblehead Thread [Published Crooks and Liars - Mar 03 2013] Toad the Wet Sprocket -- Something's Always Wrong Welcome to our Self-Made Crisis Period, number the fifth in the last six months. I'm well past outrage fatigue. I'm just done with these buffoons in DC. I'm done with David Brooks and John McCai ...