Another Day, Another Death: A Mother Dies in Prison After Reporting Threats
*Originally published in the Huffington Post 10/14/2014. Latandra Ellington, a 36-year old mother of four children, died in a Florida prison last week. Ellington had just seven months left to serve of her twenty-two month sentence for grand theft when she was found dead in her cell. Before her death, Ellington feared for her life. […]
When Prison Guards Kill Inmates: Florida’s Prison Massacre Revealed
*Originally published in the Huffington Post 09/29/2014. Prisoners are forgotten people. Locked away, they are totally out of sight, and even more out of mind. Yet prisoners are among society’s most vulnerable populations. Like children, they are completely dependent on others for everything from food to clothing to medical care. But unlike children, who are […]
The Truth About False Confessions
*Originally published in the Huffington Post 09/22/2014. It is hard — near impossible — for most of us to believe that innocent people sometime falsely confess to committing horrible crimes. In fact, most people insist that they would never confess to a murder or rape that they did not commit. Not under any circumstances. But […]
A Deadly Secret: States Refuse to Share the Source of Lethal Injection Drugs in Executions
*Originally published in the Huffington Post on 07/28/2014. Shhh. It’s a secret. No, it’s not an invitation to a surprise party. Instead, it’s the State of Arizona refusing to reveal the source of the drugs used to inject people in death penalty executions. Arizona, one of 32 states in the United States that still retain […]
Killing to Heal?: One Year After the Boston Bombing
*Originally published in the Huffington Post 04/17/2014. This week marks the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing. The bombing was a stunning display of domestic terror that blew apart an April day that should have been full of celebration and accomplishment. Three people, including an eight-year-old boy, were killed and two-hundred people were injured, […]