In 2009, my wife was falsely accused and was sentenced to 20 years regarding a charge about a letter found by police in our home in Georgia. This note was actually authored by a relative of ours while we were living in Texas, but my wife's attorney failed to defend her on these reasons. To further increase the injustice, after attorneys were consulted, a determination was made that my wife was denied parole based on charges she was found innocent on and were dropped. The Georgia Parole Board has refused after multiple requests to provide detailed information on the denial decision. It would be important to know from the Georgia Parole Board their reasoning for denial to ensure they are upholding their public claim that they exist to hold accountable the Georgia judicial system. It would also be important to make sure the Georgia Parole Board is judging in an ethical manner. Because of the way the parole board is given power in Georgia, the inmate is not allowed to attend the hearing and the prosecutor is requested to provide their input. No information on the reasons for denying parole ever have to be provided. Any inmate can be denied parole for other reasons besides dropped charges such as race, religious beliefs, etc. without anyone ever knowing it. This year, a law was passed allowing open records for parole decisions regarding death row inmates; however, no such right is given to the citizens of Georgia to know whether a parole decision is fair and ethical for non- death row inmates. I am calling on the government of Georgia to allow the public to hold the parole board accountable by having open access to all information that pertains to the decision making process when any inmate is considered for and denied parole.

American prisons systems are corrupt. They do very little to help the individual inmates prepare for life once released. Conditions are so bad for prisoners, most leave the system with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder resulting from wide spread victimization, abuse and even torture. Our nation is less safe from criminals who get released from this corrupt system Recidivism is too high, proving the system is totally corrupt and incompetent. With the advent of prison for proffitt we can expect even worse conditions. We can expect more people being imprisoned. Now is the time to stand up and fight against this dangerous road our nation is heading towards. Arrest and convictions don't just happen to "other people"

Calvon Reid was an unarmed man experiencing agitation and distress and in need of medical attention in February 2015. Police called to the scene tased Mr. Reid repeatedly; he died two days later. The Broward County medical examiner ruled the death a homicide in May 2015 yet the Attorney General's office states the case is still "under review."

I also need to edit the top paragraph second sentence it's APD's job to let us know what our children are up to when we are not looking and thEy see them at a place where they should not be. On 3/2/16 I just want to add that all of these kids need some form of punishment for whatever they did and to learn now that if you do something against the law, you will be punished for what THEY did, but if our children have to pay, should not these adults pushing our children pay as well instead of run around these streets looking like heroes with money and nice cars instead of what they really are? I think so, and they should be given a harsher penalty for willfully destroying so many young lives to the extent that they lose the options of education or a good living. My beautiful son is turning 25 in Goose Creek this month because he has become one of the many to lose their lives to the adults in uniform and the adults in criminal form. They think our children can do their time while they roam free, already living a life of decisions when these youthful men and women have just begun theirs. They say my son has black hair and brown eyes, 2APSIN ID #, 5 different DL #, and was pulled over 34 plus times in 3 years. The lawyers told me yes, they chase the kids around the streets, but pay me $25,000 and I can get your son off. They also told me they cannot pick him out of a line-up, but he's guilty and going to do time. The lawyer also told me that the judge and jury will never see this evidence because he was not going to present it to them, and smiled at me when he said it. They also say my son has black hair and brown eyes and is 6 feet tall, but he has blond hair, blue eyes and is barely 5'5 . This is Justice? Why have we as a community that was once very close-knit allowed this kind of behavior right under our noses to grow such a tremendous amount that it has affected our immediate future and the growth of families, which is the bedrock of our lives. I'm asking everyone to sign this petition and stop the needless sacrifice of such smart minds to the criminal element, and to take responsibility for the guidance of all the youth around us and build back our city to the beauty that brought us here in the first place. Stop chasing our kids and go after the adults that made their decision to live the way they do. Give our youth a chance at a life with support and strength to succeed. Give our communities the chance they deserve to be strong and build a future for our grandchildren to be proud of. Felons are in and out of the system because they can't get a job with a felony, homeless cause they can't rent a house because of a felony, but they can be a criminal with a felony. Adults harassing our youth - and you know who you are - STOP; we love our children and want them back. If you find where the problem began, you can solve the problem. Become part of the solution or be part of the problem. Kids can deal with other kids, but what do you do when the adult we tell them to respect is the bully chasing them around these streets?

My brother, Paul Everett, was forced to confess to a murder he did not commit 14 years ago. We have been fighting for a fair trial for years. He is running out of time to prove his innocence with evidence that was not submitted in his trial. Please take a minute to look at his website http://sites.google.com/site/freepaulcom/

My petition is about my brother Samuel Harrell who was killed on April 21, 2015 by a gang of white correctional officers known as "the beat up squad." They beat up and killed my brother while inside Fishkill Correctional Facility.

The criminalization of Black youth is out of control! On the heels of a Texas teen being arrested for bringing a clock to school, Stockton, CA police brutalized 16 year old Emilio Mayfield for jaywalking. The cops were the threat to public safety, not the minor getting off the bus. We demand the cops be charged with assaulting a minor, that Restorative Justice methods are used to resolve non-violent victimless “crimes,” and—we can’t believe we have to say this—the decriminalization of jaywalking.

I am starting this petition because my family has been negativly effected by measure 11. My children will not have there father in their lives for the next 6 years. We are having a difficult time coping without him and it will be even harder to cope after all the time we lose. Our case had special circumstances, one of those being self defense which I witnessed with my own eyes. Now he will be locked up for six years for protecting himself physically and his family's well-being. His being taken away from us for just acting out of fear is unjustified, maybe time is owed but not six years. Something needs to be done about the strict laws in Oregon. A man should have the right to protect himself and his family. Unfortunately, in court, our story was downplayed and not taken seriously. Any support is greatly appreciated we need to give our judges back their power and defendants' right to a fair trial.

The highest incarceration rate in the world and police violence against Black communities are some of the most pressing issues facing American society today. During Pope Francis's 2015 US tour, we urge him to meet with the victims of criminalization and police violence in the Black community, as organized by the US Human Rights Network and other organizations to hear their stories and amplify their voices. We implore Pope Francis to lend his moral authority to this critical issue by speaking out against police violence in low-income Black communities across the US.

This petition has been started because it is past time for the families and victims of the FBI's COunter INTELligence PROgram (COINTELPRO) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#History This petition has been started because the founder and first director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, had no business whatsoever being allowed or permitted by the Government of the United States to undertake such a treasonous and heinous act as COINTELPRO - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover This petition has been started because the famed Church Committee FAILED to Compensate and set free the innocent men and women that the law enforcement community - federal, state and local - imprisoned throughout the United States (and the World) - https://youtu.be/zK2j5HDsSbs And because the TRUTH should come out! This program, this action was and is wrong. Entirely and demonstrably wrong and should, on its face, be exposed for the treasonous and heinous action that it is and always will be in so long as government allows it to continue. Thank you for your support and interests in the areas of Justice and Compensation for these innocent victims of the COINTELPRO....Please Copy & Paste the Links here in your web browser to view and read up on this treasonous action...

James Blake's arrest is a wake-up call for the city New York and beyond. Racial profiling and overly aggressive police tactics endanger our communities instead of making them safer. These tactics must end now.

Racial profiling and police misconduct are devastating communities of color.