• Free Wayne Williams
    It's been over 30 years since Wayne Williams went to prison for crimes he did not commit. Please help us in our efforts to free Wayne and bring justice to all those impacted by this horrific tragedy. Go to www.waynewilliamsfreedomproject.com for more information. Thank you.
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    Created by Jimmy Howard
  • Chicago Coalition to FOP: Stop Fundraising for Officer Darren Wilson
    The FOP's leadership should not be fanning the flames of hate, distrust, and human rights violations by fundraising for Darren Wilson.
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    Created by Tamara Fouche
  • Decriminalise Drug abuse and rehabilitate the Drug Addict.
    I am an an addicted alcoholic who has spent over a year in jail for drunk driving, after I realized I had to stop drinking I picked up a very bad Meth smoking habit, because the issues that needed to be addressed about my addiction wasn't addressed until I could no longer smoke enough speed to get high, I was a Lucky one who didn't get arrested in my Speed addiction, and I was a lucky one who didn't kill myself. Please help.
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    Created by Valerie A. Grippen
  • San Francisco: Process Your Unprocessed Rape Kits AND Earmark Yearly Funding for the Crime of Rape
    I was drugged and raped in 2010, and called and waited and called and waited for my rape kit to be tested for 2.5 years. I was told my rape kit would be processed within 14 days. This is unacceptable. SFPD needs to process all of their thousands of backlogged rape kits. It is a hazard to public safety as these criminals continue to freely roam our city streets, potential raping other victims. Furthermore, I was very disrespected and degraded by the SFPD in how they treated me from the moment of my rape up until now.
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    Created by Heather Marlowe
  • Sign the petition: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse must reject Michael Boggs
    Michael Boggs—who as a Georgia legislator was anti-choice, anti-gay and anti-civil rights—is in danger of being given a lifetime judicial appointment to the federal bench, because President Obama cut a deal with Georgia’s two Republican senators. A wide coalition of advocates (from NARAL to the NAACP) have organized against Michael Boggs’ confirmation, and many Democrats on Capitol Hill—including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Georgia Congressman John Lewis—have said they will oppose him. But Senator Sheldon Whitehouse—a Rhode Island Democrat—now says that he will vote to confirm Boggs, simply because Georgia’s two Republican senators support him. Even though as a Senate candidate in 2006, Whitehouse said that a nominee’s position on choice alone was enough to filibuster their appointment to the court. We cannot afford to give more federal lifetime appointments to right-wing judges, and Sheldon Whitehouse should know better. Sign the petition to Senator Whitehouse—urging that he say “no” to Michael Boggs.
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    Created by Paul Hogarth
  • Sign SB 967 to help end the culture of sexual assault plaguing our California college campuses
    I’ve been so impressed by the student sexual assault advocates who’ve bravely testified at the Capitol, and shared their stories with the press. I hope you’ll stand up and join the effort asking Governor Jerry Brown to sign SB 967 into law. As the Father of a college-age daughter, I was stunned to learn that 1 out of 5 women are sexually assaulted during their time in college. This is unacceptable. It is every student’s dream to go to college. It is our duty to provide a safe environment once they get there.
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    Created by Senator Kevin de Leόn
  • JUSTICE FOR CHARLES A. BROWN IV
    I 'M DEMANDING JUSTICE FOR CHARLES A. BROWN IV TO BRING RESOLUTION AND CLOSURE TO THE BROWN FAMILY. WE ARE DEEPLY SADENED BY THIS SENSELESS BRUTAL MURDER. THE FAMILY FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY ARE SADDENED BY THIS TRAGEDY, BECAUSE WE HAVE SUFFERED A GREAT LOSS AND A LEGEND. WE WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO POLICE CRIMES, HOLD POLICEMEN ACCOUNTABLE AND TAKE THE LID OFF THE CODE OF SILENCE AMONGST THE POLICE DEPARMENT AND THEIR AGENCIES. STOP THIS GENOCIDE! ! & POLICE BRUTALITY !!
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    Created by Joyce Evison-Brown
  • Treat attacks on special needs people as felony hate crimes mandating prison time regardless of age.
    As a mother of an Autistic child who has ended in the hospital more than once, I am outraged that in some occasions the police has even refused to write a report and when they do, no charges are ever filed. The new incident of the child assaulted by pouring bio-hazard waste on him has been treated as a simple prank. Another teen was beat to a pulp with no consequences to his attackers. No more!!
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    Created by Maricarmen Martinez
  • Release RALPH "PLOOKIE" DUKE
    FREE RALPH PLOOKIE DUKE This is a plea for attention, support, and consideration for the release of RALPH "PLOOKIE" DUKE. During the cocaine/disco/bad girl era of the 80's, PLOOKIE was convicted of cocaine sales and related charges. When he was sentenced, it was somehow decided that he was going to be an example set by whomever-the city, the law, the legal system- and blatantly sentenced to LIFE PLUS FORTY YEARS! It was flaunted and even advertised on billboards that his sentence was intentionally set to be ridiculous and not in accordance with any sentencing guidelines for his charges: TO SET AN EXAMPLE. With public humiliation and advertised gloating added to the ridiculous sentence, hangings, public lynchings, and burning of witches resounds a bit too eerily. Setting all that aside, EXAMPLE SET, DONE, DEAD. It is no longer current nor effective. The real and current concern and NEED FOR CORRECTION-other than the rest of PLOOKIE's life-is a fair, just, equal legal system with standardized sentencing that is, in itself, within the law, and protects all of our legal, civil, human, and constitutional rights without bias and prejudice. Please pause briefly, as a responsible citizen, to consider and attend to this travesty of justice. It won't take much time nor any detailed scrutiny since it's ludicrousness was pronounced at sentencing and touted as advertised afterwards. PLOOKIE has already served 25 and counting years! Our legal system is NOT OUTSIDE THE LAW OR CITIZEN RIGHTS!
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    Created by BambiLynn Graf
  • Frank Skillern Jr: Has served enough time for crime.
    My brother Frank Skillern Jr. sentenced to 18 years in jail for robberies committed in 2006. He has served 9 years in prison and is a completely changed man. Frank is ready to move on from those mistakes and better himself.
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    Created by tyrona Skillern
  • Chris Lighty - Reopen the Case
    This Petition is to reopen the case on Darrell "Chris" Lighty. Requesting that the city of New York provide the needed materials for us to do our own gun residue test and independent autospy by Michael Baden and to look closely at the facts and help my family get some closure as we do not feel that Darrell committed suicide.
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    Created by David Lighty
  • reduce aggravated sentences .
    I have seen murderers serve not even half of their sentence and be released but if you get an aggravated sentence you have to serve half of your time. It should depend upon what the Inmate has accomplished while being incarcerated or being credited for their good time to reduce their sentences.
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    Created by Gloria Morris