• Stop The Killing
    It devastates the public of all races and religions to see fellow citizens blatantly killed for no reason other than a misdemeanor. If a person is instructing an officer that they cannot breathe and begging for their life, literally or fictitiously, they should be at the very least: ASKED, or QUESTIONED do you have a medical condition? Police must be made to respect the people they are hired to serve regardless of their race, religion, or creed! And held to a higher standard when these regulations are in fact broken! Please show your support now by signing this Petition.
    75 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Sharney Jones
  • President Obama: End The Life Sentence
    My friend Ronald Moon was indicted and charged with non-violent drug charges and received life without parole. After 9 years in prison, he has more than paid his debt to society. It cost 25,000 per year for taxpayer's to keep my non-violent friend in prison for a mistake he made 9 years ago. Please sign the petition asking President Barack Obama to grant my friend petition for clemency.
    873 of 1,000 Signatures
    Created by Gina Lowery
  • Free Gina Sartin
    She is my daughter and she shouldn't have to do 5yrs, the others didn't!
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    Created by Nickie Clark
  • CALL FOR MORATORIUM ON SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
    After Naked Truth (ANT) We use the sword of truth to cut through well-dressed lies to reveal the NAKED TRUTH VISION: Hold commercial entities, elected officials, pastors, civil rights organizations, and ourselves accountable. MISSION: To make prosperity be defined as the absence of the poor not the presence of the rich. Governor Mike Pence Indiana State Capitol Building, Room 206 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 317-232-4567 Governor's Phone Dear Governor Pence: We call on you to act boldly now to end the torture now practiced in the Indiana prisons. As the international community has examined the research, including over a century of scientific studies suggesting that prolonged solitary confinement leads to irreversible mental degradation, experts have found that use of segregation for periods in excess of fifteen days constitutes torture and cannot be supported under existing international standards for human rights. Kofi Ajabu has spent over a decade in solitary and still experiences solitary as of this writing. And he is not the only Indiana inmate suffering from this condition. The abuses of solitary confinement are now being litigated in the Federal Courts, and reviewed in Congressional hearings. The treatment of inmates has become the subject of international reviews of this nation's human rights record. DOC present policies require an hour of daily exercise and regular access to personal hygiene for every inmate held there. In many instances these policies are ignored. As a result inmates for whom you are responsible have gone weeks without a shower or an hour in the exercise yard. We assert that these practices compound the torture inherent in long periods of solitary confinement and are inconsistent with the values of a state Constituted to "insure justice to all;" and that no "cruel and unusual punishments be inflicted". We appeal to you to sign an executive order that implements a moratorium to end this torture conducted in our name and with our tax dollars. Sincerely, Rev. Mmoja Ajabu, Founder 770-365-8048 [email protected] TO COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER We plan to present the above letter the governor of Indiana in September. We will notify you of exact date and time. Please indicate your willingness to be a signatory by August 31st. Thanks in advance for your cooperation. – Rev. Ajabu
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    Created by Rev. Mmoja Ajabu
  • Stop Domestic Violence
    I am a survivor of Domestic Violence. My son and I felt as prisoners in our our own home, due to the abuser being out on bail, while we were unable to leave our home.
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    Created by Sylvia Macias
  • Justice For Jesse!
    I am starting this petition because as bizarre as this case may sound, it happened. There was no justice served in this case. Crawford County took an innocent young man and made him a criminal, they said he was a menace to society. Judge William Seay was very harsh and unjust in his decision to sentence Jesse to 12 years when child molesters and rapist are sentenced 3-7 years in prisons. Why? Where is our justice? Where is our Liberty? This man's life has been destroyed because two people made false statements and were set free of the crime they were arrested for. I am asking that this case be brought to the surface and Jesse be granted a pardon or sentence reduction and be released from prison and removed from parole (refer to MO Revised Statutes chapter 558 Imprisonment Section 558.046, August 28,2013). Jesse has served more than enough time in Missouri Department of Corrections; I want to see Justice for Jesse!!
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    Created by Crystal
  • Independent Civilian Oversight of the California Highway Patrol
    The recent beating of a mentally ill woman by a CHP officer that was caught on video is being investigated by the CHP without any independent review. The CHP is the largest highway patrol police force in the U.S., with nearly 10,000 officers. When the police police themselves without any independent oversight, there is no check on their power and authority. Independent civilian oversight is the check on that power.
    512 of 600 Signatures
    Created by Judge LaDoris Cordell (Ret.)
  • Rep Harris: Stop Blocking Marijuana Decriminalization in DC
    The Mayor of DC signed into law DC's decriminalization of marijuana bill this past spring. Now, Rep. Andy Harris ( R- MD) pushed a amendment to block DC government from enforcing the legislation. Rep. Harris should mind his own business and stay out of our local affairs.
    381 of 400 Signatures
    Created by Khalid Pitts
  • Attorney General Kamala Harris: Reopen Case for Six-Year-Old Rape Victim
    A 911 call was made to Temecula Police Department. A six year old girl reported in child's language her stepfather raped her. The child was hospitalized for sexual abuse and a sexually transmitted infection at Loma Linda University Hospital San Bernardino California. Riverside County D.A. Paul Zellerbach, filed five felony charges of lewd acts and oral copulation with a minor. Riverside County Superior Court Judge F. Paul Dickerson III, approved a court order to hold the suspect to answer and proceed to trial, immediately afterwards, Riverside D.A. closed this case, set the suspect free without jail time, without prosecution. Justice was denied this six year old rape victim in Riverside California. We need Attorney General Kamala Harris and Riverside County D.A. to reopen and refile this sexual abuse case.
    130 of 200 Signatures
    Created by Kristi Benet
  • Stop abuse of power
    Police operating under the color of the law... abusing authority and treating citizens less than human. If anyone has encountered either of these police department please sign.
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    Created by brandy
  • Juveniles Convicted As Adults of Violent Crimes Should Serve the Time
    My brother, my sister-in-law and my nine year old niece were brutally murdered by their 16 year old son/brother. He used my brother's legally purchased, licensed pistol to commit all three heinous acts. He then called in his crime and waited for the police to arrive and arrest him. As a family, we agreed to a plea after nearly two years of waiting in order to avoid a media circus, to facilitate closure and to promote healing. This meant my nephew pled guilty to three first degree murders and was sentenced to three life sentences, two to run concurrently with the third to run consecutively. He would have been eligible for parole in 30 years, not 15, as this new law mandates.
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    Created by Kristi Venderlic
  • America has a justice problem.
    Our country has departed from one of its bedrock principles: that America is a nation founded on second chances at opportunity. The U.S. has 5% of the world's total population, but 25% of the world's prison population is incarcerated within our borders -- the vast majority in prison for nonviolent offenses. That's not justice. I've introduced the REDEEM Act to remove some of the high barriers Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes face when trying to reenter society after serving their time. The bill will help them find a job, support their families, and -- most importantly for their communities -- keep from reoffending. The REDEEM Act provides a federal sealing pathway for nonviolent adult ex-offenders, automatically seals the records of nonviolent juvenile offenders, and lifts the lifetime ban on receiving federal benefits like pell grants. In short, the REDEEM Act introduces rehabilitation to a system focused too much on punishment alone. I'm standing up to say that rehabilitation isn't just better policy -- it's a moral imperative. Will you stand with me? Tell members of Congress: our justice system should rehabilitate, not just incarcerate.
    8,095 of 9,000 Signatures
    Created by Senator Cory Booker