Operation: Saeed Freedom “President Obama: Stand up and stop the religious imprisonment of Pastor Saeed Abedini.” Every man and woman should have the right to religious freedom, no person should suffer because of his or her religious beliefs. Freedom of religion doesn’t only exist so that we may have the freedom to practice our beliefs; it also exists so that we may have freedom from others imposing their beliefs upon us. Saeed Abedini deserves to be released from his imprisonment at Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran. He has been imprisoned at Evin Prison, one of the most notorious prisons in Iran, since September 26, 2012. As the American people, we should all come together to insure that he receives his liberty. President Obama, we need you to stand up and and continue to speak out on the injustices the Iranian government is throwing on Pastor Saeed. You must send forces over to have Saeed released. We must do whatever it takes to ensure this innocent American man’s freedom is returned. Not only his freedom of an American pastor, but also as a father, husband, and friend. As a nation that values religious freedom so highly, every man and woman should have the right to religious freedom and should not suffer because of their beliefs. If this were to be happening in the United States, there would be immediate action for the release of a prisoner like this. We need 1,000 signatures to ensure that Pastor Saeed Abedini’s story continues to spread and that President Obama takes action towards his freedom.

In 2012, the Corrections Corporation of America, the nation's largest operator of for-profit prisons, sent letters to 48 states offering to buy their prisons as a remedy for "challenging corrections budgets." In exchange, the company asked for a 20-year management contract, plus an assurance that the prison would remain at least 90% full. If the state does not maintain the 90% capacity requirement for the next 20 years, taxpayers will be forced to pay for unused prison beds as a “low-crime tax” that essentially penalizes taxpayers when prison incarceration rates fall. For more information, check out this article appearing in Salon.com: 6 Shocking Revelations About How Private Prisons Make Money http://www.salon.com/2013/09/23/6_shocking_revelations_about_how_private_prisons_make_money_partner/

I am not personally affected except as a senior citizen living in another state but deeply disturbed by the unjust impact of the Stand Your Ground Law. I urge and support its repeal in Florida (and in any other states where such law exists) and want to impress upon the legislators at federal and state levels that this law contravenes the spirit and essence of our Constitutional commitment to disburse justice equally.

My petition is important to me for the freedom of my son whom I believe is innocent! As well, I want my petition to reach all Senators to look at other cases where another human is wrongfully convicted. I have always trusted the system however with what my family and I endured during this wrongful conviction of my son, my faith in the system has died. I am asking you to please give me a reason to believe in it again. I love my son and will fight for his freedom until God calls me home and with this being said, I pray you find it in your heart to look further in his case that occurred in Belton, Texas. I am always available for contact.

It's unfair for this man to die in prison when murderers and rapists are released every day.

In 2011 I started the documentary These Storied Streets, which profiles Americas homeless across the country. I had no idea how violent, how often and scary it could be to be living on the streets. Often, just for fun, the homeless is targeted and beaten. Films like Bum Fights and Bum Hunter have lead to strings of violence against this vulnerable and unprotected people. This needs to change. Violence because of a economic condition is no different than violence associated with race or religion.

Hailey Owens, Springfield, MO., was Kidnapped and found dead in less then 3 hours. We the people should remember so such horrific crimes may never happen again.

Because too many deaths have occurred in the past three to five years that have gone either unsolved or have supposedly been solved with "questionable" outcomes.

Too many of our youth are dying behind the ridiculous law that contradicts the main reason to protect yourself, this law gives people the right to put the law in their own hands and chase innocent people down and kill them for no reason. The law states stand your ground not hunt your prey.

A white man killed an unarmed Black teenager — Jordan Davis — and Florida's so-called "Stand Your Ground" or "Shoot First" law set the stage for the injustice we've just witnessed — enabling Michael Dunn to kill Jordan Davis and not fully answer for that crime. It's a gripping comparison and a terrifying continuation of the injustice we saw with Trayvon Martin — with both murders taking place in Florida just months apart. In this time of national sorrow, let us turn our rightful frustration into action and grow a movement to hold accountable the criminal justice system that fails Black Americans every day.

Cannabis is here.. It's a fact..! Too many people have been incarcerated, Ostracized , or worse, killed, because the federal government has helped to create a black market. With the votes of Colorado and Washington State and the polls which show a majority of the United States people favor Legalization.... It's time!

EVERY YEAR 58,000 CHILDREN ARE SENT FOR CUSTODY OR UNPROTECTED VISITATION WITH A DANGEROUS ABUSER. EVERY COUNTY IN EVERY STATE HARBORS DANGEROUS JUDGES. NO CHILD IS SAFE. In addition, in 2013 the Center for Disease Control concluded a lengthy investigation into adverse childhood experiences. The ACE study is one of the largest medical investigations ever conducted to assess associations between childhood maltreatment and later-life health and well-being. They found that a child’s exposure to certain trauma’s, including domestic violence or child sexual abuse, resulted in more illnesses and injuries to children in childhood through adulthood (i.e., social emotional and cognitive impairment; adoption of health-risk behaviors; disease, disability and social problems; and premature death). This study demonstrates how a child’s exposure to domestic or sexual abuse is a PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. Yet every year, an estimated 58,000 children are sent for custody or unprotected visitation with a reported abuser. So how is this happening? Although research confirms that deliberately false allegations by mothers in child sexual abuse cases occurs less than 2% of the time, 85% of these cases results in custody to the alleged abuser—which means our courts are sending children to live with their rapist. Inadequately trained professionals tend to believe the myth that mothers frequently make false allegations. Therefore, in thinking they have the needed expertise, they don't listen to domestic violence or child abuse evidence, experts, or consider current research. Mothers are then forced into poverty trying to protect their children-- while, their children continue to be abused. Mr. Governor, House and Senate Representatives, CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, we now have the medical research to declare domestic violence and child abuse a PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. And the U.S. Department of Justice's Saunders report states that the STANDARD and REQUIRED domestic violence training received by judges, lawyers, and evaluators does not adequately prepare them to handle abuse cases. WE ARE PETITIONING FOR A STATEWIDE INVESTIGATION OF FAMILY COURT PRACTICES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AN EFFORT TO STOP CALIFORNIA JUDGES FROM FORCING DEFENSELESS CHILDREN TO BE HARMED BY ABUSERS. We thank you in advance for your support.