For over 40-years, hundreds of thousands of men and women have been arrested, prosecuted, convicted, and imprisoned for a combined hundreds of thousands of years for conduct alleged, admitted, or found to be; "[i]n violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1)" from which, "any person" NOT REGISTERED for federal jurisdiction to be federally regulated is STATUTORILY EXEMPT!

Our country's public defenders (PDs) are already grossly underpaid and overworked and our poor are already significantly over-represented in our criminal justice system. Because our legislators will not approve a federal budget, federal PDs are being forced to take pay cuts and furlough days and the poor are not receiving the representation provided in the Constitution. PDs are the only hope our poor have when they are arrested - often falsely - for a crime. I cannot be silent while once again the poor suffer, often sitting in prison while legislators play political games. Please intervene and see to it that budgets are restored to our federal public defender's offices immediately.

Eviction for the use of Marijuana is stupid when people actually die from alcohol every year and there are two strikes for that.

Born and raised in New Orleans, Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox have been held in solitary confinement by the State of Louisiana longer than any inmates on record in the United States. For over 41 years Wallace and Woodfox have been kept in six-foot-by-nine-foot cells a minimum of 23 hours a day (for more information about their case see http://www.angola3.org). These types of conditions are notorious throughout US prisons, where isolation units have become common practice rather than being used under the most extreme of cases. As of today, about 80,000 prisoners throughout the United States are kept in solitary confinement. A movement with international support calls for Louisiana authorities to end the deplorable prison conditions experienced by these men for over 4 decades (see http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/cases/usa-the-angola-3). Recognizing that Wallace and Woodfox are not alone, United States House Representatives Cedric Richmond, Jerrold Nadler, Scott Lead, and John Conyers, drafted a letter to the Department of Justice calling for investigations into the alarming conditions of several Louisiana state prison facilities. In their letter, the Representatives condemn the patterned use of long-term solitary confinement as a violation of the US Constitution's Eighth and Fourteenth Ammendments (protection against cruel and unusual punishment and due process) and also call for an independent investigation of its widespread practice in Louisiana, in particular solitary confinement in Angola Prison. (http://democrats.judiciary.house.gov/press-release/reps-richmond-conyers-nadler-and-scott-lead-letter-calling-investigation-several) Herman and Albert are at the forefront of a campaign that affects hundreds of Louisiana inmates CURRENTLY being held in long-term solitary confinement units with no meaningful opportunity to be returned to general population. Many of these inmates have been held in solitary confinement for years, while still others have been held for decades. Over 70% of those held in solitary confinement will leave prison, and reenter our communities far physically, emotionally and psychologically more damaged than when they were admitted to prison. The practice of solitary confinement has been universally condemned by many organizations including Amnesty International, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, and the American Civil Liberties Union. Furthermore, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture, Juan E. Méndez, recently urged the US Government to abolish the use of prolonged or indefinite solitary confinement. Méndez stresses that “even if solitary confinement is applied for short periods of time, it often causes mental and physical suffering or humiliation, amounting to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and if the resulting pain or sufferings are severe, solitary confinement even amounts to torture.” Considering that Louisiana has lagged behind as other states join in the growing movement to end mass incarceration and the use of solitary confinement, the TIME HAS ARRIVED to review how this inhumane prison practice is being used in Louisiana prisons and jails. Please join this call to demand that the Louisiana Legislature's Administration of Criminal Justice Committee host a public hearing on the use of long-term solitary confinement before the beginning of the 2014 legislative session. For more information, resources and dialogue about the use of long-term solitary confinement in US prisons please visit: http://ccrjustice.org/solitary-factsheet http://www.nyclu.org/files/publications/nyclu_boxedin_FINAL.pdf https://afsc.org/resource/solitary-confinement-facts http://www.nrcat.org/torture-in-us-prisons/statement http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/08/03/what-its-like-to-spend-8-years-in-solitary-confinement/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=solitary-confinement-cruel-ineffective-unusual http://www.motherjones.com/special-reports/2012/10/solitary-confinement-shane-bauer http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/solitary-confinement-cruel-but-not-unusual/2013/08/03/9c9b6992-f0b0-11e2-bed3-b9b6fe264871_story.html http://www.solitarywatch.com

People every day are effected by domestic violence and need help. Although it is difficult to enforce, we are ensured protection. Help stop the violence!

Jeff and Blaine was tragically killed while working on a semi on I-69 on July 11,2013 by a truck driver whom several calls where made do to his erratic driving. It has been 6 months now and nothing has been done to our knowledge , the driver Randy Withrow is walking around free . We the family,loved ones ,friends would like to know where we stand and why this is taking so long , we where told to file a civil suit and now it seems like the criminal case has been put on the back burner. We need some kind of information that makes since to us because this does not . We have lost a father, a son, a brother, and loved ones and friends that can never be replaced as many of us are grieving and await the answers. We LOVE AND MISS THEM WITH ALL OF OUR HEARTS OUR LIVES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. Jeff would have been 20 Oct.2013 family spent his birthday at cemetery , also spent Thanksgiving and Christmas there instead of home with these loved ones , when will something be done.

On Aug 29th Edrinna Bryant was found guilty of Second degree Murder, but in the event of self-defense with her late boyfriend Lavell Hardy. Edrinna is a very compassionate person at hand, she has a 7 year old son that means more than the world to her. She loves her son unconditionally and does everything in her power to make a way for him, even to the extent of working two jobs. We all watched Edrinna grow up to become a considerate, amicable, calm, relaxed, affectionate, sincere, versatile, sympathetic, sensible, reserved, smart, loving, thoughtful, sociable, understanding, and warmhearted woman. We don't want to see her lose time within her life away from her growing son, at which she's all he has. Her son has already lost one parent and it hurts us tremendously, yet it has the possibly of destroying and traumatizing him. We all know with no doubt that she's excessively hurt and sorry for the unintended consequences that occurred while protecting herself.

This petition is being circulated to receive an immediate response to the cries of the concerned citizens of the City of Trenton. We are asking for immediate attention regarding the reoccurring violence in the city streets with respect to the 32 tragic murders that have taken place in 2013. The fears of the residents of the City of Trenton grow stronger on a daily basis. The quality of life and public safety is our number one concern.

Harsh conditions and terms of incarceration that exceed any American logic.

Victims of sexual abuse should have unlimited time to disclose their crime. Murder has no SOLs, neither should sexual abuse of a child.

Kent Davidson murdered my daughter, Crystal Schulz on March 11, 2013. Kent Davidson lured Crystal out to a shed. Kent Davidson shot Crystal in the back of the head twice with a shot gun. Kent Davidson fled the scene in Crystal's car. Kent Davidson drove to Sioux Falls, SD where he met up with a "love interest" and partied. Kent Davidson was arrested on a parole violation on March 15, 2013. Kent Davidson walked away from a half-way house in Rapid City, South Dakota in October 2012. The authorities were not looking for him at that time until he murdered Crystal on March 11, 2013. Kent Davidson has five felony convictions and twenty-two misdemeanors convictions. Kent Davidson is a habitual offender. Kent Davidson upgraded from "non-violent" crimes to a violent crime, murder in the first degree, premeditated murder. Kent Davidson needs to be in prison for the rest of his life, better yet he needs to be put to death. The prosecuting deputy attorney suggested saving the taxpayers money by accepting this plea offering. Murder is murder and that is what Kent Davidson did. Kent Davidson murder Crystal Ann Schulz, a twenty-six year old sister, daughter, niece, friend, co-worker, lover of life and world traveler.

Eighteen-year-old Israel Hernandez-Llach was an award-winning artist in Miami, Florida – a painter, sculptor, photographer and graffiti artist. He was armed with nothing more than a can of spray paint, threatening nothing but the wall of an abandoned McDonalds, when the cops chased him down, tased him, and allegedly laughed and high-fived as he lay motionless and dying on the ground. Israel's family is awaiting his autopsy results to conclusively determine the cause of his death, but what we already know is that Tasers are dangerous and can kill, especially when misused by police. And this is not an isolated incident. The Miami Beach Police Department has an appalling record of using excessive force, including firing over 100 bullets at the car of a drunk driver and falsely arresting a witness who called 911 to report police beating a handcuffed gay man. On top of that, Florida has the 2nd largest number of deaths by Taser in the country. The events of Israel’s tragic death have devastated his family and sparked national outrage over this use of potentially lethal force to deal with a youthful indiscretion. The Miami Beach Police are currently under investigation, but without better guidelines and training for use of Tasers, we can’t guarantee that there won’t be more needless tragedies. That’s why we need to act now, while Israel’s story is in the spotlight, and call for change. Sign the petition urging the Mayor of Miami Beach to order a change in the police department’s Taser policy – to help prevent more needless tragedies.