Ramsey Muniz has been serving a life sentence without parole since 1994 due to a nonviolent drug-related offense. He was a prominent and ardent Chicano attorney who ran for Governor of Texas, in the Seventies. Mr. Muniz, now age 72 and in poor health, is struggling to obtain his freedom in the last years of his life, at the Beaumont Federal Prison. (Visit http://www.freeramsey.com for more information.)

Every year twice the number of children in Connecticut are killed by motor vehicles than from guns. Isn't it time for us to take action against drivers speeding in Berlin, Connecticut?

We are a couple of 6th graders that go to LREI. We are doing a social justice project to get wrongfully convicted criminals out of jail in New York.

Mr. Oscar Lopez Rivera is the longest held political prisoners in the history of Puerto Rico and in the world. He has been jailed for 32 years. López Rivera was never accused of any act of violence or having caused any death to anyone. His only "crime" is his wish for a free & sovereign Puerto Rico off from United States dominion.

Like millions of other students across the country, I will be graduating with tens of thousands of dollars in student loan debt. Students are being crushed under the impossible weight of student loan debt. Even worse, the interest rate on our student loans is nine times that of the big banks - the same big banks that cost millions of Americans their jobs and nearly wrecked our economy.

The privatization of prisons is like Pac-Man for our youth. The governors of the states are entering into agreements with private corporations like GEO, CCA, and MTC, guaranteeing prison bed capacity payments with our tax dollars while their stockholders profit. If the beds are empty then there is the impetus, the motivation to fill them - waste not, want not! So the threshold is lowered ed on crimes and ages, and the problem for private graft is solved! Hold your Governors, District Attorneys, County Supervidors, Wardens and Police accountable. Make the Attorney General and

Holder has refused in indict, arrest or prosecute a single banker for the financial crisis of 2007-2008 that collapsed the world economy.

According to Idoc, these sex offenders are put into these programs as part of their Parole or Probation stipulations. The cost for this program is too much for thesr offenders and when they can't pay they get Violated.

Marissa Alexander The 31-year-old Florida woman who fired a warning shot at her abusive husband, was sentenced Friday morning to 20 years in prison. This is an outrage...

Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas should be investigated in suspect of using tax exempt funds from their Non-Profit Status 501(c)3 , to promote hate and discrimination.

My son, Marc Lee-Purvis, KV 4348, is currently serving a 5-13 year sentence at SCI Camp Hill because he filed a complaint of theft of personal property against 2 officers assigned to the D.A.'s.Violent Gun and Drug Task Force, namely Martin Dietz and James Dougherty. As a result, he was subjected to constant harassment, intimidation, planting of drugs, perjury, false witness, conviction and finally imprisonment.

I have lived in chronic pain and had PTSD and social anxiety for all of my adult life,starting at age 16 and I am 39 now. Had to self Medicate with cannabis for many years!! But after 6 lower back surgeries I have to go to a pain management center and after my psychological doctors company closed their doors I have to get that medication from my PCP. With all the new laws (which I agree with shutting the pill mills down) I have to take a UA regularly and if I come up positive,then they can no longer give me my medications,which is harming my body!!!! With something as natural as cannabis that treats any things and illnesses,is being kelp illegal in Kentucky because the Big Businesses are making to much money that tax payers have to pay!!! With the revenue that Medical Marijuana would generate would do away with our states deficit and and end the taxpayers part as well as the people that have chronic illnesses would get relief and be able to live comfortable without having to take a regiment of medicine that is harming them and having worry about losing their jobs if do consume cannabis. Many states are saying yes to medical cannabis and no to big business,why don't Kentucky do the same????? We need to come together and use our god giving right as well as our constitutional rights,please help everyone have a voice against the politicians that are making alot of $$$ from these big businesses and improve the life of the meek,thank you and god bless, Jeremy Cornish