• Free Oily Thomas from Stateville Prison he is Innocent!
    (OILY THOMAS) condemn inside a Illinois State prison!!) (Picture of Oily Thomas-Stateville Website) In The State of Illinois Wrongful Convictions are common in large part because of some Chicago Police officers have been allowed to break procedurals and well settled constitutional safeguards. In the City of Chicago Jon Burge a officer who started with the department in 1972 and earn promotions through his illegal practices of torturing criminal suspects inside interrogation rooms to coerced confessions from suspects and witnesses of serious violate crimes. Oily Thomas was arrested by members of the Chicago Police Department and interrogated by some detectives that were known subordinates of Burge. Despite Burge being fired in 1993 for his act of torture upon criminal suspects Jackie and Andrew Wilson who allegedly shot and killed two southside Chicago police officers. It was settled that Burge and his subordinates beat and tortured confessions from criminal suspects. Detective James Cassidy took part in the framing and coercing confessions from a seven and eight year old. On June 4, 1991 Edward McComb was shot and killed by two gunmen at or nearly 4215 S. Calumet Avenue. Police conducted a flawed and impartial investigation leading to all of the witnesses to allegedly finger Thomas as one of the participates of the murder. The girlfriend of McComb, Lolitha Homles testified to being with him and seeing defendant approach her boyfriend with two additional people. She testified that the three men fired their weapons in their direction while chasing them in different directions. She stated that when she returned that McComb was under a tree in a vacate lot dead. (Pictures of the crime scene taken by investigators of Chicago Police Department) Renard Jackson provided a court reported statement that he lied during his testimony at defendant’s trial. Jackson attested that he was inside his house at the time of the crime and came outside when he heard shots. He also testified that a week after the shooting, the victims brother asked him to testify against defendant and gave him 200 to 250 dollars worth of cocaine in exchange for his testimony. Jackson later said that he did not see the shooting and that he was never given any cocaine by any one. He believes this day that Thomas was framed by the system. Donovan Weathers, who claimed that he had been involved in an intimate relations with HOMLES, testified that Holmes told him that she did not witness the shooting. Jonny Selvie also claimed to have had an intimate relations with HOLMES. Selvie signed an affidavit stating that HOLMES told him that she lied about being an eyewitness to the shooting and that she was picking up her daughter from school at the time of the shooting. Today Thomas sits inside the Stateville Correctional Center serving 75 years for a crime that he never committed. Thomas case is before the Cook County circuit court on appeal pursuant to the Illinois Post Conviction hearing act. A hat was used to convict Thomas in which he is allege to have wore at the time of the crime and abandon at the crime scene. Thomas has moved for DNA testing however that testing have never been granted or denied years after moving for DNA testing. The Cook County State’s Attorney Office was ordered to conduct DNA testing on the hat however it has not yet been done because prosecutors claim to not be able to locate the hat. Thomas attorney is moving the court to dismiss the case, while he challenge the impartiality of the current judge who was a former Cook County State’s Attorney that have been accused of participating with police to commit acts of coercion upon a criminal suspect inside a police station interrogation room. This is a BLOG that is committed toward the innocence and mobilation outreach for Mr. Thomas and others that are affected by injustice. Three days a week postings will be made to this page. For more information on the injustice of Mr. Thomas you can contact Mark A. Clements, [email protected] or by phone 847-276-1382. If you would like to contact Oily Thomas feel free to do so at: Oily Thomas, B-02704 Stateville Correctional Center P.O. Box 112 Joliet, IL 60434
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  • PA Adult use Act
    I have a family member who deals with a debilitating chronic illness everyday. Cannabis helps people in everyday life without the side effects of prescription drugs.It's hard to watch a family member suffer and try to live a normal life when they are in so much pain. Please try to open up your hearts and minds for this could be your Mother,Father,brother,sister,aunt,uncle or god forbid even your child and if it benefits and at least helps their particular situation try to dig inside your hearts to imagine how you would feel if you had to watch them suffer and not be able to enjoy this great country we live in or even have hope for a future! Let Freedom ring this is the city of brotherly love where the Liberty Bell hangs! Bless you All
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    Created by Ahmed Headerson
  • Governor Jerry Brown: Please Stop the Removal of a Sex Offender's Name from Megan's Law
    California has the highest amount of registered sexual offenders. Our children, nieces, nephews, siblings, and grandchildren are at risk if we are not informed of their surroundings.
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    Created by Leah Bajulai
  • "Carla Butcher Act." Stop Military Rape
    The Carla Butcher Act would be a careful evalution for deviant sexual patterns. These sexual assessmnet qutesionnaires are pften used to aid in the clinical assessment of sexual history and behavioral patterns. The military will be able to profile new canidaties wanting to enter and serve in our military and weed out the candidates who have these mental issues with sexual deviancy. These test will stop or greatly reduce rape and sex crimes in the military. The government will be able to save money by keeping morale up, retention rates high and better national security.
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    Created by Carla Butcher
  • REQUIRE THAT ALL SEX OFFENDERS REGISTER
    If an inmate is caught sexually assaulting, sexually battering, assaulting with intent to commit rape and they are arrested in prison, called an "In House Arrest" most of these cases are heard by the Prison Board/an Administration Hearing and a disciplinary action is handed out to the offender. The offense may be put on their arrest record, however, upon Parole or Probation they are not required to register as a sex offender. Them not registering is a public safety issue that needs to be changed for the safety of our children, the safety of us all.
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    Created by Jennifer Lynn Jackson
  • Oakland City Council: 697 Police Officers by 2015 is Not Enough!
    Oakland leadership needs to restore safety to our city now, not later. We are being held hostage by thugs in Oakland while the leadership turns a blind eye.
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    Created by Lyra Greenberg
  • President Obama: Legalize it
    In the past few years, I have sat on the sidelines and watched the battles between the federal and local governments over the issuion of the legalization of Majiuana. This plant when used correctly, can treat and prevent all kinds of illnesses, and it is time to make any use of it, legal.
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    Created by Jordan Sluggett
  • Statute of Limitations
    The statutes of limitations for sexual abuse in many states are standing in the way of justice. They limit the amount of time victims have to press charges. In many cases the victims are not capable of coming forward until adulthood, many being very young and frightened. They should be able to press charges when they are ready, not told "Sorry, times up." The whole program for convicting sex offenders in the USA is terribly flawed. The system is not set up for individual cases, and it very much should be!
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  • Drop 33 year old Misdemenor Traffic charges against Mr. Michael V. McNamara
    Sign to tell the states of Illinois and Washington that a 33 year old misdemeanor charge should be dismissed against Michael V. McNamara, a citizen of the United States, an educator, and one with a perfect driving record for over 30 years.
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    Created by Drop 33 year old Misdemenor Traffic charges against Mr. Michael V. McNamara
  • People that has paid their debt to society and trying to get employment
    There are people out on parole trying to be rehabilitated and wants or need Jobs but some employers won't give them a break by hiring them even if they admit they had did a crime before sometimes if they are given a break it helps them become better citizens and society should be proud of the process they have made for every job given it could prevent the ones that want to give back to the community from returning to crime especially if they were not violent crimes
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    Created by Sandra Blagmon
  • STOP THE WAR ON DRUGS!
    If we stopped the war on ALL drugs and put the delivery system into the hands of competent people, we'd create many jobs, eliminate killings (not only innocents but dealers & suppliers) + save the prison system for terrorists, murderers, rapists & pedophiles. We'd also have cells for white-collar criminals who steal billions every day. Right now, the SCE doesn't have employees to stop thieves who prey on rich & hard-working people alike. They made a mockery of imprisoning Bernie Madoff while many are left to continue stealing. The War on Drugs will NEVER be won! The United States needs to join the rest of the industrialized nations who have already legalized ALL drugs.
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    Created by Ingrid Phillips
  • Scammers
    I am tired of scammers calling me and also e-mails. Why can't something be done about this? Have harsher laws would be a good answer.
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    Created by Jack Spaleta