True Justice

Florida Pushes For Expediting Executions - Again The dark clouds are again on the distant horizon and promising a storm is on the way, as Florida's politicians push to pass new laws intended to adapt the Texas capital post conviction appeal process to Florida. We have seen this before. Back in the year 2000 when Jeb Bush was elected governor here more... - 2013/05/07

Meet The New Boss - Same As The Old Boss As my faithful readers are already aware, in recent months we have seen a major shakeup here at Union Correctional Institution following a long pattern of criminal conduct by FDOC staff here at UCI. Specifically, under the brutal reign of Warden Barry Reddish, prisoners here at UCI were being brutal more... - 2013/01/09

FDOC Culture of Corruption Continues on Death Row If you thought the recent changes here at Union Correctional Institution (in which virtually all the top staff from warden Reddish on down have been replaced by a new warden and top staff) has made any real difference, you’d be wrong. This culture of corruption that plaques the Florida Prison Sys more... - 2012/12/17

Abu Ghraib – American Style In April 2003 the world media reacted responded with outrage when photographic evidence of the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib was exposed. In the aftermath several of the military prison guards involved were sent to federal prison themselves – but not even one of the supervisory officers r more... - 2012/10/01

New Sheriff in Town As if being thrown into solitary confinement under a sentence of death was not enough to psychologically break even the strongest of men, there are those who want to make us as miserable as possible. Like schoolyard bullies that thrive off of preying upon those they see as weak and defenseless, some more... - 2012/09/13

That Ever-Elusive Glimmer of Hope Nelson Mandela, when he was imprisoned on Robben Island, was undoubtedly subjected to substantial hostility from the guards working around him, seeing him as a threat to their way of life. However, even in the worst of times, Mandela saw that glimmer of humanity that sustained his hope and gave him more... - 2012/09/13