RECENT LEGISLATION: North Carolina Legislators Vote to Repeal Racial Justice Act | Death Penalty Information Center – Rights won can be lost – vote and remember

On June 5, legislators in North Carolina voted to repeal the Racial Justice Act, which had allowed death row inmates to challenge their sentences based on claims of racial bias. The Racial Justice Act was the only law of its kind that allowed inmates to use statistical evidence to claim that race played a role in their trial. Since the law took effect in 2009, most of the inmates facing execution in North Carolina appealed their sentence under the act. In 2012, Marcus Robinson, who was the first defendant to receive a hearing under the Racial Justice Act, was re-sentenced to life without parole due to evidence of racial bias in jury selection. Representative Darren Jackson expressed his disappointment at the repeal of the law. Johnson said, “[W]e voted for the RJA because we wanted the death penalty to be applied uniformly, without regard to race. Be it the perpetrator, the victim, or an individual juror, race should play no part in the process.”  Governor Pat McCrory has said he will sign the repeal bill.

via RECENT LEGISLATION: North Carolina Legislators Vote to Repeal Racial Justice Act | Death Penalty Information Center.

234 years later, NH slaves are granted freedom – Wire National News – The Sacramento Bee

New Hampshire has posthumously emancipated 14 slaves who fought in the Revolutionary War and asked state lawmakers for their freedom more than 230 years ago.

A group of 20 slaves submitted a petition to the New Hampshire General Assembly on Nov. 12, 1779, while the war was still being fought. They argued that the freedom being sought by colonists should be extended to them, as well, and maintained that “public tyranny and slavery are alike detestable to minds conscious of the equal dignity of human nature.”

via 234 years later, NH slaves are granted freedom – Wire National News – The Sacramento Bee.

Mt. Healthy Hatchery | Food Safety News

The long-running multistate Salmonella outbreak tied to live poultry now appears to be over, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In all, 195 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Infantis, Salmonella Newport, and Salmonella Lille were reported from 27 states, including two deaths. The CDC issued a final outbreak update…

Tags: live poultry, Mt. Healthy Hatchery, Salmonella

via Mt. Healthy Hatchery | Food Safety News.

2013 we do it again and there was an outbreak in 2011. What gives?

Salmonella | Salmonella Infections Linked to Live Poultry | Apr, 2013 | CDC

A total of 98 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Infantis, Salmonella Lille, Salmonella Newport, or Salmonella Mbandaka have been reported from 21 states.

The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (3), California (2), Connecticut (3), Illinois (2), Kentucky (4), Maine (1), Maryland (1), Massachusetts (5), Minnesota (3), Mississippi (2), Nebraska (1), New Jersey (2), New York (8), North Carolina (5), Ohio (17), Pennsylvania (7), Tennessee (9), Virginia (3), Vermont (2), West Virginia (13), and Wisconsin (5).

27% of ill persons have been hospitalized, and no deaths have been reported.

44% of ill persons are children 10 years of age or younger.

Epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback findings have linked this outbreak of human Salmonella Infantis, Salmonella Lille, Salmonella Newport, and Salmonella Mbandaka infections to contact with chicks, ducklings, and other live baby poultry from Mt. Healthy Hatchery in Ohio.

via Salmonella | Salmonella Infections Linked to Live Poultry | Apr, 2013 | CDC.

At least, the second time this type of outbreak liked to this hatchery – what gives?

Missouri Governor Vetoes Anti-Sharia Bill | IMAGINE 2050

Missouri Governor Vetoes Anti-Sharia Bill

Posted on Friday, June 7th, 2013 at 1:04 pm. Written by Imagine 2050 Editors

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed legislation Monday that would have prohibited judges from considering Sharia, or Islamic law, in their decisions.

Missouri would have become the seventh state to enact a law based on David Yerushalmi’s American Laws for American Courts model legislation. Similar bills are awaiting votes in the Texas and North Carolina legislatures.

Nixon said he vetoed the bill because of possible interferences with foreign adoptions. In the past, he has also called the bill unnecessary.

The bill was introduced by Republican State Sen. Brian Nieves, a staunch anti-immigrant legislator and member of the State Legislators for Legal Immigration, a coalition of lawmakers affiliated with other anti-immigrant groups. He also proposed an amendment to the state constitution last year calling for Missouri to secede from the United States.

Nieves could try to override Nixon’s veto, which would require a two-thirds majority in both chambers.

Anti-Muslim blogs, including Atlas Shrugs and BareNaked Islam have criticized Nixon for his veto, calling the act “traitorous.”

via Missouri Governor Vetoes Anti-Sharia Bill | IMAGINE 2050.

Protests in Turkey: How I became a ‘marginal, alcoholic looter’ | +972 Magazine

Although police attacks in Taksim have temporarily subsided, violent attacks continue in other neighborhoods and cities. We regret that media’s attention is entirely focused on Taksim, while other neighborhoods and cities are protesting for the same reasons, and are suffering heavy police violence. The police are attacking us with their gas and batons, but we have never and will never use violence. We are responding with our patience, our sense of humor, our music and our graffiti. More importantly, we use the power of our resistance.

We will not go home without some concrete answers from the government regarding the park and our freedoms. We have already disposed of the fear we faced during the first couple of days. Every time I am away from the park, I fear that somebody might be feeling that very same despair I felt in those first days, waiting for someone to come join us. This is why we try to spend as much time as we can in the area. With every passing day, Taksim is becoming more and more crowded.

Friday, May 31 was an unforgettable day. It was the day I became a marginal, alcoholic looter. But it was also the day I restored my trust in unity, solidarity and the power of my people.

via Protests in Turkey: How I became a ‘marginal, alcoholic looter’ | +972 Magazine.

The Day in Gun Violence – NYTimes.com

One person was shot at least once in the head in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, Thursday morning. The victim is in grave condition. The shooter remains at large. “We have to find something to cure this kind of violence and behavior in the neighborhood,” said Tim Williams, 49, who has lived in there for 15 years. “In the meantime, we will just continue to pray and look forward to other times.”

via The Day in Gun Violence – NYTimes.com.

Mexican Photojournalist Granted US Asylum | Fronteras Desk

The United States government has granted asylum to a Mexican photojournalist who fled his home state of Veracruz a year ago.

Miguel Angel Lopez Saldana worked as a photographer for the newspaper Notiver in the state’s capital, Veracruz. He also shot photos for the Mexico City-based daily, La Jornada.

In June 2011, his father, a columnist who wrote about crime and politics for the same paper, was gunned down inside his home along with his wife and son.

After the murder of his parents and brother, Lopez Saldana’s boss told him he could not guarantee his safety if he continued to work as a journalist. So Lopez Saldana left Veracruz and lived in Mexico City for a few months.

When he tried to return to Veracruz, colleagues told Lopez Saldana they’d received threats and that it was not safe for him to come back. Instead, Lopez Saldana and his wife applied for asylum in the United States.

A week later, authorities discovered the dismembered remains of three of his reporter colleagues in a sewage canal in Veracruz.

Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists. The high level of impunity in Mexico means many serious crimes are never solved. The Committee to Protect Journalists reports 14 journalists were killed and 12 disappeared in Mexico between 2006 and 2012. Other organizations and government agencies cite higher numbers.

One of latest killings was that of 22-year-old Daniel Martínez Bazaldua, a photojournalist who worked in Satillo, Coahuila for the newspaper Vanguardia. His mutilated body was discovered in late April, a day after he went missing.

Since moving to the United States Lopez Saldana has worked in construction, at a tire shop and in a hotel. His attorney, Carlos Spector in El Paso, Texas, has won asylum cases for two other Mexican journalists.

via Mexican Photojournalist Granted US Asylum | Fronteras Desk.

What a shame on all of us that the drug war and profiteers/criminals has poisoned so many nations!

Rebellious New Feminism Returns to German Social Discourse – SPIEGEL ONLINE

The generation that followed Schwarzer, which is now between 40 and 50 years old, apparently no longer wants to change the world, but merely the gender ratio on the executive floor. Women like Messmer call that “elitist feminism.”

Today’s feminism has become rebellious once again. It asks fundamental questions about the balance of power, and is thus right back where Schwarzer began — dealing with gender politics. Everything is on the agenda again: how men look at women, how they speak to them, and how they put down the opposite sex in jokes and silly comments to make themselves feel bigger and more important.

If one were to summarize what the movement is about, then it would be the notion that gender shouldn’t make any difference anymore. Along the way there, the idea is to shatter the images and clichés that assign women and men to different positions in society. The problem is that there are widely divergent notions about how to achieve this objective.

via Rebellious New Feminism Returns to German Social Discourse – SPIEGEL ONLINE.

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