The following is a poem by one of the Homrich 9, client of NLG Michigan and Detroit Chapter. Read more about the case here. By Jim Perkison, Homrich 9 defendant now comes the legal crew in the city stew of bending the strait to an imperial plot shenanigans royal, emergencies gubernatorial defecation mayoral, desiccation neo-liberal […]
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The Life and Legacy of John Thompson
As many of you may know, after 10 years of dedicated service, Brigitt Keller has moved on from her position as Executive Director of the NLG’s National Police Accountability Project (NPAP). We’re pleased to introduce Alison McCrary (NLG Louisiana) as her successor! Welcome, Alison! By Alison McCrary, National Police Accountability Project Executive Director With deep sadness I […]
BEYOND BARS: The Cruelty of Solitary Confinement
By Mwalimu S. Shakur Corcoran, CA Since the release of inmates from the Security Housing Units (SHU) in California prisons, the state (CDC.r) has allowed its guards, some of which used to be institutional gang investigations (IGI) to harass and provoke inmates into conflict on the GP yards, especially here at Corcoran prison, where a […]
BEYOND BARS: A Broken and Shattered System
By Chris Freeman New Boston, TX Most criminals grew up in circumstances of dire poverty, in families where one or both parents were abusive, and without the benefits of a proper education or away from home at a young age. We were forced to drift to the poor and slum areas of big cities and […]
BEYOND BARS: Re: Law as a Pathway to Character Development
By William A. Larson Licking, MO Mr. Phoenix’s commentary articulations in “Law as a Pathway to Character Development,” on page 19 of your Summer/Fall 2017 issue of Guild Notes, is “right on” point, as we used to say in days gone by. Far too many prisoners allow themselves to be turned into Quisling Sheople, by […]
BEYOND BARS: Dirty Lawyers and Crooked Judges
By Gabriel Arkles, NLG member and professor at Northeastern University School of Law Most defense attorneys—especially public defenders—are good people doing their best in a shitty system. And some are truly amazing. But there are some who flout the rules. These are the private lawyers who pressure you and your family to pay them your […]
President’s Column: NLG Fact-Finding Delegation to Palestine Invigorates Human Rights Efforts
By Azadeh Shahshahani June 2014 – The Israeli security agent who called me into the room at the border crossing had pulled up on her computer screen an NLG statement on the launch of Palestine Solidarity Legal Support. She had also learned that the NLG has a Palestine Subcommittee with a clear stance in support […]
33-Day Walk for Oscar López Successful
By Alberto Rodríguez for the Puerto Rico Subcommittee May 2014 was an exciting and historic month in the three-decade long campaign to free Oscar López Rivera. Oscar is the longest held Puerto Rican political prisoner convicted in U.S. federal court for seditious conspiracy for his commitment to Puerto Rican independence. Guild members in New York […]
Fighting Mass Incarceration at the Board of Parole
By Nora Carroll To the casual observer, opponents of mass incarceration are ubiquitous. The Justice Department is inviting nonviolent drug offenders to apply for clemency, there have been congressional hearings on solitary confinement, and everyone is talking about the Netflix series Orange is the New Black. But for those who envision a world without prisons, […]
In Memoriam: Rob Doyle (1942-2014)
Rob Doyle, a founding member of the (reestablished) Massachusetts Chapter of the NLG in the late ‘60s, died on May 1, 2014. In the ‘70s he worked with the Wounded Knee Legal Defense Project and was an active member his chapter throughout his career. This is a selection of a remembrance of him delivered at […]