#frame-up

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Leonard is free!

Leonard Peltier, Native American activist, released from prison after Biden commuted his life sentence

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Undertow (1949) William Castle

September 29th 2024

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Moments of Tony + Ziva sexual tension in season 3

for @benditlikepress (+ a bonus gif of Ziva being adorable because that’s just how much I love Jess)

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Earlier today I rewatched the episode “The Late Mr. Kent” from Superman: The Animated Series, which revolves around Clark Kent’s effort to prove the innocence of Ernest Walker.  Walker is on death row after being convicted of murder, but he claims he was framed and his sincerity convinces Kent to look into the matter.

There’s a lot going on in this episode, including Clark’s supposed “death” that gives it its title, but one thing that struck me on this rewatch is how easy it is for Clark to find the evidence to exonerate Walker.  He manages to prove his innocence in a day.  And he does it as Clark Kent, not Superman, with no superhuman abilities or technologies.  No time travel to witness the murder, no Kryptonian technology to examine the evidence, just bog-standard human investigation.  And it’s not that he’s a super reporter, either, since this was info that could have easily been discovered at the original trial if anybody had cared to look.  Despite how easy it was to save him, Walker had initially been convicted because nobody bothered.

That is a repeated point of the episode.  Everybody “knew” he was guilty so they didn’t care.

Walker was a small-time crook and repeated thief, and once everybody heard that he had a record they just tuned everything else out.  Even -- especially -- his public defender, who never bothered to verify his alibi for the night of the murder.

Which let Detective Kurt Bowman, homicide detective of the Metropolis Police Department and the actual murderer, frame him so easily.  He didn’t even try for a complicated frame-up, since he knew he wouldn’t have to.  He planted the murder victim’s necklace outside Walker’s apartment, “caught” Walker when he tried to fence it, and that was it.  That’s circumstantial evidence at best, but again, nobody cared.  They knew Walker was a crook anyway, so what more do you need?

At this point do I even need to point out that Walker was black?

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Longest-held U.S. political prisoner Leonard Peltier is hospitalized

As of October 28, the longest-held political prisoner in the United States, Leonard Peltier, has been hospitalized. Peltier, who recently turned 80 behind bars, has dealt with various health concerns due to his long confinement, which include diabetes, high blood pressure, and surviving COVID-19. Peltier’s supporters are calling for him to receive an emergency medical transfer out of prison to a medical facility.

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At least 23 Cop City protesters charged with domestic terrorism in Atlanta

At least 23 protesters have been charged with domestic terrorism amid a week of action against the construction of “Cop City” in Atlanta, a proposed $90 million police training complex

Activists in Atlanta and across the country have for years opposed the construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, dubbed “Cop City,” which was deeply unpopular with residents since its first announcement in June 2021. The proposed training ground would cut down part of Atlanta’s South River Forest (also called the Welaunee Forest) to build, in part, a mock city for police across the nation to practice repression tactics.

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Leonard Peltier's 46 years in prison: ‘What else do you want?’

Former federal judge: Leonard Peltier ‘remains a casualty of this country’s cruel and lawless war against American Indians’

Peltier has already served a longer sentence than most principals in murder convictions. There is no way to look at the evidence and come away with any conclusion other than Peltier is being punished for crimes that could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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Demand buried evidence in Mumia’s case be heard

By Lallan Schoenstein 

Protesters rallied in Philadelphia at a Pennsylvania court on Oct. 26, demanding the release of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. Protesters inside the court supported his lawyers, Judith Ritter and Samuel Spital. The lawyers argued that six boxes, discovered in a storage room in the Philadelphia district attorney’s office in December 2018, and disclosed to his lawyers the following month, contained evidence that their client’s conviction was tainted. The discovery of this fresh “undisclosed evidence” provides the basis for a retrial.