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"You have to learn how to deal with yourself."

Some of Britain's most notorious cases have been tried at London's Old Bailey, including those attracting the death penalty until the punishment was abolished in the 1960s. This week, capital crimes returned to the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, with a musical protest proclaiming the innocence of a prisoner who has spent decades on death row in the United States. Tuesday's jazz concert in the hallowed halls of the imposing court featured Spanish pianist Albert Marques, with Keith LaMar joining from his cell at a maximum state prison in Youngstown, Ohio, reading poems. "Concerts create an empathy that sometimes encourages people to get involved," Marques told AFP in an interview before the show. "That's the power of music." Marques, 38, has lived in New York since 2011 and learned about LaMar's story from a book that he wrote from solitary confinement, "Condemned", published in 2014. In it, LaMar mentions that the music of jazz musician John Coltrane kept him sane. "So I came up with the idea of doing concert-demonstrations," said the pianist, who grew up near Barcelona. LaMar, who is black, was convicted by an all-white jury in 1995 of playing a key role in the deaths of other inmates in a 1993 prison riot, one of the worst in US history. Marques said he is convinced of his innocence and joined forces with a campaign group calling for his release. "I think everything we're doing will lead to his release, which will also clear up similar cases," he added. "That's why they (the US authorities) are so resistant. It's a house of cards and if he succeeds, everything falls."

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Wrongly convicted, SaveDustinjHiggs.com help me change the narrative.

Mr. Higgs has recently tested positive for Covid-19.

Alabama could execute Rocky Myers any day now – and he could be innocent. Governor Ivey must grant Rocky clemency and save him from wrongful

Pervis Payne has spent 32 years on death row in Tennessee and has always maintained his innocence. Newly discovered DNA testing could prove

Gov. Ralph Northam pardoned Matthew Rushin, 22, who was sentenced to a decade in prison for his involvement in a crash last year that left a

Mr. Rushin has recieved a conditional pardon as of 11/12/2020, and is set to be released Spring 2021.

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Meet Keith Lamar

On November 16, 2023, the State of Ohio intends to murder an innocent man.

Indeed, that is the day they've determined they will strap down to a gurney and pump poison into Keith LaMar. They know he is innocent; after all, they were the ones who withheld all the eyewitness statements and confessions that could have helped him at trial following the 1993 Lucasville Prison Uprising. For the past 27 years, Keith has maintained his innocence from solitary confinement, researching and studying his case from inside a steel cage the size of a closet. In spite of being unable to touch grass or feel the wind against his skin, Keith LaMar has cultivated a beautifully perceptive understanding about life and the system that railroaded him.

Justice for Keith Lamar website (includes donations + info about his case)

https://www.change.org/p/governor-mike-dewine-pardon-keith-lamar

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"You have to learn how to deal with yourself."

The root word of education is “to educe,” to bring forth that which is already there. Education isn’t really about what kind of career you’re gonna get or how you’re gonna make money. That’s not why we were born, to make money for somebody else. To get a big house. To have a nice car. You’re here to bring forth that which is already there. Hopefully young people being forced to stay home outside of the mainstream curriculum are able to get a glimpse of themselves and start pulling on that thread.

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Alvaro Luna Hernandez #255735 James V Allred Unit 2101 FM 369 North Iowa Park, Texas 76367

Ted Kaczynski #04475–046 USP Florence Admax U.S. Penitentiary PO Box 8500 Florence, CO 81226

Bomani Shakur* #317-117 Ohio State Penitentiary 878 Coitsville-Hubbard Rd Youngstown OH 44505-4635 *Address Envelope to Keith Lamar

Douglas Wright #57973-060 FCI Cumberland Post Office Box 1000 Cumberland, Maryland 21501

Not a lot of birthdays this month. It only takes a moment to send a card or a letter. And always being on our prisoner support list does not mean we condone the alleged actions of those arrested.

#Prisoner Support #Alvaro Hernandez #Ted Kaczynski #Bomani Shakur #Keith Lamar #Douglas Wright

Economics of Mass Incarceration: A Conversation with Keith LaMar and Dr. Nandi Crosby

TONIGHT, Monday, April 11th 7-9pm at Boxcar Books (408 E 6th St, Bloomington, IN.)

April 11th marks the 23rd anniversary of the Lucasville Prison Uprising, the longest prison rebellion in U.S. history. Dozens of prisoners like Keith LaMar were given harsh sentences, including death and life in prison, in the massive wave of state repression that followed. What happened at Lucasville was the result of a rapidly expanding Prison Industrial Complex which has seen the construction of Maximum Securtiy Facilites, the enormous expansion of the inmate population and overcrowding, and the deterioration of conditions on the inside. Join us for a conversation with Ohio Death Row inmate Keith LaMar on the structural causes and consequences of the U.$. prison system. Topic: The Economics of Incarceration (costs both inside facilities and to society) More on the moderator: Dr. Nandi Crosby is a transformative teacher, both at the university level and also inside prison walls. She devotes her life to stirring up dialogue about racial, poverty, gender and sexuality oppression, and is a committed supporter of Keith's. Dr. Nandi does the important work of taking students inside prisons, and has published several books, including, Whispers Over the Wall: Prisoners and Students Correspond in Search of Answers; This Side of My Struggle: Prisoners on Suffering, Surrendering, and Breaking Free (a book of prisoner writings); and her beautiful memoir, If My Soul Be Lost: a Self-Portrait. (http://www.amazon.com/Dr.-Nandi-S.-Crosby/e/B0074GDNZW).