The death penalty in California is imposed arbitrarily and capriciously based on geographical location and the discretion of prosecutors rather than factors related to the comparative egregiousness of the crime and relative culpability of the defendant.
In California, the 58 prosecutors (district attorneys) are given absolute discretion to decide whether to seek the death penalty within the already broad parameters of penal code sections 190.2 and 190.25 (California's death penalty statue).
Without any statewide standards to guide or govern a prosecutor in making due decision to seek the death penalty for a defendant as opposed to a life sentence, a prosecutor can simply feel like or believe a death sentence is warranted, which oftentimes violates the very core of constitutional commitment to decency and restraint.
Without established standards to guide the exercise of discretion, prosecutors rely on irrelevant and often unlawful considerations, including race, economic status, gender, and victim status. This is happening! As a result, there is currently no reasonable basis for the distinction between who receives the death sentence and another who is sentenced to life in prison.
A COLLECTION OF POEMS BY AN INNOCENT MAN ON DEATHROW
Ojore Dhoruba Khafra Ajamu
"TRIBULATIONS OF A GETO KID" This collection of poems convey the journey of Ojore, from Newark, NJ, to incarceration. These are poems about growing up in the streets: loyal and not so loyal relationships; the failings of the police, the legal system and the joys of being alive. He celebrates his family: the warmth and love of his mother, Aunt Sista, grandfather and his pride in his daughter. He looks beyond his own life to his deep connection with others, be it's the Tuareg people of North Afrika, or the earthquake survivors in Haiti. Challenging and moving, these poems ask us not only to review the conviction of an individual and the preconceptions we have about equality in our society, but also to find a profound reverence for life itself. Ojore is an Innocent Man currently stranded on Death Row, at San Quentin (California, USA), seeking your Support for Life, Justice & Liberty.
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Thank you for your work.. love it! I'm will start my meds wotansdsgr can't miss a day so I hope it works.. you know me and my MIA neglect. Love you BRO.
Hello Erik to answer your question I'm going to major in criminal psychology. I want to be like a psychologist but to Inmates. I dont just want to do that because i have a fascination with prisons like most other people. I just think im more of hands on connection person. And prisons need more people who are committed into helping with the rehabilitation. When I took a criminal justice course and i learned the real meaning of why people got locked up and not just how the New plays people out to be monsters, i came to realization that men/women who are incarcerated need to be shown that they can change but they shouldn't care about what the outside world thinks. If you have one person to change your life or leave an impact you can get the right mindset that you aren't just some criminal. Everyone deserves a second chance in life even if you've messed up more than once. I live in Arizona, so im.not sure if you have heard of sheriff Joe Arpiao. He was sheriff her for over 20 years and while he was in office the crime rate here went down, im not sure what the percentage was but he was a "controversial" sheriff/warden. People didn't agree with his rehabilitation process, but failed to recognized that we had less people incarcerated. Now we have some new sheriff,i don't get a good vibe from him. Eversince hes been sheriff he has barely talked to the public about his changes for the jails. Not to mention people are getting pulled over left and right. My own grandmother has had an encounter with a police officer who pulled her pver and harassed her. It crushed her, she got pulled over right after she had adopted a foster kid. We were on our way back from the adoption it was like a 2 hour drive home and she gets pulled over and this cop accuses her of being on drugs with 3 kids who are under the age of 10. Then he had her standing in a 110 degree weather for 30 minutes on the highway antagonizing her calling her names. And when she went to court the judge just shrugged it off. So that's my one of my main reasons for wanting to work in criminal justice. Despite some of the cops who have a bad attitude I thinks it would be good for people to see that there aren't people going into this for all the wrong reasons. I hope you have a great day and i look forward to hearing from you soon. Hope all is well
Hello Roland, im glad to see that you have written me again. To answer your question about what caused my depression, it was just every one around me including family and "friends" qould put me down. Or they point my insecurities out in front of a big crowd, eventually I just shut everyone out. I still feel like to this day i cant talk to anyone about how i feel or what goes on when it's obvious that noone around me doesn't aknowledge my feelings. That's one of the reasons I want to be a corrections counsler, because i know im not the only who feels like they have noone to talk to. Besides prison is supposed to be for rehabilitation not what it's portrayed to be now. I think that just because you committed a crime you should be give the correct resources so you can better yourself. Who wants to spend their life in prison. If I'm going to be honest I think that some sentences that are given can be blown out of proportion. I'm not sure if this is a good thing to or it sounds phony but i like to try and see the good in everyone, granted not everyone is willing to show the good side at first. But i have always had a determination to find it in someone. I'm sorry if this gets to you late but my ex boyfriend just passed away and I've been collecting my thoughts. It's sad because he was a closet addict and only a few a his friends knew, but they never told me. I'm just at a loss for words because i feel like as a person i could have done more but i thinks it's a good life lesson. It's wierd to say but i feel more at peace knowing I wasn't in relationship with him when he passed. But i do have some questions for you. What kind of music do you listen to? What's your favorite t.v shows? What are your plans besides college when you get out? What does your day consist of? Have you lived in florida your whole life? I hope all is well and i hope to hear from you soon
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An Unjust Imposition
The death penalty in California is imposed arbitrarily and capriciously based on geographical location and the discretion of prosecutors rather than factors related to the comparative egregiousness of the crime and relative culpability of the defendant.
In California, the 58 prosecutors (district attorneys) are given absolute discretion to decide whether to seek the death penalty within the already broad parameters of penal code sections 190.2 and 190.25 (California's death penalty statue).
Without any statewide standards to guide or govern a prosecutor in making due decision to seek the death penalty for a defendant as opposed to a life sentence, a prosecutor can simply feel like or believe a death sentence is warranted, which oftentimes violates the very core of constitutional commitment to decency and restraint.
Without established standards to guide the exercise of discretion, prosecutors rely on irrelevant and often unlawful considerations, including race, economic status, gender, and victim status. This is happening! As a result, there is currently no reasonable basis for the distinction between who receives the death sentence and another who is sentenced to life in prison.
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GETO KID
A COLLECTION OF POEMS BY AN INNOCENT MAN ON DEATHROW
Ojore Dhoruba Khafra Ajamu
"TRIBULATIONS OF A GETO KID"
This collection of poems convey the journey of Ojore, from Newark, NJ, to incarceration. These are poems about growing up in the streets: loyal and not so loyal relationships; the failings of the police, the legal system and the joys of being alive. He celebrates his family: the warmth and love of his mother, Aunt Sista, grandfather and his pride in his daughter. He looks beyond his own life to his deep connection with others, be it's the Tuareg people of North Afrika, or the earthquake survivors in Haiti. Challenging and moving, these poems ask us not only to review the conviction of an individual and the preconceptions we have about equality in our society, but also to find a profound reverence for life itself.
Ojore is an Innocent Man currently stranded on Death Row, at San Quentin (California, USA), seeking your Support for Life, Justice & Liberty.
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paypal.com email: ifundjustice@gmail.com
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