Tamara Levy on why people are wrongfully convicted & the new program at UBC that is looking into such cases. Cameron Ward on the need for civilian investigations of police shootings and in-custody deaths. Prison News.
Stark Raven Media Collective
[2:37 - 28:33] UBC INNOCENCE PROJECT
Interview with Tamara Levy on why people are wrongfully convicted and the new program at UBC that is looking into such cases.
http://www.innocenceproject.law.ubc.ca/
Link to the isolated interview audio: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=24993
[32:16 - 41:18] PRISON NEWS
Canada
-Environmental activist Betty Krawczyk released from jail
-Father looking for answers in his son's death at the hands of Quebec police
-Archeologists uncover prison-yard cemetery at Toronto's Don Jail
-Omar Khadr heading back to military tribunal at guantanamo
-Stephan Dion speaks out for Omar Khadr to be returned to Canada
US
-Some executions on hold US Supreme Court reviews lethal injection
-More than three times as many black people live in prison cells as in college dorms
[42:32-55:43] Deaths In-Custody and Civilian Oversight
Excerpt from a talk by Cameron Ward, lawyer who has represented several people whose family members have died in police custody. He spoke at a recent forum on Deaths-In-Custody in Vancouver, BC.
More info: (http://www.bccla.org)
**Show includes intro/extro, show & station IDs, music and announcements.
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