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Stories by Liliana Segura

Liliana Segura is an AlterNet staff writer and editor of Rights & Liberties and World Special Coverage. http://twitter.com/LilianaSegura

Ugly Truth: Most U.S. Kids Sentenced to Die In Prison Are Black

The U.S. stands alone in the world in condemning thousands of juveniles to life without parole. And race is a huge factor. Will the Supreme Court even consider it?
Posted on Nov 11, 2009, Source: AlterNet

16-Year Old Got Life Without Parole for Killing Her Abusive Pimp -- Should Teens Be Condemned to Die in Jail?

Two cases in the Supreme Court could alter the fates of over 2,500 people serving life without parole for crimes they committed as teenagers.
Posted on Oct 31, 2009, Source: AlterNet

4 Prisoners Facing Executions or Serving Extreme Jail Sentences Who Very Well May Be Innocent

Recent evidence shows that an executed Texas man was innocent. There are others who still might avoid that fate.
Posted on Oct 26, 2009, Source: AlterNet

4 Supreme Court Cases That Will Say a Lot About the Direction of Our Country

Would a Human Sacrifice TV Channel be protected by the First Amendment? Answers to this and other key questions will be answered.
Posted on Oct 12, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Do You Want the Right to Kill Yourself? Renegade Doctor Offers Controversial 'Death Kit'

Dr. Philip Nitschke has caused uproar from Australia to the UK over his unapologetic pro-suicide philosophy -- and now he's bringing his cause to the States.
Posted on Oct 3, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Tracking Sex Offenders on Your Phone: Smart or Paranoid?

A hot new iPhone App uses GPS technology to track registered sex offenders everywhere. Are they keeping you safe, or profiting off paranoia?
Posted on Sep 24, 2009, Source: AlterNet

A Recipe for Disaster: School Cops Are Being Armed with 50,000-Volt Tasers

Tasers aren't 'nonlethal'; they've killed hundreds. With younger people being especially vulnerable to the Taser's shock, the risks could be very deadly.
Posted on Sep 16, 2009, Source: AlterNet

With Its Prisons Dangerously Full, Why Is California Fighting for Custody of a Dying Prisoner Across the Country?

While other states release low-risk, high-cost prisoners, CA officials want to jail another terminal prisoner, on taxpayers' dime.
Posted on Sep 12, 2009, Source: AlterNet

How Do We Pass Rational Sex-Offender Laws With Psychos Like Phillip Garrido on the Loose?

With apparent psychos like Garrido wreaking havoc, it's hard for society to be reasonable about the thousands of people have been wrongly swept up by excessive sex offender laws.
Posted on Sep 4, 2009, Source: AlterNet

How Yawning Got One Court Spectator Six Months in the Slammer and Other Disturbing Acts of Judicial Tyranny

When judges take on airs and lash out in fits of whimsical bullying, innocent people can end up paying the price with jail time -- or their lives.
Posted on Aug 21, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Can Brutal and Racist Cops Change to Become More 'Sensitive'?

The Boston policeman who called Gates a "banana-eating jungle monkey" had taken racial-sensitivity training classes. It's not clear they work.
Posted on Aug 18, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Do Hate Crime Laws Do Any Good?

There's no indication that getting hate crimes on the books actually prevents them.
Posted on Aug 4, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Racism Is the Prime Cause for Debunked Obama Birth Certificate Conspiracy Theory

The "birther" conspiracy has been utterly debunked, yet more GOP establishment figures have embraced the transparently racist cause.
Posted on Jul 28, 2009, Source: AlterNet

DNA Evidence Is No Panacea for Solving Crimes: Huge Backlogs, Inept Testing and Corruption Stand in the Way

Laws expanding DNA collection from people accused of crimes are passing in states across the country. But it doesn't mean that justice will be done.
Posted on Jul 16, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Obama Puts Evangelical in Charge of National Institutes of Health -- Will His Religion Get in the Way of Science?

Francis Collins has defended practices derided by the God squad. But a man committed to reconciling faith and science brings back bad Bush memories.
Posted on Jul 11, 2009, Source: AlterNet

While the U.S. Dilly Dallies on Honduras, We Continue to Support a Right-Wing Thug in Colombia

Alvaro Uribe could be re-elected through just the type of referendum the ousted Manuel Zelaya has been accused of trying to carry out.
Posted on Jul 2, 2009, Source: AlterNet

'A Comedy of Errors': Why It's Time to Get Rid of the So-Called Terrorist Watch List

A new report finds people on the terrorist watch list can more easily buy guns than board planes. But the real problem lies deeper than that.
Posted on Jun 27, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Life After Guantanamo: Why the Media's Happy-Ending Narrative Is Totally Bankrupt

The transfer of four Uighur prisoners to Bermuda has been treated like a happy human-interest story, but the truth is far darker.
Posted on Jun 20, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Note from AlterNet: I Tell Stories for People Who Can't Tell Their Own -- We Need Your Support

At AlterNet, I'm fighting for a society that doesn't victimize the innocent and vulnerable. To do it right, I need your support.
Posted on Jun 12, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Is Your Newest Facebook Friend a Sleazeball Debt Collector?

Exposing the latest and slimiest ways the "financial services" industry is raking it in from cash-crunched Americans.
Posted on Jun 10, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Five New Reasons (and One Old One) Why We Must Close Guantanamo Now

A surprising poll shows that by wide margins, Americans don't want to see Gitmo shut down -- here's why it should be closed forever.
Posted on Jun 6, 2009, Source: AlterNet

200 Executions and Counting: Texas Gov. Rick Perry's Cruel Death Tally

Today marks the 200th execution under Perry, a record even deadlier than George W. Bush's tenure. What's the matter with Texas?
Posted on Jun 2, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Controversy Over Torture Photos and Military Commissions Heats Up in Washington

How far is Obama going to roll back the legacy of Bush's torture policies?
Posted on May 16, 2009, Source: AlterNet

'The Most Humiliating Experience I Have Ever Had' -- Why Is the Supreme Court So Callous About Privacy?

A teenage girl is strip-searched and gets snickered at by old men in robes for challenging it -- what's so funny about the Fourth Amendment?
Posted on May 9, 2009, Source: AlterNet

The Soaring Rate of Abandoned Animals Is the Latest Sign of a Deep Economic Crisis

Abandoned animals and "foreclosure pets" are the innocent victims of our financial downward spiral.
Posted on Apr 28, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Thousands of Pages of Evidence and a Quarter Million Signatures: What Will It Take For Attorney General to Prosecute Torture Crimes?

Amid citizen outrage and news that torture was used to extract a link between Iraq and al Qaeda, Eric Holder won't say if he intends to prosecute.
Posted on Apr 24, 2009, Source: AlterNet

'A Ton More People Were Wiretapped Than We've Been Led to Believe': FBI Whistleblower Thomas Tamm

The man who blew the lid off Bush's spying program believes more details on government spying must, and will, come to light.
Posted on Apr 18, 2009, Source: AlterNet

New Bush Torture Bombshell Memos: 10 Horrifying Discoveries

Slamming prisoners into walls, locking them in boxes with insects; these memos are the smoking gun for the sadistic crimes of the Bush administration.
Posted on Apr 17, 2009, Source: AlterNet

'These People Fear Prosecution': Why Bush's CIA Team Should Worry About Its Dark Embrace of Torture

The New Yorker's Jane Mayer discusses the fallout from the Red Cross' shocking report on CIA torture and its serious legal implications.
Posted on Apr 11, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Tasers Are the New Killers: Watch Their Popularity Surge!

Watch out: 50,000-volt Tasers are deployed in London this week; meanwhile, a new model can 'instantly incapacitate' multiple people at a time.
Posted on Apr 2, 2009, Source: AlterNet

No More 'Enemy Combatants' -- But Is Obama Merely Rebranding Bush's 'War on Terror'?

Words matter, as Obama said on the campaign trail. But when it comes to his detention and counterterrorism policies, his actions are speaking louder.
Posted on Mar 17, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Howard Zinn: Obama "Is Going to Need Demonstrations and Protest and Letters and Petitions" to Do the Right Things

The author of A People's History of the United States discusses his newest project and why dissent is as important as ever.
Posted on Mar 12, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Is Obama Bringing Too Much Religion into the White House?

Obama is adding religious advisers to the executive branch and kicking off events with prayers vetted by his staff.
Posted on Mar 5, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Are Americans 'Cowards' About Race? Anti-NY Post Protesters Speak Out

As Eric Holder calls for "frank conversations" on race in the U.S., the NY Post cartoon controversy reveals how far we have to go.
Posted on Feb 20, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Questioning Authority: A Rethinking of the Infamous Milgram Experiments

A famous 1970s experiment was recently replicated, revealing what it takes for us to question and resist those in positions of authority.
Posted on Feb 12, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Obama's Legal Team Copies Bush's 'State Secrets' Trick to Cover Up Torture and Renditions

Attorneys representing the Obama administration are defending one of the most controversial practices of the Bush administration.
Posted on Feb 10, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Whistleblower Levels Shocking Allegations at Bush's Spying Programs

It seems Bush's lust for spying went so far as to target reporters, and even the senator tasked with overseeing U.S. intelligence.
Posted on Jan 24, 2009, Source: AlterNet

A Silver Lining to the Economic Crisis: Less Money for Prisons

As states grapple with record budget deficits, more politicians are looking toward criminal justice reform to cut costs.
Posted on Jan 22, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Obama on the Precipice: The Ten Worst Things He Could Do When He Takes Over

What will Obama do, and how could he screw it up, given the fact that pretty much everything is riding on him getting things right the first time?
Posted on Jan 17, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Obama's Top Law Enforcer Is Preoccupied with Bush's War on Terror

In his confirmation hearing, Holder called waterboarding "torture," but his support for preventive detention and warrantless spying is bad news.
Posted on Jan 16, 2009, Source: AlterNet

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