On AlterNet: injustice

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Beaten, Tortured and Sentenced 25-to-Life for Minor Drug Offense

Randy Credico, Huffington Post. November 22, 2008.

Enough is enough. It's time to repeal the Rockefeller Drug Laws, a 36-year failed experiment in racism, injustice and government waste.

Woman Kicked Out of Federal Building for Lesbian T-Shirt

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville. August 27, 2008.

"As an African-American and a lesbian, I haven't been through one day without facing some sort of discrimination ... but this is just shocking."

Defense Lawyer Drops His Pants to Demonstrate Abuse at Guantánamo

Ben, ThinkProgress. July 15, 2008.

David H. Remes says that humiliation is just one of the ways that his clients are being abused.

Going to Jail for Being a Democrat: How Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman Got Roved

Paul Craig Roberts, CounterPunch. March 3, 2008.

Once a popular governor of Alabama, Siegelman was framed in a crooked trial and sent to prison by the corrupt Bush administration.

Pot Prisoners Cost Americans $1 Billion a Year

Paul Armentano, AlterNet. February 10, 2007.

The latest numbers are out: nearly 800,000 Americans were arrested on marijuana charges in 2005. When will the insanity stop?