11-03-14 Denver Post calls for abolishing the death penalty in Colorado, a ban on the death penalty in California is overdue! // Detener la pena de muerte // 停止执行死刑

                
Colorado Governor Bill Ritter   California Governor Jerry Brown

Denver Post calls for abolishing the death penalty in Colorado, a ban on the death penalty in California is overdue!

Illinois Governor has recently banned the death penalty referring to the justice system as a "broken system".  The evidence of "broken system" in California is overwhelming. Please sign the petition calling upon California Governor Jerry Brown to ban the Death Penalty in California.

Los Angeles, March 14 - Illinois became last week the 16th state to abolish the death penalty.  In imposing the ban, the Illinois Governor Pat Quinn referred to the Illinois justice system as a "broken system". [1]  Now, the Denver Post has called for the Colorado Governor to follow suit:

Illinois last week became the 16th state in the union to end capital punishment. Colorado should become the 17th. [2]

The evidence of corruption of the justice system in California is overwhelming.  A 2010 United Nations professional staff report referred to "corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California".  [3]

California Governor Jerry Brown should be held particularly accountable, since during his tenure as Attorney General of California, he repeatedly refused to take action regarding "corruption of the courts and the legal profession" in California.

Please sign the petition calling upon California Governor Jerry Brown to ban the Death Penalty in California. [4]

LINKS:
[1] 11-03-08 Death Penalty Abolished in Illinois! Governor cites �broken system�
http://www.scribd.com/doc/50440837/
[2] 11-03-13 Editorial_ Make Colorado Next to End Death Penalty - The Denver Post
http://www.scribd.com/doc/50710751
[3] 10-04-19 Human Rights Alert (NG0) submission to the  United Nations Human Rights Council  for the 2010 Review (UPR) of Human Rights in the United States as incorporated into the UPR staff report, with reference to "corruption of the courts and the legal profession".
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38566837/
[4] Petition calling upon California Governor to impose a ban on the death penalty in California
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-cooper-execution-end-death-penalty-in-caifornia/

Joseph Zernik, PhD
Human Rights Alert (NGO)

Human Rights Alert is dedicated to discovering, archiving, and disseminating evidence of Human Rights violations by the justice systems of the State of California and the United States in Los Angeles County, California, and beyond. Human Rights Alert focuses on the unique role of computerized case management systems in the precipitous deterioration of the integrity of the justice system in the United States.
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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA?
* "...judges tried and sentenced a staggering number of people for crimes they did not commit."
Prof David Burcham, Dean, Loyola Law School, LA (2001)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/29043589/
* "This is conduct associated with the most repressive dictators and police states... and judges must share responsibility when innocent people are convicted."    
Prof Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, Irvine Law School (2001)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/274339
* "Innocent people remain in prison"
* "...the LA Superior Court and the DA office, the two other parts of the justice system that the Blue Panel Report recommends must be investigated relative to the integrity of the system, have not produced any response that we know of..."
LAPD Blue Ribbon Review Panel Report (2006)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24902306/
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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA?
* "...corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California."
United Nations Human Rights Council Staff Report (2010)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38566837/
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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE STATE COURTS IN THE UNITED STATES?
* "On July 26, 2010, Laurence Tribe, Senior Counsel for the United States Department of Justice, Access to Justice Initiative, delivered an important speech to the Conference of Chief Justices, challenging them to halt the disintegration of our state justice systems before they become indistinguishable from courts of third world nations."
Prof Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law School (2010), per National Defender Leadership Institute (2010)
http://www.nlada.net/library/article/national_dojspeechto%20chiefjustice07-26-2010_gideonalert
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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES?
* "More than 100 law professors have signed on to a letter released today that proposes congressional hearings and legislation aimed at fashioning "mandatory and enforceable" ethics rules for Supreme Court justices for the first time. The effort, coordinated by the liberal Alliance for Justice, was triggered by "recent media reports," the letter said, apparently referring to stories of meetings and other potential conflicts of interest involving Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas among others."
More than 100 law professors, as reported by the Blog of the Legal Times (February 2011)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/49586436/
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WHAT DID CHIEF JUDGE OF THE US COURT OF APPEALS, 5TH CIRCUIT, SAY ABOUT THE US JUSTICE SYSTEM?
* "The American legal system has been corrupted almost beyond recognition..."
Chief Judge, US Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, Edith Jones, speaking before the Federalist Society of Harvard Law School (February 2003)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/50137887/
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WHAT DID THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SAY ABOUT THE US JUSTICE SYSTEM?
* In a speech in Georgetown University, Senator Leahy, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee called for a "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" on the US Department of Justice.
Transcript of Senator Leahy speech (2009)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38472251/