Scenic Sunday
I did my first Scenic Sunday on my other blog entitled Pinetown's First Lady Living Life in Lassen County in the White House just last Sunday. I became hooked almost immediatally. The response, the people, all the different blogs that I was able to find due to Scenic Sunday was just too cool. Everyone has been so nice, and I have found a wonderful road to see so many fantastic pictures. I have, my whole life, loved photography and I could (and do) sometimes spend a day looking through peoples photography blogs. I love these memes and I am hooked. I can not wait to post my pictures here now so that I could start looking at others beautiful pictures.
These pictures were taken less than 3 weeks ago. The one below is my favorite.
Thank you for taking the time to stop by and share my Scenic Sunday with you!
and as always
PEACE!!!
Moon-Writer
better known as just plain Allison
Wah! Wah! Wah! all the way to the bank
Right now on 12-11-2008 at 6:38 P.M. my husband has a show going on the television that I can not see but I can hear called, "Smoking Guns World's Dumbest Meltdowns." This show is about the meltdowns of celebrities for various reasons. They have already done the Brittney Spears head shaving, crotch showing meltdown that we all have been pretty must forced to know about in today's media. But the one that I am writing about just upsets me soooo!!!
It is about Heather Mills. You know Heather, the gal that was married to Beatle Paul McCartney? They were showing bits and pieces of various interviews and talk shows in England and here in the U.S.A. about their over publicized divorce and the impending settlement she was to receive. At the end of this segment on her they show her bawling her eyes out over the fact she only received 50 million dollars, and this is what provoked little old me from Westwood to write this post.
I cannot believe the injustice here.
Can you imagine how horrible it had to be? To be married to Paul McCartney? The utter SHAME that must have been for her. All the publicity that went along with it? And what about that wedding huh? pretty shabby. And then the gifts that she received through this union. Now I am not one to say that I KNOW what those gifts were. But someone like Paul McCartney they were probably a pitiful diamond or two, (ring, bracelets, anklets), and perhaps a couple cars. She was probably FORCED to be driven around in Limo's and probably had to have someone go do her clothes shopping for her, and made her wear horrible, horrible clothing. She probably never got to fly first class, more like she had to deal with a personal "airplane"
And can you just imagine how awful and how much bullshit she had to put up with when it came to what home and what continent she would have to spend the night at?
And on top of that she had to deal with this for 3 years! 3 years!!! I tell you! This poor woman had to go through this hell for 3 whole years and all she got was 50 million dollars in the divorce settlement.
Shit , The fucking AUDACITY of Paul McCartney to give her such a paltry settlement!
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Robert McClendon
Posted: 13 Aug 2008 01:06 PM CDT After 18 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit, Robert McClendon was freed Monday night due to DNA evidence of his innocence. McClendon's attorneys at the Ohio Innocence Project said they expected prosecutors to formally drop charges within two weeks. Testing in his case was obtained as part of a joint project between the Columbus Dispatch and the Ohio Innocence Project. An Ohio lab provided DNA testing pro bono. News coverage of McClendon's release: NBC4 Columbus, Ohio - with photos and video: McClendon's first taste of freedom Columbus Dispatch: Hello freedom: Robert McClendon rejoins his family as a free man Five-part Columbus Dispatch Investigation: Test of Convictions Associated Press: Judge frees convicted Ohio rapist after DNA test |
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The Innocence Project- More must reads
Today's Innocence Blog |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2008 01:35 PM CDT Ten years ago, on July 20, 1998 - after serving almost 15 years for a rape he didn't commit - Perry Mitchell became the first South Carolinian to be exonerated by DNA. Sunday marked the tenth anniversary of his exoneration. Although Mitchell was allowed access to the DNA tests that ultimately freed him, his request could have easily been denied. Even now, ten years after Mitchell's exoneration, South Carolina is one of seven states with no law guaranteeing DNA access to inmates who believe they have been wrongfully convicted. Legislation that would have ensured access to DNA testing and evidence preservation recently passed South Carolina's legislature, only to be vetoed by Governor Mark Sanford. The governor said he couldn't support a last-minute amendment to the bill that would have allowed DNA samples to be taken from anyone arrested for a serious crime. Click here to learn more about the situation in South Carolina or view our interactive map to find out about the other six states lacking DNA testing access. |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2008 01:51 PM CDT After two mistrials and a third trial that ended with a hung jury, Darrell Edwards was convicted of a 1995 Newark murder in his fourth trial. The main evidence against him was eyewitness testimony. The prosecution argued that Edwards shot the victim in a sandwich shop and then fled down the street, tossing a hooded sweatshirt and gun. New DNA testing has revealed a mixture of male profiles on the sweatshirt and gun, none of which match Edwards. And an eyewitness who testified at trial that she identified him from 271 feet away (at night) without wearing her glasses now says she was "just guessing." There is significant evidence that the crime was actually part of a Newark-Atlanta drug-trafficking ring (completely unrelated to Edwards) but police ignored evidence that could have led to the real perpetrator years ago. Innocence Project attorneys will argue at a hearing tomorrow afternoon in Newark, New Jersey, that the new evidence is more than enough to overturn Edwards' conviction and grant him a new trial. "The person who committed this crime left their DNA on the sweatshirt and the DNA does not belong to Darrell Edwards," (Innocence Project Staff Attorney Vanessa) Potkin said. "From our perspective, the new DNA test results are powerful evidence showing what Darrell Edwards has been saying for nearly 13 years, that he is not responsible for this crime." At tomorrow's hearing, the Innocence Project will also present new scientific findings on the unreliability of eyewitness identifications from long distances, showing that a person can not identify anyone's face from 271 feet - even if the witness has perfect eyesight and they are identifying an acquaintance.Read the full story here. (Newark Star-Ledger, 07/27/08) A video on WABC News Friday explored the new discoveries on identification research, and features an interview with Edwards from New Jersey State Prison. "I believe that my day is coming," Edwards says. Watch the full video here. Get details on attending the hearing here.
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The Innocence Project- A Cause sooo close to my heart!
Anyone that knows me on a personal level knows I have a passion about the innocence project along with those that have kept up with my blogs. I am simply copying and pasting this from their "About us" page and when you are done reading this I URGE you to go to http://www.innocenceproject.org/ yourself and fill yourself up with the knowledge of this cause that is so dear to my heart. It is a cause that simply CANNOT be ignored!!!
About the Innocence Project
The Innocence Project is a non-profit legal clinic affiliated with the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University and created by Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld in 1992. The project is a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice. As a clinic, law students handle case work while supervised by a team of attorneys and clinic staff.
Most of our clients are poor, forgotten, and have used up all legal avenues for relief. The hope they all have is that biological evidence from their cases still exists and can be subjected to DNA testing. All Innocence Project clients go through an extensive screening process to determine whether or not DNA testing of evidence could prove their claims of innocence. Thousands currently await our evaluation of their cases.
DNA testing has been a major factor in changing the criminal justice system. It has provided scientific proof that our system convicts and sentences innocent people — and that wrongful convictions are not isolated or rare events. Most importantly, DNA testing has opened a window into wrongful convictions so that we may study the causes and propose remedies that may minimize the chances that more innocent people are convicted.
As forerunners in the field of wrongful convictions, the Innocence Project has grown to become much more than the "court of last resort" for inmates who have exhausted their appeals and their means. We are a founding member of The Innocence Network, a group of law schools, journalism schools and public defender offices across the country that assists inmates trying to prove their innocence whether or not the cases involve biological evidence which can be subjected to DNA testing. We consult with legislators and law enforcement officials on the state, local, and federal level, conduct research and training, produce scholarship and propose a wide range of remedies to prevent wrongful convictions while continuing our work to free innocent inmates through the use of post-conviction DNA testing.
We hope that this site will raise awareness and concern about the failings of our criminal justice system. It is a facet of our society that eventually touches all of its citizens. The prospect of innocents languishing in prison or, worse, being put to death for crimes that they did not commit, should be intolerable to every American, regardless of race, politics, sex, origin, or creed.
Innocence Project
100 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10011
info@innocenceproject.org
212.364.5340
Now that you have read this I want to share with you some correspondonce I had with this fine group of people today.
I asked to be added to this causes mailing list awhile back when I just had to know more about the men that are getting released out of prison( after being wrongfully convicted) after doing massive amounts of time, some in their second decade. It mortifys me to think that this is really happening here in the United States. When I read of someone on death row being released due to our D.N.A. testing and you read they have been in prison for say 25 years, I personally think of my children and giving birth to them 25 years ago. I think of all the wonders of their 25 years on this earth, all the way from birth, through schooling, first kisses, proms, perhaps marriage and perhaps children of their own. To think that somebody has sat on Death Row the same amount of time, wrongfully convicted, well I cannot even express it.
Today I wrote this letter to the Innocence Project at 12:42 pacific daylight savings time or P.S.D.
This was in reference to a page on their sight that I was inquiring about.
At 12:49 P.M. I received a letter thanking me for my interest etc. This was NOT a form letter.I was so impressed.
The Cal. Senate Appropriations Committee is the letter I was referring to and I urge all Californians to send this letter as I have done.
This is a letter I received today from the Innocence project and in it is the links I am speaking of.
Allison
Thanks for reading. I would love any and all comments on this subject
About the Innocence Project
The Innocence Project is a non-profit legal clinic affiliated with the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University and created by Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld in 1992. The project is a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice. As a clinic, law students handle case work while supervised by a team of attorneys and clinic staff.
Most of our clients are poor, forgotten, and have used up all legal avenues for relief. The hope they all have is that biological evidence from their cases still exists and can be subjected to DNA testing. All Innocence Project clients go through an extensive screening process to determine whether or not DNA testing of evidence could prove their claims of innocence. Thousands currently await our evaluation of their cases.
DNA testing has been a major factor in changing the criminal justice system. It has provided scientific proof that our system convicts and sentences innocent people — and that wrongful convictions are not isolated or rare events. Most importantly, DNA testing has opened a window into wrongful convictions so that we may study the causes and propose remedies that may minimize the chances that more innocent people are convicted.
As forerunners in the field of wrongful convictions, the Innocence Project has grown to become much more than the "court of last resort" for inmates who have exhausted their appeals and their means. We are a founding member of The Innocence Network, a group of law schools, journalism schools and public defender offices across the country that assists inmates trying to prove their innocence whether or not the cases involve biological evidence which can be subjected to DNA testing. We consult with legislators and law enforcement officials on the state, local, and federal level, conduct research and training, produce scholarship and propose a wide range of remedies to prevent wrongful convictions while continuing our work to free innocent inmates through the use of post-conviction DNA testing.
We hope that this site will raise awareness and concern about the failings of our criminal justice system. It is a facet of our society that eventually touches all of its citizens. The prospect of innocents languishing in prison or, worse, being put to death for crimes that they did not commit, should be intolerable to every American, regardless of race, politics, sex, origin, or creed.
Innocence Project
100 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10011
info@innocenceproject.org
212.364.5340
Now that you have read this I want to share with you some correspondonce I had with this fine group of people today.
I asked to be added to this causes mailing list awhile back when I just had to know more about the men that are getting released out of prison( after being wrongfully convicted) after doing massive amounts of time, some in their second decade. It mortifys me to think that this is really happening here in the United States. When I read of someone on death row being released due to our D.N.A. testing and you read they have been in prison for say 25 years, I personally think of my children and giving birth to them 25 years ago. I think of all the wonders of their 25 years on this earth, all the way from birth, through schooling, first kisses, proms, perhaps marriage and perhaps children of their own. To think that somebody has sat on Death Row the same amount of time, wrongfully convicted, well I cannot even express it.
The deaf ears they must have endured, the family strife. All the people they must have spoke too claiming their innocence. And ALL the people that did not listen. And then comes the Innocence Project. I could go on and on (again) about this cause but this is being written for another reason that I am getting back too."Relating it to having children that are that old is the way I look at the time frame in my own mind. It is just MY personal way."
Today I wrote this letter to the Innocence Project at 12:42 pacific daylight savings time or P.S.D.
This was in reference to a page on their sight that I was inquiring about.
"I would like to place your page (the 10 things you can do to help) page along with the links on my blogs. May I do this? I also wondered if you have buttons or banners one can place on their personal blogs to promote the innocence project. I also sent the letter from California. Being a Californian I am EXTREMELY interested with this. I blog to a lot of my friends many of whom are in California and I would love to be able to post about your posts with links and such. I want to know if it is allowable
Thank you
Allison White
I truly love what you are about and doing. God bless you."
At 12:49 P.M. I received a letter thanking me for my interest etc. This was NOT a form letter.I was so impressed.
The Cal. Senate Appropriations Committee is the letter I was referring to and I urge all Californians to send this letter as I have done.
This is a letter I received today from the Innocence project and in it is the links I am speaking of.
Dear Allison, Thank you for doing your part to ensure that all wrongfully convicted Californians receive the monetary compensation and access to the reintegrative services they need and deserve. Your voice makes a difference! Your message has been sent to:
 And visit our website for other ways to get involved today. Thanks again for taking action on behalf of the wrongfully convicted, The Innocence Project |
"I wish I had money to donate to this fine organization, but I don't, however I sure would like to think I can help out in some small way by spreading the word on my little old blog. I would love to hear from anyone that perhaps took the time to at least go to this site and read what this organization is all about."I also would like to leave you with a personal thought from me.
"What have you done in the last 5 years of YOUR life? The good, the bad, and the ugly, ALL OF IT!. What have you done? Did you graduate a school? Get married, have a child? Learn a new language? How about like me? find out you have a true passion that you never new you had?( for me woodworking)PEACE!!!
Now imagine yourself in prison for a crime you did not do for those five years? What would you have missed?"
Allison
Thanks for reading. I would love any and all comments on this subject
Don't ever forget
As a mother to a son who did a 16 month tour in Iraq I am amazed at how much I don't hear about our sons and daughters over there. Is it where I live? I don't think so! A couple of weeks ago I DID hear on the news that we had lost our 4000th American in Iraq. Is that all I am going to hear? A number? I am so lucky that my son came home. I do however believe that the 4000th one is 4000 too many. I dare not say how I feel about this war especially in what is just a simple blog, but I do want and am going to say that we as Americans I believe need to never forget, not even for a day what our sons and daughters are doing over there. And if you pray I hope you pray for them.
The day I heard that we had lost our 4000th American,
You know what?
Never a name, an age or a sex, just a number!
Just a f------ number!
I believe it is a down right shame!
The helmets, weapons, dog tags and boots of two fallen US Marines stand at the end of a ceremony in their honour at Camp Bastion, in southern Afghanistan.
And I will post this now the way I always do;
PEACE!!! Allison
The day I heard that we had lost our 4000th American,
You know what?
Never a name, an age or a sex, just a number!
Just a f------ number!
I believe it is a down right shame!
The helmets, weapons, dog tags and boots of two fallen US Marines stand at the end of a ceremony in their honour at Camp Bastion, in southern Afghanistan.And I will post this now the way I always do;
PEACE!!! Allison
Iraqi War- Just a F----ing number?
As a mother to a son who did a 16 month tour in Iraq I am amazed at how much I don't hear about our sons and daughters over there. Is it where I live? I don't think so! A couple of weeks ago I DID hear on the news that we had lost our 4000th American in Iraq. Is that all I am going to hear? A number? I am so lucky that my son came home. I do however believe that the 4000th one is 4000 too many. I dare not say how I feel about this war especially in what is just a simple blog, but I do want and am going to say that we as Americans I believe need to never forget, not even for a day what our sons and daughters are doing over there. And if you pray I hope you pray for them.
The day I heard that we had lost our 4000th American,
You know what?
Never a name, an age or a sex, just a number!
Just a f------ number!
I believe it is a down right shame!
The helmets, weapons, dog tags and boots of two fallen US Marines stand at the end of a ceremony in their honour at Camp Bastion, in southern Afghanistan.And I will post this now the way I always do;
PEACE!!! Allison
