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No Justice: Confronting Baltimore's Criminal Injustice System

Wednesday, 06 June 2007
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

From the unjust arrest of seven-year-old Gerard Mungo to the disproportionate number of blacks accused of killing whites on death row, it is clear that there is a problem with Baltimore’s so-called system of “justice.” Central Booking is overcrowded with people, many of whom are never even charged with a crime. The prisons are crammed full, not with violent criminals who are beyond redemption, but with victims of drugs and poverty. The people of Baltimore who are fighting just to scrape by are made the scapegoats for the city’s problems while money for jobs, education and health care are stolen from our communities to fund an illegal war in Iraq and to line the pockets of the CEOs at Constellation Energy. Real crimes, like the BGE rate hikes that will force people to choose between paying their electric bill and buying food for their families, are crimes that go unpunished. We have had enough! Please join us for this panel discussion and organizing meeting to find out what you can do to get involved in bringing real justice to Baltimore!

Speakers:
Walter Lomax, exonerated from a life sentence after spending 39 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit.

Naomi Long, Drug Policy Alliance, DC/MD/VA Project Director

Daren Muhammad, Baltimore City Community Forum Think Tank

Kimberly Snowden, Baltimore Coalition Against the Death Penalty

For more information, call 410-488-6767 or e-mail
baltimore_iso@yahoo.com.

Sponsored by: The International Socialist Organization Baltimore Branch, The Baltimore Coalition Against the Death Penalty and Red Emma’s Bookstore Coffeehouse

Location:
St. John's United Methodist Church
2640 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, Maryland