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Entries by Benjamin Todd Jealous from 04/2011

On King and Living a Life Beyond Fear

| Posted 04.04.2011 | Politics
Read More: Terrorism, Terror, Martin Luther King, Courage, Spokane, Civil Rights, Naacp, Leadership, Jim Crow, Political Violence, Bombing, Politics News

There is a reason we still take the threat of politically motivated violence seriously. Today, the NAACP is leading more than 40 actions across the country.

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Prison Spending Bleeds the Education System

| Posted 04.07.2011 | Politics
Read More: Smart on Crime, Incarceration, Misplaced Priorities, Criminal Justice, Education, Rod Paige, Prisons, Naacp, African Americans, Fiscal Policy, Politics News

During the last two decades, state spending on prisons grew by 127%, six times the rate of spending on higher education. Policymakers should be able to propose sentencing reform without fear of being labeled "soft on crime."

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We Can Stop the Execution of Troy Davis

| Posted 04.21.2011 | Politics
Read More: US Supreme Court, Troy Davis, Justice, Criminal Justice, Innocence, Georgia, Capitol Punishment, Benjamin Todd Jealous, Prisons, Reasonable Doubt, Amnesty International, Naacp, Death Penalty, Death Row, Politics News

As an American, I have faith in our justice system. But as President of the NAACP, I have seen how our justice system can fail -- sometimes even when it comes to life and death.

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