AEDPA

The purpose of the site is to invite the international community (Human Rights Organizations) into the conversation about how Americans treat those who have violated her laws. Do those who are actually guilty deserve humane and just treatment through the trial, sentencing, and during their incarceration? Or is justice for the guilty just something that Americans ask other Countries to give to their citizens, while failing to afford the same to her own.

• AEDPA (Antiterrorist and Effective Death Penalty Act) that has resulted in tens of thousands of inmates not having their appeals heard in Federal Courts. (click here for layman's explanation of the AEDPA)
• Denied Writ of certiorari for LaMerle Johnson his case resulted in 9th Circuit Case law (click here to review Lamerle's actual case as an example to show how misconduct of State officials have been impacted by AEDPA.) (Review the full Petition for Certiorari of LaMerle Johnson or partial pages from the Petition related to AEDPA)
• Open Letter to Human Rights Organizations to get involved.
• Department of Justice's Access to Justice Program
• Online Petition collecting Signatures of American and International citizens who believe a change in AEDPA is necessary; will be presented to Congress and President Obama. (Click here to sign the online petition.)
• Chat-room for world citizens who do not work in the legal communities. Give your opinion and ideas. Network through this chat-room to formulate a moral world-campaign strategy to attack this problem. **coming soon**