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Marijuana convictions can be erased

September 27, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

If other counties follow San Francisco’s lead, district attorneys’ offices across the state can erase pot convictions under California’s new legal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: Californians for Safety and Justice, Marijuana, San Francisco, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascόn

San Quentin News & Wall City Merchandise

September 20, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

GO HERE TO SEE SAN QUENTIN NEWS & WALL CITY MERCHANDISE! Buy a mug, t-shirt, tote bag or sticker and support the San Quentin News and Wall City … [Read more...]

Filed Under: SQ News Tagged With: San Quentin News

Linda Xiques BIO

September 11, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

Linda Xiques became a San Quentin News adviser in the spring of 2013. Six years earlier, she had retired from a 30-year career in journalism thinking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: SQ News, Staff Profile

Steve McNamara BIO

September 11, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

Steve McNamara was one of the three initial advisers of the San Quentin News when Warden Bob Ayers revived it in the spring of 2008. Steve devised the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: SQ News, Staff Profile

John C. Eagan BIO

September 11, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

My name is John C. Eagan and I am a retired journalist with more than 30 years in the news business. Born and raised in Florida, I served three years … [Read more...]

Filed Under: SQ News, Staff Profile

Sex registry wrongly labels children

September 11, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

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The goal of the sex registry is to prevent sexual assault, but it is not working, according to a Reason Magazine article by Lenore Skenazy. A child is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: New Jersey, Reason Magazine, Sex Offender Registry, Sex Panic and the Punitive State, sex registry, sex traffickers

Technology makes your smart phone a snitch

September 11, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

A tech-tidal wave is hitting the criminal justice system, transforming faces into license plates and your smart phone into a snitch. These new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: criminal justice system, criminal red flags, facial recognition, General Protection Data, MIT Media Lab, Rekognition, Smartphones, Street-Level Surveillance, The Economist, The European Union, The Herald Mail Media

Brothers in Pen anthology – "Pens Up, Don’t Shoot"

August 10, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

ANNOUNCEMENT The title of the latest anthology in the “Brothers in Pen” series, Pens Up, Don’t Shoot, arose from the phrase protestors … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: BROTHERS IN PEN

NEWS QUOTES JULY 2018 NYT THE WEEK QUILL

August 9, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

1930 Wall City News

1. “50,000 more drivers needed to meet demand, according to the American trucking associations.” New York Times “Need Fuels Trucking’s Diversity Push” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Briefs Tagged With: NEWS QUOTES, NY TIMES, QUILL, SPJ, THE WEEK

Alex Massart at the Matterhorn

August 9, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

"25 percent of millennial-age American men think asking a woman who is not a romantic partner to go for a drink is harassment, "according to a recent … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: Matterhorn

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