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The Barbarism of a Nation

Arnold Schwarzenegger rejected clemency for Stanley Tookie Williams, and he was killed by the state this morning at 12:35am. More than 2,000 protesters were on-site to rage and grieve.

51-year-old Williams, a co-founder of the Crips gang in Los Angeles, was convicted of murdering four people in 1979. He went on to renounce violence and write anti-gang children’s books.

And my tax dollars killed this guy at 12:35am this morning.

Capital punishment is banned in 91 countries, including all of Europe (except Belarus), Canada, Mexico, Australia, and most of Central and South America.

See Wikipedia’s article for more info.

According to Amnesty International, in 2004 nine out of every ten executions worldwide took place in the People’s Republic of China.

Diebold Be Gone!

I admit it. I wish evil upon them.

Another Blow to E-Voting Company
Associated Press

One of the nation’s leading suppliers of electronic voting machines may decide against selling new equipment in North Carolina after a judge declined Monday to protect it from criminal prosecution should it fail to disclose software code as required by state law.

Congrats to the amazing Electronic Frontier Foundation for all the work they did to make this happen.

For more background on the electronic voting machine debacle, and all things election reform, check out The Center for Voting and Democracy.