Friday Tweets: Money and Justice

by Matt Kelley · 2009-06-19 13:06:00 UTC
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The NFL's Donte' Stallworth (above) will spend 30 days in jail (& two years on probation) for killing a pedestrian while driving drunk. Money buys justice.

Meanwhile, the parents of Amanda Knox have maxed out their credit cards to defend her against charges she killed Meredith Kercher in Italy. Knox claims innocence.

The NY Bar Association urged lawmakers to act on public defense.

Rhode Island broke new ground this week in the medical marijuana movement, becoming the third state with official dispensaries.

Retweets of the week:

@annuartist: Prison-trained puppies help wounded troops http://tinyurl.com/l9erbo

@innocenceblog Disappointed in SCOTUS dna decision? Sign the petition for DNA access & join us in the fight for justice- http://bit.ly/198GhD

@brookpete Prison couture. Modern slave labour? http://bit.ly/xWYR1

@radleybalko Part III of my interview with The Atlantic. Today's topic: no-knock raids. http://tinyurl.com/nvdbza

@TheOnion DNA Evidence Frees Man From Zoo http://bit.ly/QRUuG

Matt Kelley is the Online Communications Manager at the Innocence Project and a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Follow him on Twitter @mattjkelley.
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