Faith during a 150-year prison sentence
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Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 5:10 AM
Subject: Faith during a 150-year prison sentence
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“Hope is the foundation of the world.” Tariq MaQbool is serving a 150-year sentence for a double murder in New Jersey. He says the case against him was so weak his conviction was a shock. He has lost every appeal and likens arbitrary prison rules and restrictions to the strings controlling a puppet that he remembers from his childhood. He writes that he should have given up hope by now but his faith as a Muslim allows him to reaffirm his humanity and place in the world. In collaboration with the Prison Journalism Project, where MaQbool is a contributing writer, here is the latest in our “Life Inside” series. The Marshall Project
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Police in Dallas, Texas arrested one of their own officers Friday morning and charged him with two counts of capital murder. Bryan Riser was under investigation for two years even as he patrolled his beat. He is now on administrative leave and in custody. CBS 11/DFW More: The Dallas police chief said the killings were connected to Riser’s “off-duty conduct,” but the department will review Riser’s police work anyway. The New York Times A Louisiana judge Thursday sided with journalist Andrea Gallo, who sought public records about a sexual harassment investigation of a key aide to the state’s attorney general. Jeff Landry, the attorney general, sued the reporter seeking the records. The Advocate A witness in a high-profile murder trial in Denver, Colorado, was fatally shot last week. Pueblo Chieftain Police say they don’t see a connection between the killing and the victim’s status as a witness. Denver Post Volunteers at a nonprofit Mexican cultural center in Santa Ana, California, showed kindness to homeless people and refused to call police. Now, scores of people live outside the building, officials have fined the center $1,800 and frustration grows over the lack of a solution to rising homelessness. Los Angeles Times Two gang-style beatings by corrections officers in New Jersey led directly to the death of Darrell Smith, his family alleges in a new federal civil rights lawsuit. The lawsuit claims Smith didn’t receive critical medical care until nearly four days after the first attack. Grand jurors also are investigating the episode. NJ.com
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