Troy Davis was convicted of murdering a Georgia police officer in 1991. Nearly two decades later, Davis remains on death row - even though the case against him has fallen apart.

The case against him consisted entirely of witness testimony which contained inconsistencies even at the time of the trial. Since then, all but two of the state's non-police ( Read more... )

Please register as a stem cell/bone marrow donor and ask others to do the same!
On the Hungarian blog Segíts Szilvinek! (Help Szilvi!), Ramóna is recruiting stem cell donors for Szilvia Simon and asking us to spread the word. On June 24th, she wrote that “There is nobody, nobody in all the world whose blood would at least approximately match hers ( Read more... )

 Hello everyone!

My name is Kermit (on here, anyway) and I have just started a community called support_mervin . I am friends with a girl on here who goes by the username das_mervin . We've been friends for several years, and she has founded a community called twispitefic (exclusively for spitefics related to the Twilight Saga), das_sporking (for sporkings of badfic and ( Read more... )

 you might as well advertise something worthwhile ( Read more... )

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To get the full deal on my experiment, check out my blog.  You can read the full post there.

http://acethepoet.livejournal.com/

The Experiment:
When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade right?

I want us all to try an experiment. Let’s each of us, try thinking only positive thoughts for one week ( Read more... )

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Maëlle is my french teacher's 7-year-old girl, and she is a huge inspiration for me.  If you have already seen mi_iseul 's entry regarding this, you'll already know, but in case you haven't, here is the basic idea ( Read more... )

My Dream is to change the world for the better. I currently think that our society is very selfish, materialistic and disconnected. This world is lacking so much love, unity, art, creation and faith. I feel as though people have forgotten the meaning of unconditional love, true happiness, true beauty, nature & so much more. Im here to remind the ( Read more... )

Building Resilient Youth - A Multi-Disciplinary Approach is a cause that is trying to implement preventive and rehabilitative measures have been proven time and again to significantly lower the likelihood of adolescent crime. The most effective way to prevent juvenile delinquency has indisputably been to assist young people and their families early ( Read more... )