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HELP US RETURN PRISONERS TO THEIR FAMILIES UNDER THE RESTRUCTURED ROCKEFELLER LAWS.
THE KUNSTLER FUND IS COMMITTED TO HELP ELIGIBLE ROCKEFELLER INMATES GET RESENTENCED.
Read about the men and women represented by Kunstler Fund President Margaret Ratner Kunstler

•Reform Delivers Hope to Inmate, March 3, 2005, Times Union, Elizabeth Benjamin
•Saul Sultan's "Rocky Road to Freedom," March 4, 2005, The Daily News
•81-year-old Brooklyn man in wheelchair released under new Rockefeller drug law, March 4, 2005, AP

•Saul Sultan queda en libertad ‘Sólo quiero que vea a sus nietos’ Eva Sanchis/EDLP
•The end of the Rockefeller Drug Laws is not an open door, Feb. 9 2005, NY Times, Leslie Eaton
DARRYL BEST IS SERVING 15-YEARS-TO-LIFE FOR SIGNING FOR A FEDEX PACKAGE
Another tragic consequence of New York's Rockefeller drug laws.
Learn more about Darryl's case
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Historic alliance formed between the New York Mothers of the Disappeared and the Argentinian Madres of the Plaza de Mayo

Bios of the Madres
4/15/04 Albany Times-Union Article about Madres visit to New York
4/15/04 NY Daily News Article

Tulia Defendants Pardoned by Texas Governor
Leaving the Courthouse: Freddie Brookins Sr. leaves with Randy Credico with the William Kunstler Fund for Racial Justice in New York.
Media greeted them outside the Swisher County Courthouse after Brookins' son was released on bond after four years in prison. Credit:Henry Bargas hbargas@amarillonet.com

Adam Liptak's NYT article on the pardons 8/24/2003
Greg Cunnigham's Amarillo Globe-News Article on Tulia's Healing 8/16/2003
Bob Herbert's NYT Op-Ed on the release 6/19/2003
Monica Davey's NYT article on the release 6/17/2003

Mothers of the Disappeared

Victory in Tulia  
The Kunstler Fund has been working tirelessly to make sure the media and the press has stayed focused on this unfolding story. We extend our warm support and congratulations to the families of the Tulia 46.
Tom Coleman Indicted!
"A former undercover narcotics agent whose testimony led to drug convictions of 38 people, nearly all of them black, in a small, predominantly white Texas Panhandle town was indicted yesterday on three felony perjury charges, a development further damaging the credibility of his investigation." By Simon Romero, NYT Read more.
Will The Legacy Of Tulia Be The Death Of Bucks For Busts Policing?
By Arianna Huffington

"Tom Coleman is merely the symptom of a much bigger disease," says Randy Credico of the William Kunstler Fund for Racial Justice, which was instrumental in bringing Tulia to the public's attention. "It's this country's out of control drug task forces that are the real cancer." Read more.
Ryan Matthews is Innocent

The Kunstler Fund salutes Ryan Matthews and his struggle for justice. Ryan, who is mentally retarded, was 17-years-old when he was accused of murdering a grocery store owner in Louisiana. Ryan was sentenced to die in 1999, and is currently on death row at Angola Prison. His lawyers recently uncovered DNA evidence that exonerates Ryan and points to another killer. For more information, visit www.reprieve.org.
The Kunstler Fund video, "Tulia, Texas: Scenes from the Drug War"
Letter from Kunstler Fund Director Randy Credico
Jeff Blackburn, Mattie White, and Randy Credico on DemocracyNow!
CENTRAL PARK 5 EXONERATED
From Democracy Now!: Listern in Real Audio as Emily Kunstler reads exerpts from William Kunstler's Autobiography, "My Life as a Radical Lawyer" about Yusef Salaam
Marion Young Exonerated
Kunstler Fund Director Randy Credico was present in the courtroom when Marion Young was sentenced to 35 years on November 15th, 2001 Caldwell, Texas. Exactly one year later his convicted was overturned and the case was dismissed due to insufficent evidence. Texas' "Tulia law" passed last year requiring corroborating evidence for the testimony of undercover confidential informants to obtain a narcotics conviction, and the case was overturned on that basis.
Texas Court of Appeals Decision
11/14/02
Randy Credico's response to Young's Conviction
Mothers of the Disappeared honored at Union Square Awards.
The Union Square Awards seek to encourage grassroots activism as a means of strengthening communities throughout New York City, and they recognize notable contributions to the educational, economic and cultural life of New York City. Read more..
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Donate $100 to The Kunstler Fund and receive a copy of THE EMERGING POLICE STATE, a book of speeches by William Kunstler on the errosion of our civil rights. READ MORE.
Rockefeller Drug Law Updates Recent articles about the Rockefeller Drug Laws.
Tulia, Texas Updates
Tulia, Texas: Scenes from the Drug War
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