- November Coalition
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November Coalition Founder(s) Nora Callahan Founded 1997 Location Colville, Washington Key people Martha Christman,Tom Murlowski Area served United States Focus Ending War on Drugs, protect prisoners' rights Website November.org The November Coalition is a non-profit grassroots organization, founded in 1997, which fights against the War on Drugs and for the rights of the prisoners incarcerated as the effect of that war. It publishes a bulletin called Razor Wire.
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Tyrone Brown
The November Coalition was involved in the advocacy for Tyrone Brown's release.[1] Brown, an African American Texan, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for smoking marijuana. On March 9, 2007, Governor Rick Perry signed a conditional pardon which released Brown under supervision.[2]
See also
- Prisoners' rights
- War on Drugs
- Drug Policy Alliance
- Students for Sensible Drug Policy
- National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws
- Marijuana Policy Project
References
- ^ Feature: Clamor Grows for Freedom for Texas Marijuana Prisoner Tyrone Brown Drug War Chronicle
- ^ Tyrone Brown is free at last November Coalition
External links
Categories:- Penal system in the United States
- Cannabis legal reform organizations based in the United States
- Non-profit organizations based in Washington (state)
- Organizations established in 1997
- Prison-related organizations
- United States organization stubs
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