The Shock Doctrine in Texas Prisons by Kenneth Foster

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by Kenneth Foster
SocialistWorker.org
March 21, 2013

Arrested

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Kenneth Foster is a prisoner in Texas. Despite the fact that he wasn’t convicted of being responsible for a murder–only of being present–he was sent to death row in 1996 and came within three hours of execution 11 years later before his sentence was commuted. Both before and after this victory, Kenneth was an outspoken activist and writer, not only on his own behalf, but against the criminal justice system as a whole.

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