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Minutes Before Six Our organization's mission is to give a voice to those silenced by incarceration. Minutes Before Six welcomes original entries from new writers.

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Minutes Before Six
2784 Homestead Road #301,
Santa Clara, CA 95051
U.S.A. Or email [email protected]

When possible, essays should be typed single-sided, double-spaced, with one-inch margins all around. Handwritten essays will also be considered. Please include contact information and a photo. All essays and photos will be returned. Writers will be notified if their essays are selected for publication.

After being a death row inmate for nearly 50 years, Clarence Jordan, 70, had his death sentence reduced to life.
06/09/2026

After being a death row inmate for nearly 50 years, Clarence Jordan, 70, had his death sentence reduced to life.

Clarence Jordan has been a death row inmate for 48 years, yet his ex*****on was never carried out. Jordan, now 70, was convicted of the 1977 murder and robbery of Houston grocery store worker, Joe Williams.

People incarcerated in New Jersey’s state prisons and county jails have complained for years about dirty drinking water,...
06/06/2026

People incarcerated in New Jersey’s state prisons and county jails have complained for years about dirty drinking water, buggy food, moldy bathrooms, inadequate healthcare, abuse by guards, intolerable heat, and other inhumane conditions of confinement.

Poor conditions at Delaney Hall sparked protests. Critics of the demonstrations say state prisons and county jails deserve the same attention.

A federal district court Friday denied an Alabama death row inmate’s request to delay his scheduled June 11 ex*****on, s...
06/04/2026

A federal district court Friday denied an Alabama death row inmate’s request to delay his scheduled June 11 ex*****on, saying the pain he could experience was constitutional.

Lee argues that the ex*****on protocol the state plans to use amounts to cruel and unusual punishment and is unconstitutional.

'Nothing prepared me to witness the agony that Mr. Carruthers experienced in the ex*****on chamber. Not the nearly 20 ye...
06/01/2026

'Nothing prepared me to witness the agony that Mr. Carruthers experienced in the ex*****on chamber. Not the nearly 20 years I had spent as a capital defense lawyer.'

Nothing prepared me to witness the agony that my client experienced in the ex*****on chamber.

Today, a Philadelphia judge vacated the convictions of Jermal Shuler, Marc Brittingham, and Rasheed Smith.
05/27/2026

Today, a Philadelphia judge vacated the convictions of Jermal Shuler, Marc Brittingham, and Rasheed Smith.

Jermal Shuler and his legal team on May 26, 2026, following his exoneration and release after 28 years of wrongful conviction in Pennsylvania. Left to right: Exoneration Project Executive Director and attorney Tara Thompson, Innocence Project Senior Staff Attorney Angie Louie, Jermal Shuler, and Inn...

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