Category Archives: Issues

Primary issues in which Fawkes-Lee & Ryan are involved

It’s Not The Onion

Who can you trust for reliable news nowadays? Continue reading

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Open Records Have Limits

Fawkes-Lee & Ryan spoke to the Iowa Public Information Board this afternoon (6/19/14).  Below is our comments. Before the Iowa Public Information Board June 19, 2014 I am Marty Ryan and I represent Fawkes-Lee & Ryan, a “web-based, service-oriented, grassroots … Continue reading

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A Different Angle on the Death Penalty

My name is Jesse Brown, and I am serving a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. Continue reading

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A Horrible Decision

On Monday, the Court said it was constitutionally okay to take a sample of “skin cells”. They might just as well take an arm or a leg, your heart, your brain, or your medical records. Continue reading

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A Book Report

Murder At The Supreme Court is a nonfiction book that goes in-depth to examine “Lethal Crimes and Landmark Cases” that have reached the United States Supreme Court. Continue reading

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Enhancing Minority Disproportionate Incarceration Rates In Iowa

A minority impact statement is a significant portion of a fiscal note prepared by the nonpartisan Fiscal Division of the Iowa Legislative Services Agency.  In cooperation with the Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning of the Department of Human … Continue reading

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