Welcome to another Sum it Up! We are gearing up for National Police Week in the USA to pay tribute to those fallen in the line of duty but also to the wonderful men and women serving every day.
Cleared by DNA: Johnny Pinchback was released from prison after 27 years. He’s the 22nd person cleared by DNA in Dallas County. Two girls were abducted and raped. Because the girls picked Pinchback out of a photo line-up, he was put away for 99 years. But Pinchback maintained his innocence. DNA proved him right. The original suspect was never found.
Brian Inkster is a man with many talents. He is a brilliant lawyer and founder of Inksters. He is a UK Solicitor and Notary Public. But, he is more than that. In November 2009, Brian and his wife, Nicola Walls, took part in the Habitat for Humanity Global Village Challenge in Argentina. And now, they are challenging their staff and themselves to live below the poverty line.
“Staff at Inksters have been living below the line in May. Last week Gus Macaulay, Kathleen Simmonds and Louise King lived for 5 days on just £1 per day on food. This week Brian did the same. Next week Iain Witheyman will take the challenge.
For 5 days in May, thousands of people across the UK are spending just £1 each day on food, and using their daily experiences to bring extreme poverty to the centre of conversation in homes and workplaces. We’ll all be challenged, we’ll struggle without caffeine, and have a faint feeling of being not quite full for the whole week. We’ll pool money with housemates, colleagues or family to make that one pound stretch just a little further…
We’ll do all of this because whilst we choose to struggle to Live Below the Line for one week, there are 1.4 billion people who have no choice other than to do it every day. Think about that figure – 1.4 BILLION – that’s over 20 times the population of the UK – living every day to live in the most abject poverty.”