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NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrimeYou Get a Pardon! And You Get a Pardon! Career Criminal Donald Trump Passes Out Get Out of Jail Free Cards to Disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich, OthersThere are some words and phrases in the English language that are open to interpretation, while others—like…ByJay ConnorPublishedFebruary 18, 2020
NewsNewsClose to 66,000 Marijuana Convictions to Be Dismissed in Los AngelesAs we’ve seen over the past few months, one of the benefits of marijuana legalization has been states allowing those…ByJoe JuradoPublishedFebruary 14, 2020
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NewsNewsDoug Evans, the White Mississippi Prosecutor Who Tried Curtis Flowers 6 Times, Recuses Himself From 7th TrialWhatever is next for Curtis Flowers, the man responsible for keeping him in prison for more than two decades will…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJanuary 8, 2020
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NewsCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeSocial Justice‘The More Things Change...’: Cyntoia Brown-Long Pens Op-Ed in Support of 17-Year-Old Chrystul KizerCyntoia Brown-Long, freed in August after spending half her life behind bars for killing the man who had trafficked…ByAnne BraniginPublishedDecember 26, 2019
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeTennessee Supreme Court Puts Execution of Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman on Hold Amid Concerns of Racial BiasFor the first time since resuming capital punishment last year, the Tennessee Supreme Court has pumped the brakes on…ByJay ConnorPublishedDecember 12, 2019
NewsOpinionYour TakeNewsOpinionYour TakeOur Democracy Is at Stake in 2020 and Young People of Color Are Paying AttentionCongress held public impeachment hearings last week on whether President Trump abused his power to enlist a foreign…ByAditi Juneja and Preston MitchumPublishedDecember 5, 2019
11/19/19Everyone Knows Why Inmates Are Dying in Alabama Prisons. No One Knows How to Fix ItAlabama runs the most violent prison system in America. Inmates in Alabama’s prisons are killed at nearly nine times…ByMichael HarriotPublishedNovember 19, 2019
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticePatrisse Cullors, LA Reform Jails Tackle Mental Health, Mass Incarceration with Mental Health Matters Summit + Day PartyIn its commitment to addressing the failures of the prison industrial complex—as it pertains to mental health, drug…ByJay ConnorPublishedNovember 15, 2019
NewsNewsAyanna Pressley's Latest Resolution Is a Sweeping Progressive Vision That Would Transform America's Legal SystemMassachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley introduced on Thursday a comprehensive criminal justice resolution…ByAnne BraniginPublishedNovember 14, 2019
NewsNewsLouisiana DA Tries to Remove Black Judge from Hundreds of Cases After She Spoke Out Against Racial InjusticeSome funny things happen when you try to tell the truth.ByAnne BraniginPublishedNovember 4, 2019
NewsNewsACLU Files Suit Against South Carolina's Wealth-Based Driver's License SuspensionsThe American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the South Carolina Department of Motor…ByMichael HarriotPublishedOctober 31, 2019
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeWhen NY Ended Money Bail, a Prosecutor Trained DAs to Keep People in JailAs New York joined a handful of other states in passing sweeping criminal justice reforms, one of the state’s top…ByMichael HarriotPublishedOctober 30, 2019
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeExonerated Five Fighting to Stop Cops From Lying, Using Innocent People’s DNA and Other Things You Probably Thought Were Already IllegalInnocent until proven guilty is one of the foundational tenets of American jurisprudence. Even when a person is…ByMichael HarriotPublishedOctober 28, 2019
NewsEducationHBCUsNewsEducationHBCUs‘What the Hell ...’?: Trump Touts Himself as the Best to Ever Do It for Black America Before an Audience of Allies at Benedict College Criminal Justice ForumDonald Trump kicked off a three-day criminal-justice forum at South Carolina’s Benedict College on Friday, giving a…ByDara SharifPublishedOctober 25, 2019
NewsOpinionSome ThoughtsNewsOpinionSome ThoughtsBotham Jean, Amber Guyger and the Delusion of ForgivenessIt was described as “stunning,” “rare,” and “inspirational”: Brandt Jean, the younger brother of Botham Jean, killed…ByAnne BraniginPublishedOctober 3, 2019
NewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityNewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityDallas Cop Who Got Fired After Killing a Black Man Minding His Own Business in His Own Home Cries Self-Defense as Murder Trial BeginsThe Dallas cop who got fired after she shot and killed a black man in his own home, saying she mistook his apartment…ByDara SharifPublishedSeptember 23, 2019
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeKamala Harris Releases Criminal Justice Reform Plan to Address Police Brutality, Mass Incarceration, the Drug WarKamala Harris has a lot of plans.ByMichael HarriotPublishedSeptember 9, 2019