#CriminalJustice
#CriminalJustice #BanMTG #14thAmendment #Petition: Ban Marjorie Taylor Greene | Demand Congress Invoke the 14th Amendment and BAN Marjorie Taylor Greene from office! | act.turnoutpac.org
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#CriminalJustice #GeorgeSantosResign #GeorgeSantosMustResign #ExpelGeorgeSantos #ImpeachGeorgeSantos #MakeACall #MoveOn: Accountability for the disgraced Rep. George Santos is near. This week, Congress will vote on a bill to expel Santos. Call your representative today & demand they vote YES to expel him from Congress: 844-311-7810
#CriminalJustice #BanInsurrectionists #BanJanuary6thTraitors #14thAmendment #Petition: Ban Insurrectionists 2023 | Will you add your name to our petition DEMANDING every GOP insurrectionist to be REMOVED from Congress? | act.turnoutpac.org
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#CriminalJustice #SCOTUS #SupremeCourtEthics #StopCorruption #StopDarkMoney #DefeatTrump #DefeatRonDeSantis #Donations Will you add your name to Citizen Co-Sponsor our Constitutional Amendment to OVERTURN Citizens United?
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Attorneys for one of the three former Lina Hidalgo staffers who have been accused of steering a lucrative government contract to a preferred vendor claim in a motion filed Monday that new search warrants obtained in the case are overly broad and based on falsified information.
#Court #Crime #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneyKimOgg #HarrisCountyJudgeLinaHidalgo #indictment #searchwarrants #TexasRangers
A detention officer has been arrested and charged for allegedly smuggling drugs into the Harris County Jail -- the second arrest in an ongoing investigation looking into an influx of narcotics inside the facility.
#CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Local #News #harriscountyjail #harriscountysheriffsoffice
A Retired Detective Says He’s Too Sick to Testify at Murder Trials. Now Those Cases Are Falling Apart.
https://www.propublica.org/article/st-louis-retired-homicide-detective-too-sick-testify-missouri
A Retired Detective Says He’s Too Sick to Testify at #Murder Trials. Now Those Cases Are Falling Apart.
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In St. Louis, murder investigations often rely on a single #detective, making them vulnerable if the detective is unable or unwilling to come to court.
But a former #homicide investigator said he has no obligation to cooperate, claiming that “retirement is meant to be retirement.”
#Police #CriminalJustice #Crime #Missouri #StLouis #Retirement #Court #News
#CriminalJustice #SCOTUS #SupremeCourtEthics #StopCorruption #StopDarkMoney #DefeatTrump #DefeatRonDeSantis #Donations Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ( #CREW ) — Donate via AB Charities
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#CriminalJustice #TrumpIsGuilty #BanTrump #14thAmendment #Petition: Chris Christie Ban Trump | Stand with Christ Christie to Invoke the 14th Amendment and BAN Trump from your state’s ballot! | act.stoprepublicans.org
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#CriminalJustice #TrumpIsGuilty #BanTrump #14thAmendment #Petition: Ban Trump Justice Roberts | Sign the petition demanding Chief Justice John Roberts ban Donald Trump from your state’s ballot | act.turnoutpac.org
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#CriminalJustice #FireLouisDeJoy #SavethePostOffice #Petition Response Pending | Will you sign our emergency petition to DEMAND the USPS Board of Governors FIRE Postmaster General Louis DeJoy? | Fire Louis DeJoy
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#CriminalJustice #TrumpIsGuilty #BanTrump #14thAmendment #Petition URGENT: SIGN TO BAN TRUMP FROM OFFICE | Donald Trump has been INDICTED on federal charges! Will you add your name to our petition to tell the Senate to ban Trump from ever running for office again by invoking the 14th Amendment?
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#CriminalJustice #VotingRights #StopDarkMoney #OverturnCitizensUnited #Petition #EndCitizensUnited Will you add your name to Citizen Co-Sponsor our Constitutional Amendment to OVERTURN Citizens United?
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Great @reasonmagazine interview with Meaghan Ybos on getting rid of sex offender registries
https://reason.com/2023/11/16/this-rape-victim-wants-to-end-the-sex-offender-registry/
#law #criminaljustice #criminaljusticereform
Experts to Examine a Controversial Forensic Test That Has Helped Convict #Women of #Murder
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Responding to a ProPublica investigation into the “lung float test,” which some have likened to a witch trial, #lawyers and medical professionals will work to determine whether the test should be used in #court.
#Pregnancy #Parents #CriminalJustice #Babies #Health #HealthCare #News
#CriminalJustice #TrumpIsGuilty #TrumpIndictments #NoOneIsAboveTheLaw #Petition: Stand with Fani Willis v2 | DON'T ABANDON FANI WILLIS: Sign the petition to show your support for her investigation into Trump | act.turnoutpac.org
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#CriminalJustice #TrumpIsGuilty #BanTrump #14thAmendment #Petition URGENT: SIGN TO BAN TRUMP FROM OFFICE | Donald Trump has been INDICTED on federal charges! Will you add your name to our petition to tell the Senate to ban Trump from ever running for office again by invoking the 14th Amendment?
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Race-based differences in illness-related deaths in jails are due to a variety of factors, including nationwide health disparities and the cash bail system, which “punishes the poor.”
Researchers studied jail conditions and jail deaths – here’s what they found:
https://theconversation.com/we-studied-jail-conditions-and-jail-deaths-heres-what-we-found-216521
Louisiana Sheriff’s Department Settles Two Use-of-Force Cases, Including One in Which an Autistic Teen Died
https://www.propublica.org/article/jefferson-parish-sheriffs-office-settles-two-use-of-force-cases
#CriminalJustice,Unwatched
Louisiana Sheriff’s Department Settles Two Use-of-Force Cases, Including One in Which an Autistic Teen Died
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The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office will pay part of a $1.25M settlement in the case of Eric Parsa, a teen who died after deputies sat on his back for more than 9 minutes, and an undisclosed sum to the family of a second teen, Tre’mall McGee, who deputies shot in the shoulder.
#CriminalJustice #RBGStatePark #Petition SIGN: Ruth Bader Ginsburg State Park | Rename "Donald J. Trump State Park" to "Ruth Bader Ginsburg State Park" | Pro-Choice Women
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#CriminalJustice #TrumpIsGuilty #BanTrump #14thAmendment #Petition URGENT: SIGN TO BAN TRUMP FROM OFFICE | Donald Trump has been INDICTED on federal charges! Will you add your name to our petition to tell the Senate to ban Trump from ever running for office again by invoking the 14th Amendment?
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#CriminalJustice #FireLouisDeJoy #SavethePostOffice #Petition: Fire DeJoy | Will you add your name to our petition to FIRE Postmaster General Louis DeJoy? | act.stoprepublicans.org
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#CriminalJustice #BanMTG #14thAmendment #Petition: Ban MTG | Demand Congress Invoke the 14th Amendment and BAN Marjorie Taylor Greene from office! | act.stoprepublicans.org
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#CriminalJustice #TrumpIsGuilty #BanTrump #14thAmendment #Petition URGENT: SIGN TO BAN TRUMP FROM OFFICE | Donald Trump has been INDICTED on federal charges! Will you add your name to our petition to tell the Senate to ban Trump from ever running for office again by invoking the 14th Amendment?
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#CriminalJustice #TrumpIsGuilty #BanTrump #14thAmendment #Petition: 14th Amendment Ban Trump | Demand Donald Trump be banned from your state’s ballot | act.turnoutpac.org
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GoFundMe cancelled my campaign to help my incarcerated friend. They alleged that it was against their rules. So here is a new campaign to help support an indigent queer prisoner who is lost his mother while he was incarcerated and is in need of support.
#incarceration #criminaljustice #prisonreform
“Conventionally, the thought has been that #police departments do enjoy a presumption of credibility and trust. It’s the defendant’s to lose, not build in those cases.”
Criminal Justice reporter Michelle Pitcher looks at how this historic #murder trial ended inconclusively:
https://www.texasobserver.org/christopher-taylor-mistrial-austin-police-officers-murder-trial?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=audience
Listen to All Episodes of “The Kids of Rutherford County”
https://www.propublica.org/article/kids-of-rutherford-county-podcast-episodes
#CriminalJustice,JuvenileInjustice,Tennessee
#CriminalJustice #TrumpIsGuilty #BanTrump #14thAmendment #Petition: 14th Amendment Ban Trump | Sign the petition to invoke the 14th Amendment and ban Trump from your state’s ballot! | act.turnoutpac.org
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#CriminalJustice #TrumpIsGuilty #BanTrump #14thAmendment #Petition: Ban Trump 14th | Demand Donald Trump be banned from your state’s ballot | act.stoprepublicans.org
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For #Alaska Families, Questions Remain About Unsolved Deaths and “Suicides”
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Local law enforcement said there was only one official unsolved #murder in Kotzebue, Alaska.
Many residents suspect otherwise.
#Crime #CriminalJustice #Police #Indigenous #Native #NativeAmerican #SexualAssault #News #LawEnforcement
“This legislation, Senate Bill 4, is a loophole; it is a hook thrown with the intent to unravel judicial precedent.”
Last week: The #Texas legislature set up a future U.S. Supreme Court battle by giving everyday local #police the power to profile potential immigrants ...
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-legislature-votes-to-seize-immigration-authority-from-feds?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=audience
#SCOTUS #CriminalJustice #immigration #border #TXlege #news #politics #USpol
#CriminalJustice #MediaAccountability The Media Must Atone for Enabling Trump's Fascism | #FreePress
https://www.freepress.net/blog/media-enabling-trump-fascism?source=sms
#CriminalJustice #TrumpIsGuilty #BanTrump #14thAmendment #Petition: Ban Trump 14th | Demand Donald Trump be banned from your state’s ballot | act.stoprepublicans.org
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#CriminalJustice #TrumpIsGuilty #BanTrump #14thAmendment #Petition URGENT: SIGN TO BAN TRUMP FROM OFFICE | Donald Trump has been INDICTED on federal charges! Will you add your name to our petition to tell the Senate to ban Trump from ever running for office again by invoking the 14th Amendment?
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#SouthCarolina Is Ripping Infants Away From Their Mothers Over Pot Use | Truthout
https://truthout.org/articles/south-carolina-is-ripping-infants-away-from-their-mothers-over-pot-use/
#CriminalJustice #FireLouisDeJoy #SavethePostOffice #Petition: Fire DeJoy EXP PE | Will you add your name to our petition telling President Biden to FIRE Postmaster General Louis DeJoy? | act.turnoutpac.org
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Here's a thought - kylr as a solution to over population 🤔
(sarcasm - I know that over pop. is a fallacy)
#Tennessee Lawmakers Demand an Audit of Juvenile Detention Facilities, Citing “Culture Of Lawlessness”
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Following yesterday's reporting from WPLN and ProPublica, the state lawmakers said there is a “culture of lawlessness” inside Knoxville’s Richard L. Bean Center and called for an audit throughout the system.
#CriminalJustice #Crime #Jail #Kids #Knoxville #Prison #News
In March 2021, an #Austin Police Officer killed Michael Ramos after a 911 call gone wrong. The officer faced a first-ever murder trial ... that recently ended in mistrial. Criminal Justice reporter Michelle Pitcher explains how it all happened:
https://www.texasobserver.org/christopher-taylor-mistrial-austin-police-officers-murder-trial?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=audience
#news #police #HumanRights #CriminalJustice #Texas #law #politics #USpol
#DOJ Backs Tenants in Case Alleging Price-Fixing by Big #Landlords and a #RealEstate Tech Company
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A 2022 ProPublica investigation about RealPage’s rent-setting software led to federal lawsuits asserting inflated #apartment prices.
#Housing #Apartments #PrivateEquity #News #CriminalJustice #Homes #CivilRights #Inflation
Child Welfare Officials Have Searched Her Home and Her Son Dozens of Times.
She’s Suing Them to Stop.
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Despite no evidence a #mother mistreated her #child, New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services continues to enter her home without a warrant.
She has filed a #lawsuit, citing ProPublica’s reporting, arguing her rights are being violated.
#Parents #Kids #Children #CriminalJustice #Courts #Court #NYC #NewYork #Lawsuits #News
Health Insurers Have Been Breaking State Laws for Years
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States have passed hundreds of laws to protect people from wrongful #insurance denials.
Yet from emergency services to fertility preservation, #insurers still say no.
#Health #HealthCare #HealthInsurance #Legal #Court #CriminalJustice #Crime #Politics #News #Patients #Doctors #Hospitals
This #Louisiana Town Runs Largely on Traffic Fines.
If You Fight Your Ticket, the Mayor Is Your Judge.
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Fenton, population 226, brings in over $1 million per year through its mayor’s #court, an unusual justice system in which the mayor can serve as judge even though he’s responsible for town finances.
This Youth Detention Center Superintendent Illegally Locks Kids Alone in Cells. No One Has Forced Him to Stop.
https://www.propublica.org/article/knoxville-detention-center-illegally-locks-kids-alone-in-cells
#CriminalJustice,JuvenileInjustice,Tennessee
This Youth Detention Center Superintendent Illegally Locks #Kids Alone in Cells.
No One Has Forced Him to Stop.
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The Richard L. Bean Juvenile Service Center has been punishing kids with seclusion more than any other facility in #Tennessee.
And as the laws and rules on how to treat kids changed, the facility failed to keep up.
#CriminalJustice #Crime #Jail #Prisons #Police #KidsOfRutherfordCounty #News #Courts #Politics #Knoxville
A grand jury indicted Christopher Taylor after the 2020 shooting of Michael Ramos in South #Austin. He is believed to be the first #police officer ever prosecuted in the state capital for murder after an on-duty killing.
But this historic case has just ended in mistrial. Criminal Justice reporter Michelle Pitcher explains what happened: https://www.texasobserver.org/christopher-taylor-mistrial-austin-police-officers-murder-trial?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=audience
#CriminalJustice #police #news #Texas #HumanRights #PoliceBrutality #murder #law
In Israel there are two court systems. A civil system for Israelis and a military court system for Palestinians.
#Palestine #Israel #idf #Hamas #Genocide #EthnicCleansing #Colonialism #MiddleEast #Biden #Democrats #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #Palestinians #Gaza #Palestinian #Kids #Children #Women #Occupation #history #context #nakba #1948 #GenevaConvention #Crime #CriminalJustice #Court #Law #Military
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/06/israel-military-courts-palestinians-law-uk
I invite Brit readers to amplify the call for Suella Braverman to be put on trial for incitement to violence (several counts).
#Braverman #criminalJustice
Her words about protest, arguably, effectively called violent thugs to London on Saturday, and other remarks led to stochastic terrorism such that a homeless person was set on fire.
#stochasticTerrorism #consequences
#Mississippi Jailed More Than 800 People Awaiting #Psychiatric Treatment in a Year.
Just One #Jail Meets State Standards.
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Counties in Mississippi are allowed to hold people awaiting court-ordered psychiatric treatment in jails only if the facilities meet safety and health standards, but there’s no funding to help them comply and no penalties if they don’t.
#MentalHealth #Health #CriminalJustice #Courts #Patients #News
#CriminalJustice #TrumpIsGuilty #BanTrump #14thAmendment #Petition Donald Trump has been INDICTED on federal charges! Will you add your name to our petition to tell the Senate to ban Trump from ever running for office again by invoking the 14th Amendment?
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One Woman Died on an Alaska Mayor’s Property. Then Another. No One Has Ever Been Charged.
https://www.propublica.org/article/two-women-died-on-alaska-mayors-property-no-one-ever-charged
#CriminalJustice,Lawless
One Woman Died on an #Alaska Mayor’s Property. Then Another. No One Has Ever Been Charged.
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Before they died, Jennifer Kirk and Sue Sue Norton were both victims of domestic violence, but the men involved — the ex-mayor’s sons — faced few consequences despite a long history of similar allegations.
#News #DomesticViolence #Police #Politics #Women #NativeAmerican #CriminalJustice
“They bring life to the topic. They show support within these areas for this change.”
A new report from Ground Game #Texas looks at the mixed results of five different communities that passed local #cannabis ordinances, which urge law enforcement to ignore low level marijuana misdemeanors. Here's where they've worked... or haven't. From Digital Editor Kit @oconnell: https://www.texasobserver.org/marijuana-cannabis-local-initiatives-ground-game/
#WarOnDrugs #CriminalJustice #politics #elections #democracy #news #marijuana #prison #HumanRights #law
From our magazine: An investigation by the Observer found that many domestic abusers under protective orders get to keep their firearms. Most #Texas counties have no consistent policy to enforce the surrender of #guns owned by abusers. And we can prove that this has been deadly, too.
https://www.texasobserver.org/protective-orders-domestic-abusers-guns/
(CW: Descriptions of #DomesticViolence and murder)
#news #politics #USpol #GunViolence #TXlege #women #HumanRights #CriminalJustice #abuse
Inside Illinois’ Youth Lockups, Children Go Without Basic Services and Face “Excessive” Punishments
I wrote a paper about the media coverage of her trial.
I hope her convictions are overturned and she sues the fuck out of the state. This poor woman has suffered so much.
#KathleenFolbigg #Criminology #CriminalJustice #AbolishPolice #Abolition #AbolishPrisons #anarchism #CommunityNotCops
“The State has no legitimate interest in the execution of someone whose death sentence is predicated on scientifically unreliable and inadmissible expert testimony,”
But, on November 9, #Texas is preparing to kill Brent Brewer, anyway.
https://www.texasobserver.org/amarillo-man-to-be-executed-based-largely-on-one-discredited-expert-witness/
#DeathPenalty #CriminalJustice #news #politics #prison #science #law #HumanRights
Top story: Between 2015 and 2021, at least 55 people were killed by those who'd been under protective orders. At least 60% were shot.
Our investigation shows that, far too often, violent abusers in #Texas are allowed to keep their #guns, in violation of the law ... https://www.texasobserver.org/protective-orders-domestic-abusers-guns/
#GunViolence #crime #abuse #CriminalJustice #law #TXlege #politics #HumanRights #women #DomesticViolence #news
Brent Brewer's execution date is looming, and his conviction was based largely on the testimony of a psychiatrist who never actually examined him. From Staff Writer Michelle Pitcher:
https://www.texasobserver.org/amarillo-man-to-be-executed-based-largely-on-one-discredited-expert-witness/
#DeathPenalty #CriminalJustice #Law #prison #MentalHealth #news #HumanRights
They Tried to Expose #Louisiana Judges Who Had Systematically Ignored #Prisoners' Petitions.
No One Listened.
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The all-white judges of Louisiana’s 5th Circuit Court of Appeal systematically ignored thousands of claims from prisoners, most of them Black, who said they had been wrongly convicted.
Efforts to expose the injustice went unheard.
“We know that future dangerousness is grossly unreliable and should never be used as a basis to put somebody to death.”
But that's what #Texas is preparing to do, anyway:
https://www.texasobserver.org/amarillo-man-to-be-executed-based-largely-on-one-discredited-expert-witness/
#DeathPenalty #CriminalJustice #Law #prison #MentalHealth #news #politics #USpol #HumanRights
Ugh. I've just gotten most of the way through writing a paper about Kumanjayi Walker and realised that it should actually be about the media coverage of his murder and not the crime itself.
Let's start that again.
#Uni #Academia #Criminology #CriminalJustice #University #Fail
The first Crime, Justice and Society seminar of the year kicked off with @jgmbuchan discussing his recent work with @fergusmcneill on Scottish criminal justice policy.
For an #OpenAccess version of the paper, head here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hojo.12516
#CriminalJustice #Scotland #Criminology #SocialWork
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In 2018, We Reported on an Abusive #Cop. He Was Just Sentenced to a Year in #Prison.
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Five years after ProPublica and the South Bend Tribune partnered to investigate #police misconduct in Elkhart, #Indiana, reporter Ken Armstrong reflects on the incremental but powerful impact #journalism can have on communities.
What the Panic Over Shoplifting Reveals About American Crime Policy
Lawmakers consider bills to crack down on people ripping off retailers, even as some stores walk back claims about a growing theft problem
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/02/27/shoplifting-retail-theft-lawmakers-response
#USPolitics #Crime #CriminalJustice #Corporatism #Capitalism
Update: On October 26, the #Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed Will Speer’s execution to allow the court to determine the merit of his lawyers’ claims that the state’s original case was flawed.
Story via Michelle Pitcher ... https://www.texasobserver.org/religious-clemency-death-row-inmates/
#CriminalJustice #news #DeathPenalty #prison #religion #politics #USpol #HumanRights
Secrecy Shields Powerful Adults in Our Juvenile Justice Systems. #Kids Showed Me What’s Really Happening.
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The three years I spent working on “The Kids of Rutherford County” #podcast taught me one thing: Tennessee’s punitive policies aren’t leaving #children in the legal system better off.
#Serial #KidsOfRutherfordCounty #Podcasts #CriminalJustice #Tennessee #Courts #Teens #CivilRights #News
Previously: A federal judge has declared that Scott Panetti, a longtime resident of #Texas’ death row, is incompetent for execution due to the severity of his mental illness. What could this mean for other similar prisoners?
https://www.texasobserver.org/death-row-mentally-ill-scoot-panetti/
#MentalHealth #prison #DeathPenalty #HumanRights #CriminalJustice #news #politics #USpol #law
Previously: The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles hasn’t voted to recommend clemency for someone on death row in five years. Could Will Speers’ religious transformation sway its members and the Governor?
The clock is ticking ...
https://www.texasobserver.org/religious-clemency-death-row-inmates/
#DeathPenalty #news #politics #USpol #Texas #HumanRights #GregAbbott #religion #prison #CriminalJustice
Trump’s Court Whisperer Had a State Judicial Strategy. Its Full Extent Only Became Clear Years Later.
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A trove of documents reveal Leonard Leo’s early strategy to remake state courts.
#Wisconsin #NorthCarolina #Courts #SCOTUS #LeonardLeo #Elections #CriminalJustice #Judges #News #Politics #Law
Forensic experts can be confusing in their testimony.
How can courts help ordinary jurors critically evaluate the forensic testimony they hear in court?
A short video made by researchers made a big difference in an experiment.
Texas was the first state to create a religious fellowship program for inmates on death row but, even so, the Board of Pardons and Paroles rarely considers spiritual growth in bids for clemency.
Now as Will Speer's execution date looms, Staff Writer Michelle Pitcher reports that the question has to be asked again: can personal transformation fueled by #religion earn someone a second chance at life? https://www.texasobserver.org/religious-clemency-death-row-inmates/
#DeathPenalty #Texas #news #politics #USpol #CriminalJustice #prison
The #Mississippi Supreme Court Moved to Ensure Poor Criminal Defendants Would Always Have a Lawyer. It’s Not Working.
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Months after the state’s highest court directed judges to ensure that all criminal defendants have legal representation while awaiting indictment, one justice has acknowledged that the rule isn’t being widely followed.
#Courts #CriminalJustice #HumanRights #Crime #News #Lawyers #Law #Justice
Earlier: A federal judge ruled that Scott Panetti is unfit for execution. What effect could this have on other death row prisoners?
https://www.texasobserver.org/death-row-mentally-ill-scoot-panetti/
#DeathPenalty #CriminalJustice #Law #prison #MentalHealth #news #politics #USpol #Texas #HumanRights
A new publication from UT Press provides a troubling twist on the vow “until death do us part.” Often overlooked in other tellings of the events, Unheard Witness reveals the story of Kathy Leissner Whitman, one of the first victims of the UT #Austin Tower sniper, murdered by her husband before he killed so many others.
Senior Staff Writer Lise Olsen reviews this important and troubling book: https://www.texasobserver.org/kathy-leissner-whitman-belltower-snipers-wife-review/
#books #history #CriminalJustice #Texas #guns #abuse @bookstodon #culture