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DOJ Confirms Joe Arpaio is a Racist Sheriff, Demands Reform
by Jorge Rivas on December 15 2011, 1:32PM
The Department of Justice has released key findings from their investigation that started in 2008 and their giving Sheriff Joe Arpaio an ultimatum: cooperate with us or we’ll sue you.
Topics: Criminal Justice, Immigration, /NOW Blog
NC: Governor Vetoes Repeal of Racial Justice Act
by Jorge Rivas on December 14 2011, 5:07PM
North Carolina’s governor vetoed a bill that would have repealed a law that allows death-row inmates to appeal their sentences based on statistical proof of racial bias.
Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog, Troy Davis
Antone De’Jaun Correia Writes Obituary For His Uncle, Troy Davis
by Jorge Rivas on December 12 2011, 10:34AM
On the heels of mounting losses in his family, the brave 17-year-old publishes an obituary remembering his uncle for the wisdom and love he showed others while in prison.
Topics: Criminal Justice, Troy Davis
Black Drivers in Milwaukee are Seven Times More Likely to be Stopped by Police
by Jorge Rivas on December 9 2011, 12:59PM
Black Milwaukee drivers are seven times more likely to be stopped by city police as a white driver. Eventhough police found contraband items in searches involving black drivers at the same rate as whites.
Topics: Criminal Justice
What Arpaio Didn’t Do This Time: Over 400 Sex Crimes Ignored
by Noelle de la Paz on December 8 2011, 9:50AM
While “America’s Toughest Sheriff” chased down immigrants, his office also refused to investigate child abuse claims involving the children of undocumented residents.
Topics: Criminal Justice, Immigration, Joe Arpaio
Mumia Abu-Jamal Will No Longer Face Death Penalty
by Jorge Rivas on December 7 2011, 2:53PM
But supporters are still fighting for the former Black Panther to be freed from prison.
Topics: Criminal Justice
NYPD Officers Post Blatantly Racist Hate Speech on Facebook
by Jorge Rivas on December 6 2011, 2:09PM
The officers were reportedly upset at having to patrol Brooklyn’s West Indian Day Parade.
Topics: Criminal Justice
A Sister Who Fought for Her Brother’s Life, While Clinging to Her Own
by Jen Marlowe on December 6 2011, 10:02AM
Troy Davis’s sister, Martina Davis-Correia, lost her battle with cancer last week. She always considered their twin fight for life intertwined. “Twin struggles,” she said. “Twin souls.” Jen Marlowe remembers Martina’s courage and love.
Topics: Criminal Justice, Troy Davis
Whites are Four Times More Likely to Get Presidential Pardons
by Jorge Rivas on December 5 2011, 12:41PM
ProPublica finds an overwhelming racial disparity in who gets approved and denied for presidential pardons, despite nearly identical circumstances in many applications.
Topics: Criminal Justice
Jails Paid Per Prisoner? That’s Perverse, Say NOLA Advocates
by Noelle de la Paz on December 1 2011, 9:45AM
Orleans Parish Prison receives money based on how many inmates are detained each day. And go figure, it’s got the largest county jail per capita of any major U.S. city.
Topics: Criminal Justice
Mississippi Hate Crimes Increase Even As Counties Underreport Stats
by Jorge Rivas on November 29 2011, 12:36PM
Nationwide, hate crimes remained about the same, going from 6,604 in 2009 to 6,628 in 2010, according to the FBI. But activists say the real number is even higher.
Topics: Criminal Justice
SWAT Team Raids Home of Civil Rights Attorney Working on Voting Rights
by Jorge Rivas on November 29 2011, 10:08AM
Attorney Barbara Arnwine says that police officers held her at gunpoint for hours in a case of mistaken identity.
Topics: Criminal Justice
North Carolina’s Historic Fix to Death Penalty Racism Faces GOP Ax
by Jamilah King on November 29 2011, 9:51AM
Conservatives have long promised to repeal the historic law. Now, they’re closer than ever.
Topics: Criminal Justice
Advocates Push for Reforms to DNA Database Collection
by Tammy Johnson on November 28 2011, 9:45AM
The FBI has a database of over 10 million DNA profiles, and it’s growing larger by the day. But many people of color arrested for non-violent crimes are caught up in the web of DNA profiling.
Topics: Criminal Justice
Obama Commutes 22-Year Sentence for Crack Cocaine Conviction
by Jorge Rivas on November 23 2011, 3:10PM
Eugenia Marie Jennings was convicted in 2001 of possession with intent to distribute. She was only 23 years old.
Topics: Criminal Justice
Former BART Cop Johannes Mehserle Goes Back to Court in Civil Case
by Jorge Rivas on November 22 2011, 3:24PM
The plaintiff claims that Mehserle assaulted him just weeks before the infamous shooting of Oscar Grant in Oakland.
Topics: Criminal Justice
Secrecy Surrounds Inmate Suicides in California State Prisons
by Julianne Hing on November 21 2011, 10:00AM
Three inmates have committed suicide in recent months, but families and advocates are being left out in the dark.
Topics: Criminal Justice
Nick Cannon Takes to Twitter to Blast LAPD’s Widespread Racial Profiling
by Jorge Rivas on November 18 2011, 12:25PM
The comedian says he’s been stopped by cops since he was a kid riding on his bicycle. But the problem is systemic, and there’s little federal action to keep track of it.
Topics: Criminal Justice
Englewood 5 Released After Confessions Proven to be Coerced
by Jorge Rivas on November 17 2011, 4:45PM
Five Chicago black men were released from prison yesterday after lawyers and DNA evidence proved the men were forced to make false confessions.
Topics: Criminal Justice
NYC Muslim Leaders Encourage Residents to Know Their Rights
by Jorge Rivas on November 15 2011, 3:05PM
After an investigation found that the NYPD had infiltrated hundreds of Muslim mosques to spy on civilians, community leaders are people to be careful.
Topics: Criminal Justice
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