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Teen Accused in James Anderson’s Killing Linked to Other Hate Crimes
by Jorge Rivas on October 28 2011, 10:44AM
Parents, students and now the Department of Justice say Deryl Dedmon has been involved in multiple hate crimes in Mississippi.
Topics: Criminal Justice
The Police Raid on Occupy Oakland Was Nothing New for This City
by Ali Winston on October 28 2011, 10:25AM
This week’s chaos was the latest in at least two years of violent responses to public protest—and a long string of violence against suspects in black neighborhoods.
Topics: #Occupy, Criminal Justice
NYPD Officer Tries to Explain Away The 50 Shots That Killed Sean Bell
by Jorge Rivas on October 27 2011, 2:16PM
NYPD Detective Gescard Isnora is facing disciplinary action five years after Bell’s death.
Topics: Criminal Justice
NYPD Cop Taped Making Racial Slur About Black Man After Stop-and-Frisk
by Jorge Rivas on October 18 2011, 11:51AM
It’s just the latest case of racial bias in a controversial departmental policy that targets young black and brown men.
Topics: Criminal Justice
Dozens of Beatings and Coverups by Officers in L.A. County Jails
by Jorge Rivas on October 14 2011, 3:58PM
The Los Angeles County Sheriff Department is under even more scrutiny, just as the state begins moving thousands of inmates from state prisons to county jails.
Topics: Criminal Justice
Calif. Prison Hunger Strike Ends at Pelican Bay, Continues Elsewhere
by Jorge Rivas on October 14 2011, 3:44PM
Prisoner advocates say a three-week hunger strike protesting long-term solitary confinement has ended at the “supermax” Pelican Bay. But reports say it’s ongoing in at least two other state prisons.
Topics: Criminal Justice
Support for Death Penalty Falls to a 39-Year-Low After Troy Davis
by Jorge Rivas on October 14 2011, 11:46AM
Support for the penalty is down, according to a Gallup Poll. Republicans, men, whites and those living in the South and Midwest more like to support it, while people under 30 are more likely to oppose.
Topics: Criminal Justice
Prisoner Health Deteriorates as California Clamps Down on Strike
by Julianne Hing on October 13 2011, 10:13AM
One participating striker at Pelican Bay reportedly had to be taken to an Oregon hospital after suffering a heart attack
Topics: Criminal Justice
Supreme Court: Mumia Abu-Jamal Can Get New Sentencing
by Jorge Rivas on October 11 2011, 2:20PM
Supreme Court clears the way for one of the country’s most widely known inmates to get new sentencing.
Topics: Criminal Justice
Troy Davis’s Last Words: ‘Continue To Fight This Fight’
by Jorge Rivas on October 11 2011, 1:32PM
Troy Davis’s last words moments before his execution: “All that I can ask is that each of you look deeper into this case, so that you really will finally see the truth.”
Topics: Criminal Justice
Detroit Grieves As Aiyana Stanley Jones’s Father Faces Murder Charge
by Jamilah King on October 6 2011, 2:19PM
The indictment came one after Officer Joseph Weekley was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the 7-year-old’s death. But what can change Detroit’s deeply flawed method of policing?
Topics: Criminal Justice
Study: Incarcerating Hordes of Youth is Costly and Ineffective
by Jorge Rivas on October 5 2011, 1:58PM
The Annie E. Casey Foundation says that prison is no place for kids.
Topics: Criminal Justice, Schools & Youth
Guards Retaliate Against Inmates In Growing Prison Hunger Strike
by Noelle de la Paz on October 5 2011, 10:00AM
As the strike spreads to Arizona, Mississippi and Oklahoma, prison officials have begun to crackdown on its leaders.
Topics: Criminal Justice
The Myth of the ‘Perfect Immigrant’ Does More Harm Than Good
by Julianne Hing on October 5 2011, 10:00AM
Immigration advocate Michelle Fei says that our criminal justice system is imperfect. So why do we expect the country’s immigrants to be?
Topics: Criminal Justice, Immigration
Detroit Police Officer Charged in Shooting Death of Aiyana Stanley-Jones
by Jorge Rivas on October 4 2011, 3:40PM
Joseph Weekley has been charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones.
Topics: Criminal Justice
The Movement to Stop Prisons From Shackling Women in Labor Builds
by Miriam Zoila Pérez on October 4 2011, 9:31AM
Four more states passed laws banning the practice this legislative year, but the vast majority of state prisons still maintain the absurd idea that a woman in childbirth is a security risk.
Topics: Criminal Justice, Gender & Sexuality
Troy Davis’s Legacy: A New, Deeply Personal Movement
by Jen Marlowe, Kung Li on September 30 2011, 10:05AM
Thousands of young, black men and women in the South are declaring “I am Troy Davis” as if their lives depend on it. And they do. The fight against systemic racism in the justice system may have finally exploded out of the courts and into the community.
Topics: Criminal Justice, Troy Davis
Irvine 11 Case Against Muslim Students Sets Dangerous Precedent
by Noelle de la Paz on September 28 2011, 10:03AM
An Orange County jury found 10 Muslim student protesters guilty of violating Israeli ambassador Michael Oren’s freedom of speech. But will the verdict stifle protests by students of color on college campuses?
Topics: Criminal Justice
California’s Prison Hunger Strike is Back On
by Julianne Hing on September 27 2011, 10:17AM
After refusing meals for nearly a month last summer, inmates say their demands still haven’t been met.
Topics: Criminal Justice
White Teen Accused in Hate Crime Killing of Black Man Says He Was ‘Seeking Revenge’
by Jorge Rivas on September 26 2011, 12:47PM
The AP reports that Deryl Dedmon wanted payback for being robbed weeks earlier. James Craig Anderson payed the ultimate price.
Topics: Criminal Justice
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