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Interactiveby Guest Columnist on December 17 2008, 10:39AM
Editor’s note: As Bobby Jindal tries to create a national image, to possibly run for president in 2012, the Louisiana justice system remains in shambles when it comes to serving Black people and protecting our basic rights. Denouncing the…
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Prop 69: Tough on Crime on the Backs of Women and People of Color
by Guest Columnist on December 5 2008, 7:50AM
Prop 69: Tough on Crime on the Backs of Women and People of Color Truc Thanh Nguyen, Generations Ahead In January 2009 California will begin the inclusion of felony arrestees into the state DNA database. The inclusion of those simply…
Topics: Criminal Justice
Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire
by Dom Apollon on November 1 2008, 12:00PM
A law professor tracks policies that fail prisoners and their families.
Topics: Criminal Justice
Two Words That Can Get You Life in Prison
by Raj Jayadev on November 1 2008, 12:00PM
Prosecutors are labeling more people as gang members. Congress considers if it should take similar measures.
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Troy Davis Granted Third Stay of Execution
by Jonathan Adams on October 27 2008, 10:50AM
Troy Davis, 40, was scheduled to die Monday at 7 pm (2300 GMT) by lethal injection for the 1989 killing of 27-year-old white policeman Mark Allan MacPhail in Savannah, Georgia. He has repeatedly claimed he did not kill McPhail…
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by Tammy Johnson on October 27 2008, 10:32AM
AP Photo/Matt Slocum Jacquline McClelland poses with a photo of her son Brandon McClelland, Friday, Oct. 24, 2008, in Paris, Texas. Brandon, a black man, was on a late-night beer run across state lines to Oklahoma with two white…
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UPDATE: Troy Davis Granted Stay of Execution
by Jonathan Adams on September 23 2008, 5:07PM
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a stay of execution for Troy Anthony Davis less than two hours before he was to be put to death by lethal injection. Davis’ family and supporters, who for years have pressed for…
Topics: Criminal Justice
A few angry thoughts on the possible government sponsored murder of Troy Davis
by Tammy Johnson on September 23 2008, 10:05AM
Oh my god. They are going to kill this man. A possible, a probable innocent man. Amy Goodman just asked John Lewis what it means that there is a possibility of this country electing a Black man President while…
Topics: Criminal Justice
Not giving up: DNA, Rights and Justice
by Guest Columnist on September 10 2008, 1:22PM
By Truc Thanh Nguyen from Generations Ahead This past weekend, during breakfast with some friends, the topic of genetics popped up in conversation. That happens a lot these days as people ask me what it is that I do….
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Another Storm Brewing in Jena, LA
by Terry Keleher on September 4 2008, 6:23AM
Courtesy of Jeff Haller/New York Times Just as news about the shameful saga of the Jena 6 has been waning, there’s a new reason to keep the spotlight on Jena, Louisiana. When the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
Topics: Criminal Justice, Katrina
by Jonathan Adams on August 13 2008, 4:50PM
via Stereohyped 1n 1984, Jennifer Thompson-Cannino wrongly identified, Ronald Cotton, an innocent black man, as her rapist, while her guilty black assailant went free. Years later, DNA evidence proved Cotton’s innocence, and he was released. Thompson-Cannino and Cotton are…
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New Efforts to Address Racism in the Criminal Justice System
by Terry Keleher on July 31 2008, 7:36AM
Earlier this year, Iowa and Connecticut enacted promising laws requiring the preparation of racial impact statements when state legislators are considering new sentencing legislation. Just as environmental impact statements and fiscal assessments are often used to inform policy decisions,…
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Taser Kills Young Black Man, Reminds Residents of Jena Injustice
by Jonathan Adams on July 21 2008, 3:24PM
In Winnfield, La, forty miles from Jena, another town with a history of corruption is simmering with racial tension after the death of a young Black man by a white police officer and his taser gun. Baron “Scooter” Pikes was…
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Youngest “Jena Six” Defendant Removed from House Arrest
by Jonathan Adams on July 17 2008, 1:23PM
JENA, La. (AP) — Jesse Ray Beard, one of the “Jena Six” defendants, is headed to New York after state District Court Judge Tom Yeager released him from house arrest for the summer. Beard’s attorney, David Utter, said Beard…
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Alberto Gonzales Knows What Latinos Want?
by Jonathan Adams on July 3 2008, 7:13AM
We planned to write on this yesterday, but Roberto Lovato sums it up nicely at Of América Alberto Gonzales Taking Latino Pundit Route to Political Redemption By Roberto Lovato If you read closely, the subtext of this story from…
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NYPD Continues to Blow Smoke About Pot Arrests
by Jonathan Adams on July 2 2008, 9:01AM
Randy Credico, a drug law reform advocate at the William Moses Kunstler Fund for Racial Justice, says Gay St., the small Greenwich Village block where he lives between Waverly and Christopher, is a dangerous place for young people of color…
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When An Immigrant Mom Gets Arrested
by Julianne Hing, Seth Wessler on July 1 2008, 12:00PM
More women—and their children—are getting trapped by the intersection of policies governing deportations, prisons and foster care.
Topics: Criminal Justice
Mychal Bell, One of ‘Jena Six’, Wants to Play Football
by Jonathan Adams on June 17 2008, 11:04AM
H/T Electronic Village Mychal Bell, the teen at the center of the controversial Jena Six trial, is now a Carroll High School student. He awaits a decision from the hardship committee of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association, which…
Topics: Criminal Justice
Is Riding the Bus a Ticket to Jail?
by Caroline Kim on June 12 2008, 12:00PM
Border Patrol is raiding buses in Syracuse racially profiling people of color.
Topics: Criminal Justice
Jena’s Divide and Conquer Politics
by Seth Freed Wessler on June 11 2008, 12:31PM
Jena, Louisiana, that smoldering microcosm of the nation’s persistent racism, is once again fueling the fire; one now spreading rapidly, engulfing more communities of color. Jena’s mayor, Murphy Mcmillin announced yesterday that the city’s residents could look forward to the…
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