criminal justice

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    Eight Months Pregnant and Arrested After False Facial Recognition Match

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/technology/facial-recognition-false-arrest.html Eight Months Pregnant and Arrested After False Facial Recognition Match Porcha Woodruff thought the police who showed up at her door to arrest her for carjacking were joking. She is the first woman known to be...
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    The Supreme Court’s latest opinion means innocent people must remain in prison

    https://www.vox.com/scotus/2023/6/22/23769886/supreme-court-innocent-jones-hendrix-clarence-thomas-habeas SUPREME COURT EXPLAINERS CRIMINAL JUSTICE The Supreme Court’s latest opinion means innocent people must remain in prison Clarence Thomas’s majority opinion ensures that innocent people...
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    Alternatives to Police and Prisons: Activists Share How to Better Address Violence

    https://www.teenvogue.com/story/alternatives-to-police-prisons "Punitive systems only create more cycles of trauma and violence.” BY TEEN VOGUE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHY BY NYIA SISSAC AUGUST 18, 2022 The backlash against criminal justice reform is in full swing. The progressive district attorney...
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    Illinois Becomes 1st State To Eliminate Cash Bail

    Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill Monday that makes Illinois the first state in the country to abolish cash bail payments for jail release for people who have been arrested and are waiting for their case to be heard. The practice has long been controversial with criminal justice reform...
  5. Homey the clown

    How did R Kelly get put in jail without any evidence of alleged crimes.

    Look I believe R Kelly probably did some of the thing's he is accused of. But I don't get how he was arrested and charged with some of these crime's he was being accused of without any proof. Most of the allegations against him are from the 90's, so how would they have proof these women...
  6. Black Panther

    Probably Going to Be Called a c00n For This, But...

    I wrote an article at The Marshall Project, a non-profit news org that focuses on criminal justice in the US, about my experiences attending a majority-white evangelical church. Police Brutality Drove a Wedge Between Me and My Church I've spoken about my experiences previously in HL, and how...
  7. Jimi Swagger

    Child denied kidney transplant from 100% match father because of probation violation

    2-year-old denied kidney transplant from 100% match dad because of probation violation
  8. SirReginald

    AWESOME NEWS: Newt Gingrich CALLS For CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM

    He doesn't directly say it, but you know well as I do that this is mostly targeting Black folk :obama: Now, I'm not a Republican by any means, but I will always feel that we need to force BOTH parties hand :manny: @CACtain Planet @King Kreole @Ultima @JahFocus CS Link to full article in the...
  9. DynamoEAR

    PAWG Macon attorney gets three years probation for drug dealing after plea deal

    Former Macon lawyer Holly H. Edwards sentenced in federal drug case :jbhmm:
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