[Rayshard Brooks\Garrett Rolfe]
Miller told Barwick, “My husband did not deserve to die, and I should not live in fear while waiting for the man who killed my husband to be tried in court.”
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America’s criminal justice system
BOOK “RAP ON TRIAL: RACE, LYRICS, AND GUILT IN AMERICA” EXAMINES DOUBLE STANDARD IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
[Hip-Hop News\Criminal Justice]
In Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America, scholars Erik Nielson and Andrea L. Dennis examine dozens of cases across the country —among the hundreds they have found— in which prosecutors have used the rap lyrics of defendants against them in the courtroom. Whether interpreted as admissions of guilt, evidence of bad character, or threats of future violence, rap has been used in court in ways that would be unthinkable for any other musical genre.
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SHARONNE SALAAM, MOTHER OF YUSEF SALAAM FRAMED IN THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE CASE, FIGHTS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS
[New York News\Sharonne Salaam\ Justice 4 Wrongly Incarcerated]
Sharonne Salaam: “We would like the people to know…they have the power to assist in helping this bill to pass. Because so many of our people in our community face this issue. And one of the things they can do is call their representative and tell them to pass this bill immediately.”
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