Mass Incarceration “As American As Apple Pie”
Photo: YouTube In a new video from renowned organization and community TED, Vera President Nick Turner joins journalist and TED…
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Innocence Project Exoneree Shot To Death in Chicago
Photo: Erin G. Wesley\Innocence Project We are heartbroken to share that Michael Saunders, age 42, was tragically shot and killed…
Qualified Immunity And The Police Abuse of African-Americans
Photo: YouTube On September 28, 1983, 15-year-old Leon Brown and his 19-year-old half brother Henry McCollum were detained for interrogation…
Black Man Framed by Police and Wrongfully Imprisoned Freed after 19 Years
Photo: Twitter On Wednesday, Termaine Hicks (above left) received the news “the best I’ve heard in all my life.” After…
Black Man Released from Prison after 37 Years, Witness says She Lied
A Michigan man was freed last month after being wrongfully convicted of a crime and spending more than 37 years…
NYC Public Advocate Calls For End of Solitary Confinement
Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams spoke at a Friday City Council hearing of the Committee on Criminal Justice to repeat…
Myon Burrell: Legal Experts Request Review of Controversial 2002 Conviction
An independent panel of national legal experts has raised serious concerns about the conviction and sentence of Myon Burrell for…
CBC Urges AG Barr to Stop Federal Executions
[CBC\Federal Executions] CBC: “To preserve the sanctity of all Americans’ constitutional rights, it is imperative that we maintain a climate…
Major Union, AFSCME, endorses Police Reforms at 44th Convention
[AFSCME Police Reform] AFSCME: “We look forward to working with leaders and employers across the country to implement these reforms…
Bill Prohibiting Collection of “Subsistence Fees” from Prisoners Passes House
[Prison “Subsistence Fees] Rep. Norton: “The Department of Justice itself has recognized that these fees individuals in halfway houses and…