criminal justice
Assembly Passes Legislation Requiring Recording of Juvenile Interrogations
[Juvenile Justice] Assemblymember Frontus: “Recording interrogations helps reduce false confessions and prevent wrongful convictions.” Photo: YouTube
Former White Cop: American Policing Is Worse Than Many Think
[Racial Policing\ Arthur Rizer] Vox: “African-Americans are arrested and roughed up by cops at wildly disproportionate rates, relative to both their overall share of ...
WNBA Star Helps Secure Release of Imprisoned Black Man
WNBA star Maya Moore’s quest to see Jonathan Irons walk free from Missouri’s Jefferson City Correctional Center was realized on Wednesday. Moore, who put ...
New Poll: Parents call for Dramatic Action to Address Racism in Schools
[National Parents Union] Keri Rodrigues: “We believe education systems must be transformed to eradicate generational institutions of oppression…racism that is an act of violence ...
COVID-19: NEW YORK’S PRISONS STILL LACK SOCIAL DISTANCING
[Alliance of Families for Justice] AFJ’s Soffiyah Elijah: “Alliance of Families for Justice is calling on the Governor to immediately share his plan of ...
NAACP COMMENDS CALL FOR INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION AND REVIEW INTO MYON BURRELL CASE
[Criminal Injustice\Myon Burrell] NAACP’s Derrick Johnson: “The call for an independent investigation and review into the case of Myon Burrell by Senator Klobuchar speaks ...
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DENIES PETITION OF DEATH ROW INMATE RODNEY REED
[Innocence Project\Rodney Reed] “Justice Sotomayor noted in her opinion the U.S. Supreme Court’s denial today has no reflection on the merits of Mr. Reed’s ...
BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO HONOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADERS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
[BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE\CRIMINAL JUSTICE] The program will also include a remembrance of NYPD officers who lost their lives in the line of duty and ...
VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE EXPANDS THEIR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM “RESHAPING PROSECUTION” PROGRAM
[Criminal Justice\Vera Institute of Justice\”Reshaping Prosecution”] St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. “Vera’s long-standing data-informed approach, guided by research and evidence-based experience, provided the ...
NAACP CRITICIZES INJUSTICE AND LACK OF EVIDENCE IN MYON BURRELL CASE AS “EXTREMELY TROUBLING”
[Criminal Justice\Mass Incarceration\Myon Burrell] NAACP’s Derrick Johnson: “It is unfortunate and extremely troubling that Myon Burrell has spent the majority of his life behind ...
