Tag: criminal injustice
Dozens of Countries Exclude People on Drug Charges From COVID-19 Decarceration
Prisons are nearly universally recognized as petri dishes for the coronavirus. In an attempt ...
DA Felt It Unnecessary to Inform Public of a Virus-Infected Prosecutor in Court
Stephen Wagstaffe, the district attorney of San Mateo County, California, said in 2014 that ...
The Potential and Pitfalls of Providing Vapes to Incarcerated People
How much good can vaping do in a carceral setting? Smoking rates in prisons ...
My Experience of Brutal Arrest at a Black Lives Matter Protest
It happened almost by accident. I was walking past Union Square after dinner with ...
Support, Don’t Punish 2020: A Global Day of Action Against the Drug War
Friday, June 26 marks the Support, Don’t Punish 2020 Global Day of Action—an annual ...
Silicon Valley Prosecutor’s Dog-Whistle Threat to Muslim Public Defender
Sajid A. Khan is a community leader and public defender in Santa Clara ...
Abolitionist Scientists Challenge Crime Prediction Software Research
One thousand scientists have denounced new software designed to predict criminality based off of ...
PA Plan to Limit DA Candidates to Career Prosecutors Swipes at Progressives
The latest manifestation of Pennsylvania’s political culture-gap, with its stark split between progressive cities ...
Don’t Forget Prosecutors When It Comes to Defunding
Since the brutal murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis cops, activists across the country ...
Fighting Racism in a Small, Conservative Town in New Jersey
Outrage over racism and police brutality epitomized by the murder of George Floyd ...
