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Trump Twitter attack on Sessions and Justice is most serious impeachment fodder yet

September 4, 2018 Current News impeachment Comments are off for this post

This is exactly what the rule of law does not look like.

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Arresting Our Way to ‘Justice’

September 29, 2016 Current News Domestic Issues Comments are off for this post

So the next time you find yourself thinking idly that there oughta be a law—against not giving up your seat on a bus to someone who needs it more, or playing loud music in a public place, or panhandling—stop for a moment and think again. Yes, such things can be...

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Dear Mr. Holder: Why Ed Snowden can’t get a Fair Trial in your National Security State

June 2, 2016 PPJC Picks justice Comments are off for this post

Eric Holder’s notion that there is a fair trial to be had for Snowden in this country's cruelly flawed system is bizarre.

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Exoneration Nation

February 8, 2016 PPJC Picks False Convictions Comments are off for this post

A record number of American prisoners were exonerated in 2015. Police and prosecutorial misconduct, false confessions, and dubious guilty pleas accounted for the vast majority of the cases

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California Becomes First State to Ban Grand Juries in Police Shooting Cases

August 13, 2015 PPJC Picks Grand Jury Comments are off for this post

The use of the criminal grand jury process, and the refusal to indict, has fostered an atmosphere of suspicion that threatens to compromise our justice system.

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Video: Broken Justice with Judge LaDoris Cordell

July 16, 2015 Videos justice Comments are off for this post

In this month's edition of Other Voices, we examine our broken justice system. It is painfully clear that not everyone receives equal or even fair treatment from our police or court system.

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Why 2014 could be a turning point for America’s racist criminal justice system

December 26, 2014 PPJC Picks justice Comments are off for this post

After a year in which police shootings dominated the news, a movement has grown to dismantle racial disparities in the criminal justice system and particularly police use of force.

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“It is Officially Open Season on Black Folks”: Legal Expert Decries Handling of Wilson Grand Jury

November 26, 2014 PPJC Picks Ferguson Comments are off for this post

There’s a reason why they say prosecutors can indict a ham sandwich. It’s because they can entirely control the process.

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Beyond ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’: what if there’s no indictment in Ferguson?

November 20, 2014 PPJC Picks Ferguson Comments are off for this post

We may not have control of a justice system that suppresses the people it’s supposed to protect, but we have each other.

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Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter’s life story is a warning to us about racism and revenge

April 21, 2014 PPJC Picks Death Penalty Comments are off for this post

"What chance do you give me?" he asked his lawyer, shrugging his boxer's shoulders. "You can see my verdict in their eyes."

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