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Mississippi Senator’s Hanging Quip Draws Scrutiny

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|Date: November 18, 2018
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Mississippi Senator’s Hanging Quip Draws Scrutiny

By Dennis Parker When Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is in a run-off election with Democrat Mike ...

By Dennis Parker When Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is in a run-off election with Democrat Mike Espy for the state's U.S. Senate seat, attempted to show her loyalty to one of her supporters d ...

November 18, 2018
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Illinois Police Killed a Black Security Guard while He Was Doing His Job

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|Date: November 17, 2018
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Illinois Police Killed a Black Security Guard while He Was Doing His Job

By Paige Fernandez In an alternate reality, Tuesday’s national news headlines would have read: “Active Sh ...

By Paige Fernandez In an alternate reality, Tuesday’s national news headlines would have read: “Active Shooter Heroically Subdued by Brave Security Guard.” Instead, we woke up to news stories announci ...

November 17, 2018
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Sessions Handcuffed the Justice Department’s Ability to Police the Police

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|Date: November 16, 2018
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Sessions Handcuffed the Justice Department’s Ability to Police the Police

By Kanya Bennett and Carl Takei In his final move as attorney general, Jeff Sessions last Wednesday issue ...

By Kanya Bennett and Carl Takei In his final move as attorney general, Jeff Sessions last Wednesday issued a new policy that all but eliminates federal oversight of state and local law enforcement age ...

November 16, 2018
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Senator Makes A Conservative Case for Criminal Justice Reform

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|Date: November 14, 2018
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Senator Makes A Conservative Case for Criminal Justice Reform

While there has been bipartisan support at times for criminal justice reform, for the most part it seems ...

While there has been bipartisan support at times for criminal justice reform, for the most part it seems to remain the purview of the left. But this week, Utah Senator Mike Lee has authored an opinio ...

November 14, 2018
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‘Victims’ Rights’ Proposals Like Marsy’s Law Undermine Due Process

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|Date: November 13, 2018
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‘Victims’ Rights’ Proposals Like Marsy’s Law Undermine Due Process

By Jeanne Hruska Since 2008, a national campaign entitled “Marsy’s Law” has sought to enshrine in state c ...

By Jeanne Hruska Since 2008, a national campaign entitled “Marsy’s Law” has sought to enshrine in state constitutions a specific and lengthy set of victims’ rights. Funded by California billionaire He ...

November 13, 2018
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Jeff Sessions Was the Worst Attorney General in Modern American History

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|Date: November 12, 2018
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Jeff Sessions Was the Worst Attorney General in Modern American History

By the ACLU On Wednesday, the Trump administration bid farewell to one of its most infamous members: Atto ...

By the ACLU On Wednesday, the Trump administration bid farewell to one of its most infamous members: Attorney General Jeff Sessions. In his brief tenure, Sessions managed to dismantle and rescind an a ...

November 12, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Criminal Justice Reform Advocate Warns of a Coming System of “E-Carceration”

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|Date: November 11, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Criminal Justice Reform Advocate Warns of a Coming System of “E-Carceration”

More than anything else, the 2010 book by Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the ...

More than anything else, the 2010 book by Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, laid the foundation for criminal justice reform efforts. However, I th ...

November 11, 2018
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Jeff Sessions Leaves a Dark Mark on the Justice Department

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|Date: November 10, 2018
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Jeff Sessions Leaves a Dark Mark on the Justice Department

By David Cole Under almost any other circumstances, the firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions would be ...

By David Cole Under almost any other circumstances, the firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions would be a moment for dancing in the streets. Sessions oversaw a Justice Department that systematically ...

November 10, 2018
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Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Agenda for the New Congress

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|Date: November 09, 2018
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Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Agenda for the New Congress

By Gabriela Meléndez Olivera This week’s midterms should send a strong message to the political establish ...

By Gabriela Meléndez Olivera This week’s midterms should send a strong message to the political establishment that when our civil rights and civil liberties are on the line, American voters will step ...

November 09, 2018
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Tuesday Big Win for Criminal Justice Reform Ballot Initiatives

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|Date: November 08, 2018
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Tuesday Big Win for Criminal Justice Reform Ballot Initiatives

By Udi Ofer Wednesday morning I woke up in a better America when it comes to criminal justice reform. On ...

By Udi Ofer Wednesday morning I woke up in a better America when it comes to criminal justice reform. On Election Day, voters in states across the country said enough is enough to America’s horrific c ...

November 08, 2018
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The Constitution Can’t Be Changed by Executive Order

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|Date: November 05, 2018
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The Constitution Can’t Be Changed by Executive Order

By Omar Jadwat President Trump said last week that he is preparing an executive order to try to take away ...

By Omar Jadwat President Trump said last week that he is preparing an executive order to try to take away the citizenship guarantee in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which says that people bo ...

November 05, 2018
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Letter: Rabbis Call for Healing thru “Unity”– but Is It Enough?

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|Date: November 04, 2018
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Letter: Rabbis Call for Healing thru “Unity”– but Is It Enough?

By Alan Hirsch There was a lot of talk about healing through unity at the Interfaith Services held in the ...

By Alan Hirsch There was a lot of talk about healing through unity at the Interfaith Services held in the synagogues in Davis and Sacramento after the attack in Pittsburgh that killed 11 Jewish worsh ...

November 04, 2018
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Scientists Oppose Administration’s Gender Definition Proposal

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|Date: November 04, 2018
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Scientists Oppose Administration’s Gender Definition Proposal

(From Press Release) - More than 1,600 scientists have signed an open letter opposing the US Administrati ...

(From Press Release) - More than 1,600 scientists have signed an open letter opposing the US Administration’s proposed legal definition of gender, saying that it cannot be supported by the scientific ...

November 04, 2018
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Prosecutor Andrew Ganz Suspended from Bar for Prosecutorial Misconduct during Solano County Murder Trial

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|Date: November 03, 2018
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Prosecutor Andrew Ganz Suspended from Bar for Prosecutorial Misconduct during Solano County Murder Trial

Justice may be blind, but she has very sophisticated listening devices. –Edgar Argo (From Press Release) ...

Justice may be blind, but she has very sophisticated listening devices. –Edgar Argo (From Press Release) – San Francisco prosecutor Andrew Ganz has been found guilty of prosecutorial misconduct throug ...

November 03, 2018
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Commentary: This Stuff Is Really Dangerous, Stop Enabling It

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|Date: October 30, 2018
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Commentary: This Stuff Is Really Dangerous, Stop Enabling It

A few weeks ago there was a troubling incident at UC Davis with flyers that were apparently circulated by ...

A few weeks ago there was a troubling incident at UC Davis with flyers that were apparently circulated by white supremacists. However, an anonymous poster on the Vanguard, rather than heeding the war ...

October 30, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Ending Mass Incarceration and Reinventing the Role of the Modern Prosecutor

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|Date: October 29, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Ending Mass Incarceration and Reinventing the Role of the Modern Prosecutor

The New Yorker this week has a feature article on Larry Krasner, the reform-minded district attorney of P ...

The New Yorker this week has a feature article on Larry Krasner, the reform-minded district attorney of Philadelphia. After watching Dean Johansson this year nearly pull off his own improbable run, i ...

October 29, 2018
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Hundreds of Thousands of Immigrants Earn Reprieve from Deportation

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|Date: October 27, 2018
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Hundreds of Thousands of Immigrants Earn Reprieve from Deportation

By Ahilan Arulanantham Last week, Jeff Sessions attacked a court ruling that gave a temporary reprieve to ...

By Ahilan Arulanantham Last week, Jeff Sessions attacked a court ruling that gave a temporary reprieve to hundreds of thousands of immigrants facing imminent deportation after years of living lawfully ...

October 27, 2018
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Commentary: California Repeals the Felony Murder Rule

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|Date: October 24, 2018
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Commentary: California Repeals the Felony Murder Rule

This week Neko Wilson became the first person released from prison under reforms to the felony murder rul ...

This week Neko Wilson became the first person released from prison under reforms to the felony murder rule law. As reported by Fresno TV, the new state law compelled the prosecution to drop the murde ...

October 24, 2018
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Man Gets Eight Years in Mississippi For Medical Marijuana Purchased Legally in Another State

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|Date: October 23, 2018
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Man Gets Eight Years in Mississippi For Medical Marijuana Purchased Legally in Another State

By Ezekiel Edwards Patrick Beadle, a 46-year-old father and musician, received an eight-year prison sente ...

By Ezekiel Edwards Patrick Beadle, a 46-year-old father and musician, received an eight-year prison sentence in Mississippi for possessing 2.89 pounds of marijuana. If his sentence stands, he would sp ...

October 23, 2018
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Louisiana’s Infamous Angola Prison Goes on Trial

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|Date: October 21, 2018
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Louisiana’s Infamous Angola Prison Goes on Trial

By Bruce Hamilton and Mercedes Montagnes In November 2012, Shannon Hurd, who was serving a life sentence ...

By Bruce Hamilton and Mercedes Montagnes In November 2012, Shannon Hurd, who was serving a life sentence for stealing $14, began losing weight and experiencing flu-like symptoms. His symptoms worsened ...

October 21, 2018
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