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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 191: Death Penalty Representation in Philadelphia

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|Date: March 13, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 191: Death Penalty Representation in Philadelphia

https://youtu.be/NCqWrG7yi7w In Everyday Injustice’s second installment with Marc Bookman, we discuss the ...

https://youtu.be/NCqWrG7yi7w In Everyday Injustice’s second installment with Marc Bookman, we discuss the Atlantic Center for Capital Representation—a non-profit set up in 2010 that was created due to ...

March 13, 2023
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Guest Commentary: If You Care About Freedom, You Should Be Asking Why We Don’t Fund Our Public Defender Systems

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|Date: March 10, 2022
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Guest Commentary: If You Care About Freedom, You Should Be Asking Why We Don’t Fund Our Public Defender Systems

Four out of five criminal defendants can’t afford a lawyer, but in many places, the system promised to th ...

Four out of five criminal defendants can’t afford a lawyer, but in many places, the system promised to them by our state and federal constitutions is chronically in crisis. By Emma Anderson In Montana ...

March 10, 2022
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Looking Back: Our Two-Tiered Justice System

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|Date: December 27, 2020
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Looking Back: Our Two-Tiered Justice System

by Jeffrey Deskovic - Contrasts In Justice Between Rich And Poor - "Looking back" will feature reprints o ...

by Jeffrey Deskovic - Contrasts In Justice Between Rich And Poor - "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which enco ...

December 27, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Episode 84: San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju

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|Date: November 16, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Episode 84: San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju

In February of 2019, longtime legendary public defender Jeff Adachi died. Taking over the position as the ...

In February of 2019, longtime legendary public defender Jeff Adachi died. Taking over the position as the only elected public defender in California was Mano Raju. His first 18 months has seen not onl ...

November 16, 2020
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A Crisis for Indigent Defense in Massachusetts

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|Date: November 12, 2019
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A Crisis for Indigent Defense in Massachusetts

By Vaidya Gullapalli Fifteen years ago, people arrested and charged in Hampden County, Massachusetts, but ...

By Vaidya Gullapalli Fifteen years ago, people arrested and charged in Hampden County, Massachusetts, but unable to afford representation, were jailed pretrial with no lawyers to represent them. The c ...

November 12, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Sanders Lays Out Plan for Massive Overhaul of Criminal Justice System

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|Date: August 19, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Sanders Lays Out Plan for Massive Overhaul of Criminal Justice System

It was one of the shortcomings of his 2016 campaign, but it is a shortcoming no more as Bernie Sanders on ...

It was one of the shortcomings of his 2016 campaign, but it is a shortcoming no more as Bernie Sanders on Sunday unveiled perhaps the most ambitious plan for overhauling the criminal justice system – ...

August 19, 2019
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Guest Commentary: America’s Public Defenders’ Offices Are Broken. Here’s How to Fix Them

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|Date: June 06, 2019
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Guest Commentary: America’s Public Defenders’ Offices Are Broken. Here’s How to Fix Them

By Kamala Harris As a former prosecutor and attorney general of California, I saw our legal system at its ...

By Kamala Harris As a former prosecutor and attorney general of California, I saw our legal system at its best when we pursued justice and stood up for victims of murder, rape, and other serious crime ...

June 06, 2019
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Our Government Has Failed to Defend the Sixth Amendment

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|Date: May 20, 2019
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Our Government Has Failed to Defend the Sixth Amendment

By Kanya Bennett and Ezekiel Edwards On May 8, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) elevated the crisis of federal a ...

By Kanya Bennett and Ezekiel Edwards On May 8, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) elevated the crisis of federal and state governments’ disregard for protecting the right to counsel for people charged with cri ...

May 20, 2019
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Ineffective Public Defense Under Fire

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|Date: June 21, 2015
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Ineffective Public Defense Under Fire

By Jason D. Williamson Innocent unless proven guilty… These words are the bedrock of our criminal justice ...

By Jason D. Williamson Innocent unless proven guilty… These words are the bedrock of our criminal justice system. Yet for many Americans who are currently navigating the justice system maze, this fund ...

June 21, 2015
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Eye on the Courts: Problems of Race, Mental Illness Underlie Wrongful Convictions, Death Penalty

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|Date: January 05, 2015
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Eye on the Courts: Problems of Race, Mental Illness Underlie Wrongful Convictions, Death Penalty

The protests and police shootings in Ferguson and Staten Island have focused on the disproportionate blac ...

The protests and police shootings in Ferguson and Staten Island have focused on the disproportionate black and minority component within the legal system. So it should be little surprise that blacks a ...

January 05, 2015
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Senate Passes Bill to Spur Affordable Housing Development

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Former Progressive SF District Attorney Skips Politics This Time, to Lead UC Berkeley Law’s Criminal Law & Justice Center

Appeal Continues for Decades-Old Murder Case – Maryland Supreme Court Delays Reinstating Adnan Syed’s Conviction and Sentence

Radical Reversal – Uplifting Incarcerated Individuals through the Arts

COURT WATCH: Prosecution Opposes Return of Electronics Seized from Accused’s Home, Claims Connection to Ammunition Possession Charge

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 191: Death Penalty Representation in Philadelphia

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 191: Death Penalty Representation in Philadelphia

Guest Commentary: If You Care About Freedom, You Should Be Asking Why We Don’t Fund Our Public Defender Systems

Guest Commentary: If You Care About Freedom, You Should Be Asking Why We Don’t Fund Our Public Defender Systems

Looking Back: Our Two-Tiered Justice System

Looking Back: Our Two-Tiered Justice System

Everyday Injustice Episode 84: San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju

Everyday Injustice Episode 84: San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju

A Crisis for Indigent Defense in Massachusetts

A Crisis for Indigent Defense in Massachusetts

Monday Morning Thoughts: Sanders Lays Out Plan for Massive Overhaul of Criminal Justice System

Monday Morning Thoughts: Sanders Lays Out Plan for Massive Overhaul of Criminal Justice System

Guest Commentary: America’s Public Defenders’ Offices Are Broken. Here’s How to Fix Them

Guest Commentary: America’s Public Defenders’ Offices Are Broken. Here’s How to Fix Them

Our Government Has Failed to Defend the Sixth Amendment

Our Government Has Failed to Defend the Sixth Amendment

Ineffective Public Defense Under Fire

Ineffective Public Defense Under Fire

Eye on the Courts: Problems of Race, Mental Illness Underlie Wrongful Convictions, Death Penalty

Eye on the Courts: Problems of Race, Mental Illness Underlie Wrongful Convictions, Death Penalty

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