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Report: Why Cities Should See Housing First as Tool for Decarceration

Posted by Audrey Sawyer
|Date: September 13, 2023
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Report: Why Cities Should See Housing First as Tool for Decarceration

By Audrey Sawyer WASHINGTON, DC - The Prison Policy Initiative examined over 50 studies and reports that ...

By Audrey Sawyer WASHINGTON, DC - The Prison Policy Initiative examined over 50 studies and reports that cover multiple decades of research on housing, health, and incarceration and now concludes endi ...

September 13, 2023
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European Union Calls on Missouri Governor to Stop Execution of Michael Tisius

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|Date: June 06, 2023
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European Union Calls on Missouri Governor to Stop Execution of Michael Tisius

Editor’s note: On Monday, Gov. Mike Parson on Monday declined clemency for a man who faces execution Tues ...

Editor’s note: On Monday, Gov. Mike Parson on Monday declined clemency for a man who faces execution Tuesday evening for killing two jailers in an ill-fated effort to free someone else from a county j ...

June 06, 2023
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California Legislation to Protect Those Who Conduct Search for Abortion, Gender Affirming Care Receiving Big Support

Posted by Citlalli Florez
|Date: May 31, 2023
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California Legislation to Protect Those Who Conduct Search for Abortion, Gender Affirming Care Receiving Big Support

By Citlalli Florez SACRAMENTO, CA - Assemblymember Mia Bonta (D-Oakland) introduced Assembly Bill 793 nea ...

By Citlalli Florez SACRAMENTO, CA - Assemblymember Mia Bonta (D-Oakland) introduced Assembly Bill 793 nearly four months ago here at the State Capital to protect unconstitutional searches of personal ...

May 31, 2023
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Georgia Prosecutor Blows Whistle on Politicians Using Oversight to ‘Silence Voters’

Posted by Rena Abdusalam
|Date: May 21, 2023
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Georgia Prosecutor Blows Whistle on Politicians Using Oversight to ‘Silence Voters’

By Rena Abdusalam SAVANNAH, GA - Republican leaders in Georgia have created legislation recently designed ...

By Rena Abdusalam SAVANNAH, GA - Republican leaders in Georgia have created legislation recently designed to inhibit efforts at criminal justice reform, said Shalena Cook Jones, the Chatham County Dis ...

May 21, 2023
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ABA Writer Opines Systemic Injustices in the Judicial System Exploiting Those with Financial Hardships

Posted by Zainab Antepli
|Date: April 23, 2023
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ABA Writer Opines Systemic Injustices in the Judicial System Exploiting Those with Financial Hardships

By Zainab Antepli CHICAGO, ILL – Tim Curry, policy & research director at the Fines and Fees Justice ...

By Zainab Antepli CHICAGO, ILL – Tim Curry, policy & research director at the Fines and Fees Justice Center, posted an article through the American Bar Association here this week, arguing the curr ...

April 23, 2023
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Law Prof Suggests How Missouri Can Reform Its Wrongful Conviction Compensation Statute – and Save State Money

Posted by Minh Nguyen
|Date: March 07, 2023
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Law Prof Suggests How Missouri Can Reform Its Wrongful Conviction Compensation Statute – and Save State Money

By Tommy Nguyen ST. LOUIS, MO - In light of recent exonerations of wrongfully convicted men in Missouri, ...

By Tommy Nguyen ST. LOUIS, MO - In light of recent exonerations of wrongfully convicted men in Missouri, Jeffrey S. Gutman, in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch opinion piece, suggested improvements the state ...

March 07, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 189: Professor Sean O’Brien Discusses Death Penalty Work in MO

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|Date: February 27, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 189: Professor Sean O’Brien Discusses Death Penalty Work in MO

https://youtu.be/7Tz1p1gN_Qk Earlier in February, the state of Missouri executed Leonard Taylor, despite ...

https://youtu.be/7Tz1p1gN_Qk Earlier in February, the state of Missouri executed Leonard Taylor, despite strong evidence of innocence. Discussing that and a number of other cases recently and over th ...

February 27, 2023
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St. Louis Man Freed After 30 Years; Attorney’s Fight to Change State Law Pays Off

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 15, 2023
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St. Louis Man Freed After 30 Years; Attorney’s Fight to Change State Law Pays Off

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor St. Louis, MO – Last week Missouri carried through an execution of ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor St. Louis, MO – Last week Missouri carried through an execution of a man that many believed had strong claims of innocence. This week, a judge has set free anot ...

February 15, 2023
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Man Faces Missouri Execution Tuesday – Organizations Call on Court, Governor to Review Death Sentence of Leonard Taylor After Witness Recants, Other Facts Surface

Posted by Amy Berberyan
|Date: February 07, 2023
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Man Faces Missouri Execution Tuesday – Organizations Call on Court, Governor to Review Death Sentence of Leonard Taylor After Witness Recants, Other Facts Surface

By Amy Berberyan, Vaiva Utaraite and Kimberly Torres BONNE TERRE, MO - A man named Leonard Taylor is to b ...

By Amy Berberyan, Vaiva Utaraite and Kimberly Torres BONNE TERRE, MO - A man named Leonard Taylor is to be executed here in a state prison Tuesday, Feb. 7 after 6 p.m. unless appeals for a day are suc ...

February 07, 2023
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Missouri Executes Man Despite Findings that Racism Contributed to His Conviction and Sentence

Posted by Taylor Smith
|Date: December 01, 2022
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Missouri Executes Man Despite Findings that Racism Contributed to His Conviction and Sentence

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor St. Louis, MO – Despite a finding by a special prosecutor t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor St. Louis, MO – Despite a finding by a special prosecutor that racism was a "decisive factor" in Kevin Johnson's death sentence and that it should be vaca ...

December 01, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 140: Tony Messenger Talks about Criminalizing the Poor

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|Date: January 31, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 140: Tony Messenger Talks about Criminalizing the Poor

Tony Messenger, a reporter for the St. Louis Post Dispatch, talks about the issue of fines and fees and i ...

Tony Messenger, a reporter for the St. Louis Post Dispatch, talks about the issue of fines and fees and is the author of the recent book, Profit and Punishment How America Criminalizes the Poor in the ...

January 31, 2022
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Private Appeal Turned Public, Former Gov. Bob Holden Urges Gov. Parson to Stay Ernest Johnson’s Missouri Execution This Tuesday

Posted by Gina Kim
|Date: October 03, 2021
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Private Appeal Turned Public, Former Gov. Bob Holden Urges Gov. Parson to Stay Ernest Johnson’s Missouri Execution This Tuesday

By Gina Kim and Joshua Cenzano JEFFERSON CITY, MO - Twenty men were executed during former Gov. Bob Holde ...

By Gina Kim and Joshua Cenzano JEFFERSON CITY, MO - Twenty men were executed during former Gov. Bob Holden’s term. But he admits to exercising clemency in exceptional cases, one being the execution of ...

October 03, 2021
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Missouri Governor’s Pardons Don’t Include Lamar Johnson – For Now, Johnson Remains in Prison for Crime He Did Not Commit

Posted by Casey Rawlings
|Date: August 20, 2021
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Missouri Governor’s Pardons Don’t Include Lamar Johnson – For Now, Johnson Remains in Prison for Crime He Did Not Commit

By Casey Rawlings and Elizabeth Garabedian ST. LOUIS, MO - Missouri governor Mike Parson has now announce ...

By Casey Rawlings and Elizabeth Garabedian ST. LOUIS, MO - Missouri governor Mike Parson has now announced 14 pardons and commutations, but excluded from those pardoned was Lamar Johnson, a man incarc ...

August 20, 2021
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Formerly Wrongly Incarcerated Watches Strickland’s Circumstance and Notices a Familiar Ring

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 02, 2021
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Formerly Wrongly Incarcerated Watches Strickland’s Circumstance and Notices a Familiar Ring

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Kevin Strickland has spent more than 42 years in prison with all e ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Kevin Strickland has spent more than 42 years in prison with all evidence, including the actual perpetrators and the sole surviving victim, believing he was wron ...

August 02, 2021
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Judge Denies Suppression, Throws Out Two Charges Against a Man Shot by SF Police Despite Calling the Shooting “A Terrible Outcome”

Response to Vanguard Column: “Deeply Irresponsible and Inflammatory Piece”

Man Wrongfully Convicted of Robbery, Kidnapping, Sexual Assault Exonerated by Los Angeles County District Attorney Gascón

Report: Racial Gap Persists in Milwaukee Police Use of Stop & Frisk Practices

COURT WATCH: Public Defender Tries to ‘Break Cycle’ of Unhoused Man’s Multiple Arrests, Cites Violation of Due Process – Judge Isn’t Convinced

Commentary: Bomb Threats Are Taking a Toll on This Community, Our Kids

Daniel Lurie to Take on London Breed

Federal Court Authorizes Depositions of Former Trump Cabinet Officials in Lawsuit by Immigrant Families Victimized by Family Separation Policy

Temporary Restraining Order against Chino Valley’s Forced Disclosure Policy Remains in Full Effect

ACLU of Alabama’s Parole Watch Report Investigates Alabama’s Historic Low Parole Grant Rate

Report: Why Cities Should See Housing First as Tool for Decarceration

Report: Why Cities Should See Housing First as Tool for Decarceration

European Union Calls on Missouri Governor to Stop Execution of Michael Tisius

European Union Calls on Missouri Governor to Stop Execution of Michael Tisius

California Legislation to Protect Those Who Conduct Search for Abortion, Gender Affirming Care Receiving Big Support

California Legislation to Protect Those Who Conduct Search for Abortion, Gender Affirming Care Receiving Big Support

Georgia Prosecutor Blows Whistle on Politicians Using Oversight to ‘Silence Voters’

Georgia Prosecutor Blows Whistle on Politicians Using Oversight to ‘Silence Voters’

ABA Writer Opines Systemic Injustices in the Judicial System Exploiting Those with Financial Hardships

ABA Writer Opines Systemic Injustices in the Judicial System Exploiting Those with Financial Hardships

Law Prof Suggests How Missouri Can Reform Its Wrongful Conviction Compensation Statute – and Save State Money

Law Prof Suggests How Missouri Can Reform Its Wrongful Conviction Compensation Statute – and Save State Money

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 189: Professor Sean O’Brien Discusses Death Penalty Work in MO

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 189: Professor Sean O’Brien Discusses Death Penalty Work in MO

St. Louis Man Freed After 30 Years; Attorney’s Fight to Change State Law Pays Off

St. Louis Man Freed After 30 Years; Attorney’s Fight to Change State Law Pays Off

Man Faces Missouri Execution Tuesday – Organizations Call on Court, Governor to Review Death Sentence of Leonard Taylor After Witness Recants, Other Facts Surface

Man Faces Missouri Execution Tuesday – Organizations Call on Court, Governor to Review Death Sentence of Leonard Taylor After Witness Recants, Other Facts Surface

Missouri Executes Man Despite Findings that Racism Contributed to His Conviction and Sentence

Missouri Executes Man Despite Findings that Racism Contributed to His Conviction and Sentence

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 140: Tony Messenger Talks about Criminalizing the Poor

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 140: Tony Messenger Talks about Criminalizing the Poor

Private Appeal Turned Public, Former Gov. Bob Holden Urges Gov. Parson to Stay Ernest Johnson’s Missouri Execution This Tuesday

Private Appeal Turned Public, Former Gov. Bob Holden Urges Gov. Parson to Stay Ernest Johnson’s Missouri Execution This Tuesday

Missouri Governor’s Pardons Don’t Include Lamar Johnson – For Now, Johnson Remains in Prison for Crime He Did Not Commit

Missouri Governor’s Pardons Don’t Include Lamar Johnson – For Now, Johnson Remains in Prison for Crime He Did Not Commit

Formerly Wrongly Incarcerated Watches Strickland’s Circumstance and Notices a Familiar Ring

Formerly Wrongly Incarcerated Watches Strickland’s Circumstance and Notices a Familiar Ring

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