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Dec 23, 2015
老澳门开奖结果 of NH Challenges State Prison Ban on Mailed Christmas Cards, Prayer Cards, and Children鈥檚 Drawings
鈥淲e do not doubt that Suboxone is a problem in New Hampshire鈥檚 prisons. But the Department of Corrections must address this problem without indiscriminately banning innocent s...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Dec 21, 2015
Study Documents Extreme Racial Disparity in Arrests for Low-Level Offenses
In four test cities, Blacks were 2.6 to 9.6 times more likely than Whites to be arrested for loitering, disorderly conduct, trespassing, and marijuana possession.
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Oct 06, 2015
老澳门开奖结果 Comment on First Release of Federal Prisoners After Changes in Draconian Drug Laws
WASHINGTON, DC 鈥� The Department of Justice announced that 6,000 federal prisoners will be released between October 30 and November 2, some to halfway houses.They are eligible for...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Criminal Law Reform
Sep 29, 2015
Civil rights groups oppose police officer鈥檚 immunity in killing of unarmed, innocent Framingham grandfather
BOSTON 鈥� Several leading civil rights groups have today weighed in on a lawsuit stemming from a 2011 SWAT team raid on a Framingham home that killed Eurie Stamps, an unarmed, inn...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Sep 18, 2015
Appeals Court to Reinstate Lawsuit Against FBI by Insane Clown Posse Fans
DETROIT 鈥� The 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan today hailed a federal appeals court ruling that allows fans of rap duo Insane Clown Posse 鈥� known as 鈥淛uggalos鈥� 鈥...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Criminal Law Reform
Sep 10, 2015
Montez Spradley, Innocent Man, Released From Prison After 9.5 Years, 3.5 on Death Row
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. 鈥� Montez Spradley, who was sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, was released from prison on Friday. He had spent 3.5 years on Alabama鈥檚 death row ...
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