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Kimberley Motley – How I defend the rule of law
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Tagged Afghanistan, commercial law, Human rights, international law, Kimberley Motley, law
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White people, take responsibility for your Waco thugs: Black Americans are tired of being the country’s conscience
By Mensah Demary On the uptown R train to Manhattan, I stood in the corner of the crowded subway car, beginning my morning commute like everyone else. Depending on my mood, or space allowed, I might read a book or … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, Ferguson, justice, law, thugs, Waco, Waco biker gang violence
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6 Baltimore police officers indicted in Freddie Gray’s death
By Amanda Sakuma A Baltimore grand jury has indicted all six police officers involved in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced Thursday. The indictments come just under three weeks after Mosby filed multiple charges against … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, Freddie Gray, indictment, justice, law, police abuse
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Jailing People Costs Billions More Than You Think It Does
By Carimah Townes The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that local communities spent $22.2 billion to jail suspects and offenders in 2011. A new report from the Vera Institute, however, shows that this figure underestimates the true cost of jails … Continue reading
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Tagged incarceration, justice, law, money, states, United States
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No conflict of interest in Freddie Gray case, says Baltimore state’s attorney
Associated Press Baltimore’s top prosecutor has filed a blistering response to conflict of interest allegations raised by lawyers for six police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray. The defense lawyers have asked that a judge replace state’s attorney … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, Fraternal Order of Police, Freddie Gray, justice, law, Marilyn Mosby, United States
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Baltimore officer made Taser threat to witness who filmed Freddie Gray stop
By Oliver Laughland The Baltimore police lieutenant charged with manslaughter over the death of Freddie Gray threatened to use his Taser on an eyewitness who filmed part of the crucial first stop made by a police van carrying the … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, Brian Rice, Freddie Gray, justice, law, police abuse, race
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Chicago Just Became the First U.S. City to Pay Reparations to Victims of Police Torture
By Araz Hachadourian In 2005 Standish Willis, a lawyer from Chicago, was home with a broken ankle. He was working on the case of a man who claimed that, years ago, he had been tortured by police. On the radio … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, Chicago Police Department, Illinois, law, police abuse, race, reparations, torture
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The Big Cases At The Supreme Court That You Haven’t Heard About
By Ian Millhiser The Supreme Court heard this term’s final day of oral arguments on Wednesday, a day that included a truly ghoulish debate over how states can execute death row inmates. By the first days of July, the justices … Continue reading
Help Baltimore by Restoring Voting Rights to Ex-Felons
By Ari Berman Freddie Gray’s neighborhood in Baltimore had the highest incarceration rate of anywhere in the city. More than 450 adults from Sandtown-Winchester are in state prison, and one in four juveniles were arrested from 2005 to 2009. These statistics … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, felony conviction, justice, law, Maryland, mass incarceration, politics, race, voting, voting rights
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