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The Appeal is a nonprofit criminal justice publication providing critical news and commentary on local criminal justice systems.
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Challenges to allegations of racially-biased jury selection are rare in criminal trials. But even when courts uphold such challenges, there are almost never any negative consequences for the state officials who discriminate. theappeal.org/harris-county-…
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The Appeal’s reporting last year brought national attention to Smith’s case, and to the challenges women face with asserting Stand Your Ground defenses when they act to protect themselves against alleged abusers. theappeal.org/alabama-woman-…
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If her appeal is unsuccessful, Smith’s case will likely go to trial, where can argue that she acted in self-defense. She faces up to a life sentence if convicted. "My kids keep asking when they can come home. How am I supposed to explain this to them?” theappeal.org/he-had-already…
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An Alabama judge has rejected Brittany Smith's claim of immunity for the shooting death of a man she says raped her. “We all know that the Stand Your Ground law wasn’t created for women,” her mother told The Appeal. “We’re disappointed, but not defeated.” theappeal.org/judge-denies-s…
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Last week’s LA County district attorney debate was punctuated by protests of police killings and cheers from supporters of incumbent Jackie Lacey. Security removed Helen Jones, the mother of John Horton, who died in solitary in an LA County jail. theappeal.org/los-angeles-di…
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Of the more than 18,000 people in the NYPD gang database, nearly 99 percent are people of color, and almost 88 percent are Black or Latinx. "If your name is entered into the database, you have no way of knowing about it and no way of contesting it." theappeal.org/spotlight-the-…
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The errors that riddle gang databases can often be absurd. A 2016 analysis found 42 people in California's database who were supposedly younger than one year old when they were added to it. 28 of them supposedly "admitt[ed] to being gang members." auditor.ca.gov/pdfs/reports/2…
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Police can use almost anything to add someone to a “gang database”—but consequences can last a lifetime. "The 'gang member' label that federal authorities have been [using] is not based on the determination of a court, and is applied without due process." nytimes.com/2020/02/03/opi…
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With increasing frequency, experts see practices like stop-and-frisk as public health problems. In New York City, 90 percent of stops from 2002 to 2011 were of Black and Latinx residents, subjecting them to "routine humiliation and abuse.” theappeal.org/why-police-vio…
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How should those seeking to end cash bail ensure that the systems that eventually replace it do not create the same systemic biases that their reform efforts aim to address? theappeal.org/pretrial-refor…
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A Pittsburgh family says their 7-year-old boy who was acting out at school was physically abused, secluded in a room, & handcuffed by school police. "Every time I think of the fact that someone choked him or handcuffed him - it’s too emotional for me.” theappeal.org/pittsburgh-sch…
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The structure of America’s criminal legal system is particularly ill-suited for sex assault cases, writes @SarahLustbader—but shifting from an adversarial system to a restorative system could address many of its current shortcomings. theappeal.org/a-prosecutors-…
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In New Orleans, people released from jail without money bail are disproportionately saddled with drug testing obligations instead—a subtle shift that increases the opportunities for a defendant to miss a court date. theappeal.org/in-new-orleans…
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A new poll found that about two-thirds of Democrats and two-thirds of all voters under age 45 fully support decriminalizing sex work. And among all voters, 52 percent say they “somewhat” or “strongly” back decriminalization efforts. newrepublic.com/article/156349…
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Today, a Jackson County judge rejected Brittany Smith’s claim of immunity under Alabama’s Stand Your Ground law. Her case will now go to trial, where she can still argue that she acted in self-defense when she shot the man who she says had raped her. theappeal.org/he-had-already…
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President Trump has ruled on 204 clemency requests while in office—the “slowest pace in decades,” according to a Washington Post analysis. “I almost wish it would get denied. At least I would know that someone had looked at it.” washingtonpost.com/investigations…
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Iowa now imposes the nation's most onerous restrictions on the voting rights of formerly incarcerated people. Governor Kim Reynolds has expressed support for a constitutional amendment to end the ban, but has ruled out signing an executive order to do so. desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…
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Iowa bars people formerly convicted of felonies from voting, which means 42,000 Iowans—including almost 10 percent of the state's Black voting-age population—cannot caucus tonight. “It sends the message that once you’re a felon you basically are nothing.” theguardian.com/us-news/2020/f…
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Chesa Boudin will not allow San Francisco prosecutors to request money bail under any circumstances. But its use of predictive tools to justify pretrial detention "reveals how tough-on-crime norms limit the contemporary vision of progressive prosecution.” theappeal.org/politicalrepor…
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Over the past few years, hundreds of people in Granite City, IL have faced eviction under the city’s “crime-free housing” rules based on allegations not against them, but instead against their family members, roommates, or guests. bnd.com/news/local/art…
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