Law
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Aug- 2019 -10 August
Sigma Beta Xi, ACLU Slow School Pipeline to Prison
PRECINCT REPORTER GROUP NEWS — For what it’s worth, some good is coming out of the long winding school to prison pipeline, which just got a little shorter in Riverside County…
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3 August
Prince George’s Tackles Criminal Justice Reform for Youths
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy announced a plan Wednesday that seeks to eliminate the school-to-prison pipeline, but with some help. Braveboy, who was elected to…
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2 August
Neena Speer’s First Year in Law School Made Her Better Attorney — And an Author
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Speer’s mindset was that somebody is going to deal with what she dealt with and ask what law school was like for her. So, instead of telling people,…
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1 August
Congresswoman Maxine Waters Statement on Capital One Data Breach
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This data breach shows that it’s not just big technology companies and credit reporting agencies like Equifax that are vulnerable to hacking and data breaches – big…
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Jul- 2019 -29 July
Assemblymember Holden’s Bill on Assurance of Voluntary Compliance Signed by Governor
PASADENA JOURNAL — Governor Newsom signed Assemblymember Chris Holden’s legislation, Assembly Bill 669, that authorizes the Attorney General to accept Assurances of Voluntary Compliance (AVC) when settling with companies that have…
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23 July
S.B. Legal Aid Offers Free Expungement
PRECINCT REPORTER GROUP NEWS — It should come as no surprise that the last place most formerly incarcerated want to be is at another courthouse standing before another judge. That’s probably…
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22 July
VIDEO: Hamilton County Juvenile Judge Tracie Hunter Dragged Off to Jail — Literally
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Hunter was initially charged with committing nine felonies. After charges were dropped on all but one, she was convicted and entered into a lengthy appeals process. The…
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22 July
Driving While Black: Police Continue to Profile, Stop and Search African American Drivers
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “What’s particularly damning about this data is that police were more likely to search Black people than white people yet found contraband in only 41 percent of…
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22 July
Philadelphia Fires 13 Officers for Racist Facebook Posts
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In Philadelphia, several officers have been terminated while in St. Louis, prosecutors have barred a number of police personnel from bringing cases against suspects. “I continue to…
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21 July
If You’re Poor in America, Debtor’s Prison is Real
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The people who are jailed or threatened with jail often are the most vulnerable Americans living paycheck to paycheck, one emergency away from financial catastrophe, according to…
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