by Press | Aug 5, 2019 | Newsclips
Our very own @MyeshaBraden & Leah Watson (Criminal Justice Project), joined @thelauracoates on her @SIRIUSXM show to talk about our new report “Enforcing Poverty – Oklahoma’s Reliance On Fines & Fees Fuels the State’s Incarceration...
by Press | Jul 29, 2019 | Newsclips
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has affirmed a lower court ruling, siding with Craighead County District Court Judges David Boling and Tommy Fowler, who forgave all fines owed to a private probation company after they were elected in 2016, and then were...
by Press | Jul 29, 2019 | Newsclips
A federal appeals panel on Friday upheld a Little Rock federal judge’s 2017 dismissal of a lawsuit accusing two Craighead County judges of interfering with a probation company’s business by holding amnesty sessions for probationers. In late 2017, U.S....
by Press | Jul 26, 2019 | Newsclips
A group of Georgia voters and a nonprofit election integrity organization seeking to force the state to use paper rather than electronic ballots in future elections have accused the secretary of state and governor of destroying evidence in the case. The spoliation...
by Press | Jul 24, 2019 | Newsclips
Louisiana’s method for electing justices to its state Supreme Court is rigged against black voters, the state chapter of the NAACP said in a lawsuit. “Although the voting-age population of Louisiana is approximately 30% African American,” the state “has had only two...
by Press | Jul 24, 2019 | Newsclips
A coalition of powerful players in Miami-Dade County’s legal system is coming together on Monday to claim that the vast majority of people with a felony conviction in the county are likely to be able to register to vote, even if they still owe court fines and fees....
