by Press | Aug 27, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. — The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that the debtors’ prison scheme run by the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court (OPCDC), where indigent people are jailed for being unable to pay court debts, gives judges an unconstitutional...
by Press | Aug 19, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Following news of the termination of NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo, Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement in response: “This termination was long...
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
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....
