by Press | Jul 12, 2019 | Blog
It’s time for a change in marijuana policy. The 600,000 people arrested last year for the possession of marijuana are ready for a change. Over 65 percent of the American population has responded to surveys asking for a change. The panelists speaking at Wednesday’s...
by Press | Jul 12, 2019 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new report from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released today, alleges that Oklahoma funds its public justice system almost entirely by levying heavy fines and multiple fees against the state’s poorest residents. The practice...
by Press | Jul 12, 2019 | Publications, Resources
Though debtors’ prisons are by law unconstitutional, recent decades have seen a marked rise in the number of individuals who are nonetheless incarcerated for failing to pay either public or private debts. The 1980s and 1990s marked a significant increase in the number...
by Press | Jul 12, 2019 | Newsclips
In the Arkansas Delta, along the western bank of the Mississippi River, sits the town of West Memphis. There, enslaved Africans cleared timber and picked cotton, B.B. King played his first gig, and Howlin’ Wolf formed his first band. In West Memphis, less than 6...
by Press | Jun 28, 2019 | Newsclips
Drawing blood from an unconscious drunk driving suspect does not amount to a warrantless search, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday, in a decision that put some criminal defense advocates on edge. Blood alcohol levels dissipate rapidly, and police...
