by Press | Jun 24, 2019 | Newsclips
The Supreme Court held on Friday that a black Mississippi death row inmate should get a new trial, saying that the prosecutor who tried him six times for murder engaged in unconstitutional racial discrimination when striking African-American jurors from the...
by Press | May 15, 2019 | Newsclips
The criminal justice system let the real culprits — head coaches, colleges and NCAA — off the hook
by Press | May 8, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law applauds Sen. Kamala Harris’ introduction of the Ensuring Quality Access of Legal Defense of 2019 Act (the “EQUAL Defense Act”), a bill designed to promote the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of the...
by Press | Mar 25, 2019 | Newsclips
The Brookings Institution held a discussion to examine ways to make changes to the criminal justice system’s use of fees, finesm and bail. Experts and advocates in this panel focused on the impact of the bail system on the poor and minorities.
by Press | Mar 21, 2019 | Blog
By The Criminal Justice Project When 33-year old Amanda Ackerson Feenstra—a working wife and mother of seven from Claremore, Oklahoma—pleaded guilty to false personation, forgery, identity theft, and conspiracy charges in 2015, the presiding judge ordered her to pay...
