Criminal Justice
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Marshae Jones’ Attorney Files Motion to Dismiss Manslaughter Charge; DA Responds to Criticism
Lawyers for Marshae Jones, the Alabama woman charged with manslaughter after her unborn baby was shot and killed in utero, filed a motion to dismiss the case on Monday morning, calling the indictment against her “unreasonable, unfounded, and unjust.” High-profile Alabama defense attorney Mark White took up Jones’ case, the Montgomery Advertiser reports, and issued…
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Convo Over ‘Snitching’ Said to Have Sparked Shooting That Left Nipsey Hussle Dead
Just before he was gunned down, Nipsey Hussle had a brief discussion with his alleged killer about whether the man had been “snitching,” prosecutors told the grand jury in the case. That’s according to a transcript of prosecutors’ remarks to a Los Angeles County grand jury in May that the Los Angeles Times had asked…
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Alabama Amends Law to Strip Parental Rights From Those Convicted of First-Degree Rape
Alabama has made a move toward loosening rapists’ hold on parental rights in the state. The move is seen as particularly important since Alabama just virtually outlawed all abortions in the state, with no exceptions for rape or incest, which left open the nightmarish possibility that a woman could be raped and then forced to…
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Missouri’s Last-Remaining Abortion Clinic Can Stay Open for Now—but the State Has Yanked Its License
Planned Parenthood of St. Louis, which happens to be the only abortion provider left in the state of Missouri, can keep providing the service for now, but Missouri officially yanked its license Friday, endangering the clinic’s operation long-term. If Planned Parenthood ends up closing its doors, Missouri will become the only state in the nation…
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The Saga Continues: Chicago Judge Orders Special Prosecutor Be Appointed in the Jussie Smollett Case [Corrected]
Will the Jussie Smollett case ever end? A Chicago judge Friday ordered that a special prosecutor be appointed to look into how Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and her office decided to drop all 16 felony disorderly conduct charges against the actor over allegations he staged a homophobic and racist attack against himself in…
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Federal Appeals Court OKs Trump’s Abortion Gag Rules
In a decision Planned Parenthood called “devastating,” a federal appeals court Thursday ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s family planning gag rule intended to prevent health providers from making abortion referrals or discussing where a patient might have one. Thursday’s ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allows the rule to take…
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The War on Women
The Trump administration is waging a war on women. For too long, women’s voices have been dismissed when it comes to our reproductive freedom and we must fight back. Reproductive justice has been one of my top priorities for decades, from when I first began my journey on the Hill as a staffer to now…