criminal justice disparity
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Man Out of Prison for Nearly 13 Years May Have to Go Back Over Government Error [Updated]
In 2006, Demetrius Anderson walked out of a Connecticut state prison a free man. And then, last week, getting ready for work at New Haven’s parks department, he was confronted by eight U.S. marshals who showed up at his apartment door. Of course, the 43-year-old was confused. “They pushed me on my refrigerator, so now…
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Black Man Actually Able to Use Self-Defense Plea After Violent Confrontation Outside Pennsylvania Bar
There is allegedly a right in the U.S. criminal justice system … the right to use deadly force to protect one’s property or to prevent death or bodily harm to one’s person. It is called self-defense. However, this plea usually only works for those of the Caucasian persuasion. There are statistics that bear this out;…