prosecution
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Stacey Abrams Voices Concerns About Rap Lyrics Being Used As Evidence
The Georgia Gubernational candidate feels that using rap lyrics in a criminal case could be violation against the First amendment
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Prosecutor Who Tried to Lock Up Pamela Moses Loses Re-Election Bid
Her office had come under fire from criminal justice organizations for misconduct.
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NY Supreme Court Judge Sylvia Ash Receives 15-Month Prison Sentence
The sentence cited financial wrongdoing at a credit union that provides services to tens of thousands of New York City employees
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Under Biden, The Pool of Federal Prosecutors is Getting Blacker and More Diverse
They're a key part of the criminal justice system that many people don't consider
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Recently Exonerated Black Man Reaches $2 Million Settlement With Prosecutors
Robert Jones spent 23 years in prison before being freed in 2015 and then exonerated in 2017. Now he’s getting paid.
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Wisconsin Judge Finds Probable Cause to Charge Officer For Shooting a Black Man to Death in 2016
The decision to charge the former officer will now be up to a special prosecutor.
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Andrew Brown Jr.'s Family Asks District Attorney to Recuse Himself From Prosecuting Coworkers
Attorneys for the family of a North Carolina man who was killed by law enforcement officers have asked the district’s top law enforcement officer to recuse himself from investigating and charging his coworkers because…did you even read the sentence? Lawyers representing the family of Andrew Brown Jr., who was slain by Pasquotank County, N.C., sheriff’s…
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Amy Klobuchar Returns Central Park 5 Prosecutor Linda Fairstein’s Dirty Money
All money may be legal, but it ain’t all good. Senator Amy Klobuchar appeared to show that she knows this by returning a presidential campaign donation from Linda Fairstein, the former New York State attorney who oversaw the prosecution of the Central Park Five. Or at least she’s acting like she does—in hindsight. The Guardian…