The Criminalization of Homelessness: Explained - The Appeal
Jun 29, 2018 · The Criminalization of Homelessness: Explained. Most evenings, Aguirre Dick rides his bike about three miles from the streets of Waikiki in Honolulu to the slopes of a volcano, where he sleeps. If he doesn’t make that trek, he could be arrested. A 2014 law made it illegal to sit or lie down on the public sidewalks in Waikiki.
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Oct 16, 2024 · Sep 26, 2024. Prosecutors Said Another Man Was the Shooter. Oklahoma Might Execute Emmanuel Littlejohn Anyway. In the early ‘90s, Oklahoma prosecutors claimed Littlejohn and another man had killed someone, even though the victim was shot with a single bullet. A state board has recommended the governor spare Littlejohn’s life.
False Confessions, Explained - The Appeal
Jun 7, 2021 · Ending false confessions is a moral imperative that requires action from police and all the stakeholders in the criminal legal system. Marissa Boyers Bluestine. Jun 07, 2021. “I am going to say it folks: people who have no idea, who weren’t there, who weren’t involved, do not confess, especially to murder.
The Power of Sheriffs: Explained - The Appeal
Similarly, sheriffs today sometimes use their power to excess, violating civil liberties. In Worth County, Georgia, in 2017, the sheriff subjected up 850 high school students at Worth County High School, nearly the entire student body, to invasive drug searches, including checking inside their underwear, according to court documents.
Felony Murder, Explained - The Appeal
Mar 4, 2021 · Felony Murder, Explained. The felony murder rule has a long and complicated history that is worth examining precisely because it’s not that simple. The sight of the United States Capitol shrouded in tear gas, besieged by rioters marauding toward a joint session of Congress, shocked the national conscience. Five people died at the riot, and in ...
Incarcerated Transgender Women’s Lives Must Matter
Jan 28, 2019. When Kamala Harris announced her run for president on Jan. 21, a reporter asked her about the 2015 case of Michelle-Lael Norsworthy, a trans woman incarcerated in California’s prison system who petitioned prison officials to grant her request for gender affirming surgery. In 2015, Harris was California’s attorney general and ...
Public Defenders Run for Judge to Reduce Mass Incarceration
Mar 4, 2024 · Newsrooms and voters tend to overlook judicial elections—despite the tremendous power judges hold in the criminal legal system. Los Angeles elected its first Black public defender, Holly Hancock, as a Superior Court judge in 2022, after Hancock promised to prioritize community well-being by supporting alternatives to incarceration.. Now, five …
Kamala Harris Was a Tough-on-Crime Prosecutor in a Black Lives …
Jan 22, 2019 · Kamala Harris Was a Tough-on-Crime Prosecutor in a Black Lives Matter Era. Long after the American public became aware mass incarceration was a failed experiment, Harris failed to support progressive measures to alleviate some of its impact. This article was published in the Jan. 22 Daily Appeal newsletter. It is the first installment in the ...
The Epidemic of Brady Violations: Explained
Apr 25, 2018. In 2003, Brooklyn prosecutors charged John Giuca with killing a 19-year-old college student to earn “street cred” with the Ghetto Mafia gang. A jailhouse informant’s testimony claiming that Giuca confessed to him in prison formed a critical piece of the government’s case. At trial, the government insisted that the ...
LaMarr Knox Archives - The Appeal
Sep 18, 2024 · More in The Appeal. Exposing the harms of the criminal legal system and elevating solutions that keep all people safe. Topics. Policing. Pretrial. Prosecution. Punishment. Criminalization. Politics.