Justice System

Criminal Justice System is BROKE!

This is very bad:

‘This Is Not an Emergency’

“How Florida prison officials let a man’s prostate cancer progress until he was paralyzed and terminally ill.”

This is bad:

This is bad as well:

Great Thread:

Lawyer fights for new trial for hundreds of Oregon people convicted by non-unanimous jury

MUST WATCH:

Jim Crow’s Last Stand

The New Jim Crow

We have to address our Criminal Justice System and the War on Drugs that is NOT working!

Something has to be done!

Bryan Stevenson is MY Attorney General

The Plan? A work-in-progress, working with Bryan Stevenson (My Attorney General) and others

  • NO Mandatory Minimums
  • STOP the War on Drugs
  • Close Down Private For-Profit Prisons
  • More funding for Public Defenders
  • Fairer Sentencing, more for Violent acts, less for non-violent offenses

Walter McMillian

A State Supreme Court Ruling to Make Fines More Fair

These John Oliver videos have dirty words (HBO) but do a great job explaining what is going wrong in our current system.

It starts with traffic tickets
You need the money to pay your fines
Can’t pay the fines so you get arrested
Can’t afford an attorney
Someone wants to put you in prison
Can’t afford bail, so you sit in jail waiting for your trial
No Air Conditioning in Prison
Mandatory Minimums
Some people go back to prison

The Probation Trap

And then you can’t vote
Florida Referendum
They voted YES!
This was NOT in the Referendum!!!

Eating is a good thing

Sad

Mississippi court upholds life sentence for pot possession

Read This Twice!

85 people held for 4 years in Louisiana jails without a trial, sheriffs say

MISSISSIPPI TEEN WHO HAS LANGUISHED IN JAIL FOR 17 MONTHS WITHOUT AN INDICTMENT IS JUST ‘ONE OF THOUSANDS’

80 percent of Texas inmates who died of COVID-19 had not been convicted of a crime: report

Mississippi AG drops case against Curtis Flowers, a Black man who was tried 6 times for same crime

Defendants held excessive time before charging

Louisiana leads nation in jailing people pre-trial

This is BAD!

The Prison Was Built to Hold 1,500 Inmates. It Had Over 2,000 Coronavirus Cases.

WOW!

Racial Disparity

DEMOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES IN SENTENCING

Trump is running on criminal justice reform but just praised China’s execution of drug dealers

https://limbaugh2020.com/stop-and-frisk-may-become-the-issue-of-the-2020-presidential-campaign/

Jail Inmates Worked for a $16 Billion Company Without Pay. Now They Want Their Wages.

Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2019

Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration

New York’s Upcoming Bail Reform Changes Explained

The Neo Jim Crow

Prisons: In Jail, But Not Sentenced

In Texas, 3 Out of 4 County Jail Inmates Haven’t Been Convicted of a Crime

Jails disenfranchise thousands who have a constitutional right to vote

Prison Inmates Fighting California’s Wildfires Can’t Do It Once They’re Released

LOS ANGELES POLICE STOP AND SEARCH BLACK AND LATINO DRIVERS MORE OFTEN, EVEN THOUGH WHITES HAVE MORE ILLEGAL ITEMS

STOP-AND-FRISK IN THE DE BLASIO ERA (2019)

Women All Over the Country Are Suing Police for Failing to Test Their Rape Kits

Why are Pennsylvania judges sentencing people on probation for debts they won’t ever be able to pay?

Comptroller Stringer: Abolish Mandatory Surcharges and Forgive Outstanding Court Debt to End Criminalization of Poverty within the Justice System

Fees, Fines and Fairness How Monetary Charges Drive Inequity in New York City’s Criminal Justice System

Our broken Justice System in One Story:

How One Man’s Journey Tells the Story of American Criminal Justice

Sad…

Nation’s failed weed war turned many into prisoners and others into moguls

It’s modern-day slavery to pay 10 cents an hour to a worker in prison

Alabama sheriff legally used $750K in inmate food funds to buy beach house

https://museumandmemorial.eji.org/

Officers on horseback led a black suspect through the streets by rope. The chief apologized.

Alabama man who spent 36 years behind bars after stealing $50 set free

Real criminal-justice reform is local, and not easy

David Limbaugh

Recent Posts

Faithless Electors – Trump’s Plan to Stay in Office – Update: I Never Saw FAKE Electors Coming!

A must-read Twitter Thread: https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1847325683875238087 This is TERRIFYING: Vance would have asked for new electors…

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In 2020 the question was “Will Trump Leave?” The 2024 Presidential Election Comes Down to almost the same 8 Questions…

2020 - Some dirty words (HBO) - Bill Maher NAILED IT! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZIbipRpjJ4 https://twitter.com/PoliticsInsider/status/1580624810484600832?s=20&t=x3n_ywhFxmQ53J5Uv2qC8Q I predicted…

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I started trying to tell my friends how bad Donald Trump is as a person since the day John Kasich dropped out of the race. Some have told me I was right. Some refuse to. Sad.

https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1844360573028282399 Jon Stewart nails it! (Some dirty words but good stuff!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX-5jmQplIo Finally! Look! New…

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Republicans have a 3-step plan to Steal the 2024 Election. In 2020 Fake Electors, The Big Lie, and a near Coup on January 6 all took place because Trump refused to admit he lost. MAGA GOP has a new plan for 2024. Be in charge of ‘counting’ the votes or just refuse to accept the result.

https://twitter.com/michaelscherer/status/1850198794589155384 Twitter Thread: https://twitter.com/HeidiReports/status/1848016347524891015 MUST-WATCH! MUST-SHARE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkK3W0lOKcc Great News: https://twitter.com/MaxFlugrath/status/1846695827063930967 https://twitter.com/MichaelSteele/status/1844779786608251085 Pennsylvania: https://twitter.com/Dangledudedave/status/1844837544992948599 Michigan and…

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In 8 events Trump has told 498 lies. That has to be a World Record – right?

Trump just lies and lies and lies! https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1844807832538923399 Two most recent events: https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1844491699785171020 Must Read!…

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