http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/fbi-overstated-forensic-hair-matches-in-nearly-all-criminal-trials-for-decades/2015/04/18/39c8d8c6-e515-11e4-b510-962fcfabc310_story.html
this is infuriating
― k3vin k., Friday, 24 April 2015 18:47 (eight years ago) link
holy shit
― gbx, Friday, 24 April 2015 20:41 (eight years ago) link
Jared Ware, who is currently assisting the prisoner’s rights advocates group Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, told Splinter that prisons have been conducting massive cell phone sweeps, and shaking down entire prisons looking for contraband in response to strike action. Yet, despite these attempts to choke off communication, Ware said that there are 17 states that will be attempting to participate at some point during the strike. “I wouldn’t be surprised if they meet that goal or exceed that,” he said.
There are multiple reports of strike activity around the country, and Ware said that actions are taking place in prisons in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
This should all be very exciting for anyone who considers themselves a progressive or a proponent of criminal justice reform. Yet thus far, not a single establishment Democrat, including the party’s most high-profile members, has even offered a performative acknowledgement of what is unfolding across the country....
https://splinternews.com/the-democrats-near-total-silence-on-the-national-prison-1828636782
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 August 2018 14:05 (five years ago) link
The New York Times reports:
One 886-bed jail will tower over shops and restaurants in Downtown Brooklyn. Another will be next to a subway yard in Queens. In the Bronx, a jail will replace a Police Department tow pound. And another jail will rise in the shadow of City Hall in Manhattan.
That is at the heart of a plan for a landmark overhaul of New York City’s corrections system, which will culminate with the closing of Rikers Island, the jail complex with nearly 10,000 beds that has become notorious for chronic abuse, neglect and mismanagement.
The City Council approved the proposal on Thursday, a decision that seemed nearly impossible just a few years ago and that supporters say immediately places New York City at the forefront of a national movement to reverse decades of mass incarceration that disproportionately affected black and Hispanic people.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 October 2019 21:39 (four years ago) link
In a roundabout way I've ended up tuning into a few 'after prison' channels the last couple of months. The End Of Sentence channel by a Tampa/Boston kid who spent 3 years in Florida panhandle prisons including Lake Butler...is pretty intense
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EU-lUh5OBY
Interview with Mental Health professional (she's great!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Oql047-Geo
Speaking on PTSD
― anvil, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:05 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZl0MEOisaw
Jake on Channel 7 news
― anvil, Saturday, 25 January 2020 19:47 (four years ago) link
On a less serious note, I'm still marvelling at this kids double accent!
― anvil, Monday, 27 January 2020 04:12 (four years ago) link
VICTORY! The New Jersey Supreme Court rejected prosecutors' discrimination against a Black potential juror by running an unauthorized background check and having him arrested.What the Court also rejected today: systemic racism and implicit bias in our criminal legal system. https://t.co/OfZj0g74Ra— ACLU of New Jersey (@ACLUNJ) July 13, 2021
― superdeep borehole (harbl), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 16:08 (two years ago) link
prosecutors are bad
― superdeep borehole (harbl), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 16:09 (two years ago) link
https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2021/07/13/edwin-andujar-jury-selection-implicit-bias/
― superdeep borehole (harbl), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 16:12 (two years ago) link
That last link explains it a bit better. Thanks. Fucked up!
― Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Rob Thomas (PBKR), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 16:35 (two years ago) link
this is the kind of court reporting we need more of (i mean this sincerely) https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2022/01/12/judge-shames-72-year-old-cancer-patient-too-weak-tend-his-lawn-tdn/9190831002/
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Friday, 14 January 2022 22:54 (two years ago) link
I'd thought I'd seen the absolute pits of humanity these last couple of years, but that's really one of the most repugnant things I've ever encountered. really wish I lived somewhere in her jurisdiction
― auld gang syne (k3vin k.), Thursday, 20 January 2022 00:05 (two years ago) link
i promise there is one of her in your own jurisdiction :)
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Thursday, 20 January 2022 00:53 (two years ago) link
The collective id of white suburban homeowners spawned a golem.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 20 January 2022 00:56 (two years ago) link
oh look another example of judges being a problem
The NY Court of Appeals held today (4 to 3) that a 19-year-old who was interrogated in police custody never invoked his right to a lawyer. Here's his conversation with the detective after being read his Miranda rights, judge for yourself: https://t.co/c3voLKNS47 pic.twitter.com/loB6MMOyD6— Sam Feldman 🌹 (@srfeld) April 26, 2022
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Saturday, 30 April 2022 03:07 (one year ago) link
https://www.fox26houston.com/isiah-factor-uncensored/215-bodies-found-jackson-mississippi-exposed
― c u (crüt), Tuesday, 9 January 2024 22:27 (two months ago) link
Holy hell, that's disturbing. This stood out to me, I always get extra uncomfortable when a Southern authority goes out of their way to insist something isn't racist:
Reed emphasizes that this issue extends beyond race, as both white and black individuals are buried in the same manner.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 9 January 2024 22:29 (two months ago) link
as I understand it, Reed is an activist, he's not with the authorities
― c u (crüt), Tuesday, 9 January 2024 22:52 (two months ago) link