By Clark Gerhartsreiter, Contributing Writer Carolyn Bryant Donham was 21 years old when Emmett Till, 14, was murdered in Leflore County, … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2022
PRISON BLUES: Made on the inside, worn on the outside
Work-style blue jeans and jackets manufactured by incarcerated persons at an Oregon state prison generated sales of over $2 million last year and … [Read more...]
NEWS BRIEFS – October 2022
1. Texas — (Associated Press) A federal judge has issued a temporary ruling ordering Texas prison officials to carry out executions of death row … [Read more...]
Cash bail ruling settled
Detroit has reformed its cash bail policy allowing many low-income individuals to be released from pre-trial detention if they are not a danger to the … [Read more...]
Settlement reached in prisoner’s death
A $10 million settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit against CoreCivic, a private prison operator, for the recent death of a man who was … [Read more...]
Ruling: Prosecutorial misconduct can be made public
A federal court sided with a group of New York law professors who had sued for their First Amendment right to create a public record of complaints … [Read more...]
Oakland Police: Era of federal oversight coming to end
By Clark Gerhartsreiter, Contributing Writer After nearly two decades, federal oversight of the Oakland Police Department (OPD) may come to an … [Read more...]
Jenkins to reverse Boudin-era reforms
The shakeup of the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office earlier this summer has opened rifts in the local criminal justice community and made the … [Read more...]
Marshall Project examines jurisdictional overlap in criminalization of abortion
The Supreme Court’s recent controversial decision on abortion has opened the way for a confusing future in American jurisprudence, predicted a report … [Read more...]
Nation’s 3,000th exoneration clears man who spent 30 years in prison
Reynaldo Munoz became the 3,000th known person to be exonerated in the United States when his conviction was overturned in March 2022 after he served … [Read more...]