The family of 13-year-old Andy Lopez, who was shot and killed by a Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy in 2013 while carrying an airsoft BB gun, can take their wrongful death lawsuit to trial, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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Los Angeles will pay more than $24 million to two men who were wrongfully convicted and freed after decades behind bars, city lawmakers agreed Tuesday.
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A federal court in Tucson, Arizona held that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must answer allegations of horrific conditions experienced by individuals in Tucson Sector detention facilities (a.k.a. “hieleras”) along the southern border. In decisions handed down on January 11, the court decided that the case, Doe V. Johnson, may proceed as a class action (i.e., the court “certified” the class) and rejected the government’s motion to dismiss. CBP had strenuously urged the court to dismiss the case even before plaintiffs had the chance to prove their claims.
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“At a minimum, . . . ‘an individual detained under civil process – like an individual accused but not convicted of a crime – cannot be subjected to conditions that ‘amount to punishment.’”
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Guatemala’s recent history bears the mark of a 36 year long, painful internal armed conflict, during which the State systematically violated the rights of the Mayan population.
According to the Report of the Commission for the Historical Clarification of Human Rights Violations in Guatemala, 83.3 percent of the human rights violations were committed against them.
Indigenous women have particularly suffered from the conflict.
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Watch Stanford Alumni Association’s 1/13 Just Mercy: Race and the Criminal Justice System on Livestream.com. Roundtable conversation featuring Bryan Stevenson, Jennifer Eberhardt, Gary Segura, Robert Weisberg, JD ’79, and Katie Couric. OpenXChange is a year-long, student-focused initiative on campus that aims to encourage meaningful dialogue around tough issues. This is the first in a series of discussions with Stanford faculty and global experts on criminal justice, inequality and international conflict.
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Bryan Stevenson is a power house for social justice. He’s a defense attorney and author with 21 honorary doctorate degrees. Listen closely to what he’s telling us. The auditorium was packed, including the overflow room. I was sent away with this link to the live stream.
GOLDEN, Colo. — A grand jury decided Wednesday not to indict an Aurora, Colo., police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man wanted for violating parole.
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#NaeschylusVinzant
A grand jury is useless
Clarence Moses-EL has walked free after 28 years behind bars for a crime he says he didn’t commit. In 1989, Moses-EL, who is African-American, was sentenced to 48 years in prison after a woman said she dreamed he was the man who raped and beat her in the dark. Moses-EL has always maintained his innocence. The police threw out a rape kit and any possible evidence, like bed sheets and her clothes. Then in 2012, another man confessed to the attack. But Moses-EL remained behind bars until this week, after his conviction was overturned. In a Democracy Now! exclusive, Clarence Moses-EL joins us to discuss his newfound freedom and how another person’s dream became his nearly three-decade nightmare.
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Sandra Bland’s mother Geneva Reed-Veal criticized the grand jury proceedings in Waller County, Texas.
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Here's a better photo of the rally and signs at the Federal Plaza. The crowd is peaceful. pic.twitter.com/sFqh2y0VG0
— Justin Madden (@IAmJustinMadden) December 11, 2015
Protesters have picked up the banner w/100 names of police brutality victims & are starting to march. pic.twitter.com/SohuZjFbtD
— Justin Madden (@IAmJustinMadden) December 11, 2015
Medical students stage a 16 min die-in in front of city hall calling for #RahmResign @WGNNews pic.twitter.com/svcLA0QUI9
— Tonya Francisco (@TonyaFrancisco) December 10, 2015
#MarioWoods Shot 21 times by a platoon of #SFPD War on the City Streets. No Justification.No Peace. @sfgov @SFGate pic.twitter.com/5A7VxtK1qy
— Gregory B. Lewis (@GLew1970) December 10, 2015
Beautiful montage from last night #MarioWoods demonstration at SF Police Commission Meeting #JusticeForMarioWoods https://t.co/XkEuyPyVZb
— thc (@nysrene) December 10, 2015
"This is a healthcare crisis" chants dozens of medical students demanding the resignation of Rahm Emanuel. @WGNNews pic.twitter.com/4ooUhEqxOi
— Tonya Francisco (@TonyaFrancisco) December 10, 2015
"Indict, convict, send those killer cops to jail! The whole damn system is guilty as hell!" Nearing Dearborn/Monroe pic.twitter.com/4LnQyYhgPS
— Tony Briscoe (@_TonyBriscoe) December 11, 2015
.@BCCBloc Students Respond to @BaltCitySchools CEO Letter Criminalizing Student Protest https://t.co/liKmBUH9ub pic.twitter.com/FR04GYok3e
— Baltimore BLOC (@BmoreBloc) December 15, 2015
Pan-African Community Action (PACA) convened a rally in Washington, D.C. Saturday to call for answers in the death of Alonzo Smith while in private police custody
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#Decolonize and stop the oppression