July 27, 2023 by V Leigh

The Illinois Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the elimination of cash bail marked a sweeping win for Gov. J.B. Pritzker and many progressive Democrats who argued that change was needed. “Everyone deserves a fair shot at justice,” said Kim Foxx.

See Marvin Guy. Killeen TXhttps://t.co/njhX8UvdxA
— Old Woman Seeking Justice 🐝🐝🐷🐝🐝 (@GrownRoom) June 28, 2023

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This is the worst. Unconstitutional, inhumane, disgraceful. So, what are we gonna do about it? As a profession? As a city, what is Chicago gonna do?? As a country? Or are we gonna just leave it to this man, to find his way to some measure of reparation? And what of the next man? https://t.co/SA327Fzo2k
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) June 27, 2023

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Evidence shows that making swift arrests/solving cases deters crime, while longer sentences/more pre-trial detention doesn’t (and may even make things worse).

So why has all the discussion about the crime bill focused on the latter instead of the former?https://t.co/X4UazZ7T8i
— Alex Koma (@AlexKomaWCP) July 11, 2023

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BREAKING: IL Supreme Court upholds SAFE-T Act provision to eliminate cash bail.

Outstanding news!

Judges now cannot hold people in prison because they cannot pay bail. Instead, that decision is based on whether the person is a threat to peace & security—as it should be.
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) July 18, 2023

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Illinois is set to become the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail https://t.co/lv35IzofSs
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 18, 2023

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The Illinois Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the elimination of cash bail marked a sweeping win for Gov. J.B. Pritzker and many progressive Democrats who argued that change was needed.

“Everyone deserves a fair shot at justice,” said Kim Foxx. https://t.co/xdaSrUJv0j
— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) July 18, 2023

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August 12, 2020 by V Leigh

“The rot from slavery and its aftermath are still with us, in a thousand different ways.”

A Black man will spend the rest of his life in prison for stealing hedge clippers after the Louisiana Supreme Court denied his request to have his sentence overturned last week. https://t.co/IuVmbNSjd8
— CNN (@CNN) August 6, 2020

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The Louisiana Supreme Court denied a request to review a LIFE sentence issued to a Black man convicted of trying to steal hedge clippers from a storage room in 1997. Chief Justice Bernette Johnson, the court’s lone Black justice, was the sole dissent. https://t.co/YVpQkFBP7D
— Kristen Clarke (@KristenClarkeJD) August 4, 2020

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Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette Johnson: A life sentence for a failed attempt to steal hedge clippers is a “modern manifestation” of the “Pig Laws designed to re-enslave African Americans.” https://t.co/L4GYMz4G2R
— Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) August 7, 2020

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“The rot from slavery and its aftermath are still with us, in a thousand different ways.” @JoyAnnReid discussing Louisiana Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the prison sentence of a Black man who is serving life for stealing hedge clippers in 1997. https://t.co/Wa6mkTll4u
— The ReidOut (@thereidout) August 8, 2020

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The Louisiana Supreme Court refused to review the life sentence imposed on a man for attempted theft of hedge clippers. The court’s only Black justice dissented and identified this as a harsh legacy of racially-biased punishment. https://t.co/zMGbwqFMTC
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) August 7, 2020

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“If he lives another 20 years, Louisiana taxpayers will have paid almost one million dollars to punish Mr. Bryant for his failed effort to steal a set of hedge clippers,” wrote the sole dissenter in the court’s decision.https://t.co/ffTLXdB9cF
— NPR (@NPR) August 7, 2020

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July 23, 2019 by V Leigh

“Why did you do this to me?”

LaToni Daniel had been held pre-trial in Coosa County Jail in Alabama since 2017. A month ago, she gave birth to baby boy. Since she has no memory of having sex while incarcerated, her lawyers believe she was raped by a jail employee while unconscious. https://t.co/dzvVSP98Yn

— The Appeal (@theappeal) July 1, 2019

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Three staffers suspended at the St. Louis County jail after fourth death involving the jail this year. Daniel Stout spent just eight days at the jail—he died after his attempts to seek medical care for his ulcer were refused. https://t.co/P4mmL4n3rd

— Ethan Brown (@ethanbrown72) June 19, 2019

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Cleveland Jail ‘Torture’ Video Victim Sues Cuyahoga County, Officers | News One https://t.co/nSBl7C7Lbd

— glenn robinson (@glncv) July 13, 2019

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Mario Ramos has been incarcerated at Rikers Island and mental hospitals for the past 32 years without ever being convicted of a crime. https://t.co/ARsZiQw3fr via @theappeal

— Sentencing Project (@SentencingProj) June 22, 2018

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July 6, 2019 by V Leigh

The criminalization of poverty

Michael Thompson has served 25 years in prison for selling weed.

He's 68 years old.

His mother died while he was in prison.
His father died while he was in prison.
His only son died while he was in prison.

And he has 40 years left in his sentence.#FreeMichaelThompson pic.twitter.com/oHq3cO5jER

— The Breakdown with Shaun King (@TheBreakdown) May 23, 2019

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"Studies find that prejudice against blacks is a strong predictor of whites’ support for capital punishment. If so many whites were not racially prejudiced, white support for the death penalty would be much lower, & so would public support more generally." https://t.co/wIuz4odIQV

— Sentencing Project (@SentencingProj) April 13, 2019

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"Nobody should lose their life because they can’t make a monetary payment."

Via @theappeal https://t.co/HGnMPnpkd9

— Women's Prison Assoc (@WPA_NYC) May 9, 2019

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A Georgia man stole a can of beer. The judge ordered ankle monitoring. The company administering it charged him more than $1,000. He sold plasma, but fell behind on his payments & the judge jailed him for non-payment. We need to stop criminalizing poverty. https://t.co/KFYssDJvbW

— nyc law grrrl (@nyclawgrrrl) June 30, 2019

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In 1995, when Curtis Brooks was just 15-years-old, he was convicted of first-degree murder even though he didn't kill anyone. Why then was he sentenced to die in prison? https://t.co/dHc65qTCXD

— The Appeal (@theappeal) July 1, 2019

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Reality shows like ‘The First 48,’ ‘Live PD,’ and ‘Cops’ are interfering in legal cases, exploiting people of color, and threatening lives. They also distort how the public thinks about crime, in a harmful way. @theappeal https://t.co/KBXdsgrv76

— Equal Justice USA (@EJUSA) June 28, 2019

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A new report says LA DA Jackie Lacey is discriminatory & unjust in seeking the death penalty. Since she took office, 22 people from LA County have been sentenced to death, all of color & 8 represented by lawyers with serious misconduct claims against them. https://t.co/F4Ho9kNpoG

— The Appeal (@theappeal) June 19, 2019

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The criminalization of poverty in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, has led to a staggering increase in incarcerated people, all at a huge cost for defendants and taxpayers alike. @Sentinel_Vaughn @theappeal https://t.co/psBAwoyTJy

— NACDL (@NACDL) June 15, 2019

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November 21, 2015 by V Leigh

#Sentencing Tweets 11.20

This man is serving life in prison for 3 oz of meth – more time than most get for manslaughter, rape. By @HRappleye: https://t.co/3ZGUeldoqt

— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) November 9, 2015

October 20, 2015 by Oppression Monitor

Hidden Camera Gets Justice, Cop Sentenced to Prison for Beating & Terrorizing Innocent People

A Hawaii cop was sent to prison after a surveillance video showed he’d lied about beating a suspect.

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September 8, 2015 by Oppression Monitor

#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 9.7

HT @ChuckModi1

Should Be Opening Question of Syllabus in Every White School. #WhiteDenial #WhitePrivilege #WhiteSupremacy

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September 7, 2015 by V Leigh

#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 9.7

Whole Foods' guard fired for bloody attack on customer who tried to pay with food stamps http://t.co/NIcy8XTwO3 pic.twitter.com/BAnKd4mBP8

— theGrio.com (@theGrio) September 5, 2015

#AlbertWoodfox has spent 43 Years in Solitary Confinement … Plz Help –> http://t.co/7lqClUdgUR

— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) September 6, 2015

#blacklivesmatter is about blacks being much more likely to die at the hands of the police http://t.co/bONLM5kFvb pic.twitter.com/rJUAWyLWmU

— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) September 4, 2015

Should Be Opening Question of Syllabus in Every White School. #WhiteDenial #WhitePrivilege #WhiteSupremacy pic.twitter.com/3BBjk3sVic

— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) September 5, 2015

August 4, 2015 by V Leigh

#WarOnDrugs #CJReform Tweets 8.4

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— The Movement (@ItIsAMovement) July 27, 2015

Start #CJReform @WhiteHouse. Tell @POTUS: #Banthebox on fed jobs, promote fair-chance hiring for former prisoners http://t.co/Lwh2Jysx34

— ACLU National (@ACLU) July 23, 2015

August 15, 2014 by Glenn (Freedom of Movement) Robinson

Stanford research discovers whites support harsher laws when they perceive more black Americans in prison

Informing the white public that the percentage of black Americans in prison is far greater than the percentage of white people behind bars may not spur support for reform. Instead, it might actually generate support for harsh laws and sentencing.

Source: news.stanford.edu

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The Illinois Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the elimination of cash bail marked a sweeping win for Gov. J.B. Pritzker and many progressive Democrats who argued that change was needed. “Everyone deserves a fair shot at justice,” said Kim Foxx.

“The rot from slavery and its aftermath are still with us, in a thousand different ways.”

“Why did you do this to me?”

The criminalization of poverty

#Sentencing Tweets 11.20

Hidden Camera Gets Justice, Cop Sentenced to Prison for Beating & Terrorizing Innocent People

#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 9.7

#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 9.7

#WarOnDrugs #CJReform Tweets 8.4

Stanford research discovers whites support harsher laws when they perceive more black Americans in prison