By @BlackDefendants The History of Braswell’s TriaI Lawyer By the time Braswell made it to his second appeal around 2009, his trial
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By @BlackDefendants HARVARD LAW GROUP DEEMS VERN BRASWELL’S PROSECUTOR ONE OF THE WORST IN AMERICA A study from Fair Punishment Project, a Harvard Law School initiative designed to create a fair and accountable justice system, ranked Shelby County DA Amy
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Join us for a conversation tonight Thursday, March 10: Community Conversation on CREW Report. In 2020, a report was released by the Citizens for Racial Equity in Washtenaw (CREW) was formed to gather public data
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Imagine that, to skirt the law, teenager José Méndez asks a friend to buy him a semiautomatic rifle and then decides to cross the border to another state. What would happen if
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Action Against Gun Violence Gun violence is tied with COVID as the biggest public health crisis facing our country. Similarly, we have always lacked the initiatives and policies needed to stop it.
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Hate crimes and racism are inflamed by political polarization and social media. Strong communities with traditional American values of inclusion and civil discourse counteract these dark forces, but they need guidance and help –
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Proudly AAPI In the face of rising anti-Asian hate, this AAPI Heritage Month we not only must fight against those attacks and the culture that enables it, but share pride in Asian
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THE SHELBY COUNTY DA’s OFFICE APPEARS TO HAVE DIFFERING TRADITIONS OF BEHAVIOR FOR BLACK DEFENDANTS AND WHITE DEFENDANTS WHEN IT COMES TO WITHHOLDING TRIAL EVIDENCE. Read the first article in the six-part
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Murder Trial Evidence That Suspiciously Disappeared 15 Years Ago, Resurfaced Anonymously Following George Floyd Event A White judge chastised and scoffed at a Black defendant who uncovered suspicious actions by prosecutors and
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How Did We Get Here Vern Braswell, a Black defendant, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Sheila, in 2004 in Shelby County (Memphis), Tennessee. Sheila was discovered
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I watched most of the Derek Chauvin trial, as I am sure many in this country may have done, or at least seen snippets as they watched their preferred evening news venues.
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Hold Police Accountable In Minnesota and around the country, the fight for justice in response to George Floyd’s murder isn’t over. Use these GIFs as you demand accountability for centuries of lawless policing and
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