On April 12, 1963, eight Alabama clergymen published an open letter, “A Call for Unity,” in a Birmingham newspaper in response to
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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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By @BlackDefendants It don’t matter if you’re Black or White. – Michael Jackson, 1991 Clearly he’s never been charged in a criminal case in Memphis, TN or anywhere in the deep south
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“This set of falsehoods is typical of the conduct of the Memphis D.A’s office during this period.”from Owens v. Guida 549 F.3d 399, 425 (6th Cir.2008), Senior Justice Merritt dissenting Vern Braswell
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A Black defendant's evidence vanishes and none of the judges bat an eye. Corruption and systemic racial inequalities allow injustices to thrive.
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