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Mystery and Melancholy Surround Death of Judge Found in the Hudson – The New York Times
The last time someone heard from Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam apparently was on Tuesday when she called her chambers in the Graybar Building in Manhattan to say she wasn’t well and would not be coming in.
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Can Baltimore curtail police killings by defying Trump? – The Guardian
Kevin Cooper was killed by city police at age 14 in 2006, but his death has vanished into obscurity. Now there’s hope for reform to prevent such cases – if it can withstand Trump’s insistence on ‘law and order’.
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The Supreme Court Confronts Racism in the Jury Room – The Atlantic
Is racism in deliberations any less toxic than racism in open court?
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Brothers Behind Bars
What happens when the only life you’ve known has been in an institution?
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The African American Museum chooses ‘Loving’ for its first film screening
Just one month after opening its doors, the National Museum of African American History and Culture is establishing itself as a permanent stop on the Washington social circuit. There have been cocktail parties, galas, private dinners and now one of D.C.’s favorite after-work pastimes — the movie screening.
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‘I don’t scare easily’: A 94-year-old judge’s refusal to bow to Racism, Death Threats
Long before federal judge Damon Keith became known as a “crusader for justice,” he was a new Howard University School of Law graduate working as a janitor while he studied for the bar exam.
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Children with Incarcerated Parents often Suffer In Silence
Kayla Bowyer was 3 months old when her mother went to jail. Her 45-year-old grandmother took care of her, and Bowyer lived with “Grams” until she was 18.
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Obama’s lawyers challenge the money bail system: Can people be kept in jail just because they are poor?
President Obama’s civil rights lawyers are seeking a potentially far-reaching ruling to hold that the Constitution forbids the common practice of keeping people in jail prior to a trial, even for minor offenses, just because they are too poor to pay for bail.
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