Across the country, people with felony convictions face a daunting web of small obstacles to rebuilding normal lives. What will it take to fix? — Reuben Jonathan Miller, Politico In the run-up to the election in November, there was a pervasive belief that the fate of the nation could hinge on Florida because of […]
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How Ed Hennings Went From 20 Years In Prison to Sought After Business Man and Motivational Speaker | Black Enterprise
— Gayneté Jones, Black Enterprise First degree intentional homicide is a Class A felony which results in a sentence of life imprisonment if convicted. This is the charge Edward L. Hennings originally received twenty-four years ago. Unlike most charged with such a serious offence, however, Hennings has not only found freedom outside of a […]
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Trump’s Looting Tweet Violates His Oath of Office | The Atlantic
The president is supposed to protect and defend the nation’s supreme laws. Shooting looters is unconstitutional. Overnight, protests of the egregious police killing of George Floyd roiled several American cities, including Minneapolis, where riots and looting frightened locals and destroyed livelihoods. A prudent president would have urged calm. On Twitter, President Donald Trump instead aggressively […]
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I Have Not Missed the Amy Coopers of the World | The New York Times
The video of a white woman threatening a black man in Central Park illustrates exactly why I’m so relieved to be spending more time inside. During a recent session conducted over Zoom, my therapist told me I was “glowing.” In the middle of a pandemic. I struggled to explain why until she prodded, “No crazy […]
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KARE 11 Investigates: Earlier Minneapolis police restraint death | KARE 11
A civil suit in 2010 accused police officers of improperly pinning a suspect face down – with an officer’s knee on his back – making it impossible to breathe. MINNEAPOLIS — Years before the nation heard George Floyd’s haunting words – ‘I can’t breathe’ – Minneapolis police officers were accused of improperly restraining another man. […]
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1,000 pot convictions tossed as Kim Foxx expunges records of marijuana busts | Chicago Sun Times
Foxx went to court Wednesday to vacate and expunge records of people caught up in the drug war — her first move to wipe the books clean after the state legalized recreational marijuana. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] More than 1,000 pot convictions will soon be off the books in Cook County. In a hearing Wednesday afternoon at […]
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US taxpayers spent almost $1 billion incarcerating innocent black people | Yahoo Finance
In total, among all known exonerees, Americans have shelled out a staggering $4.12 billion to incarcerate innocent men and women since 1989, according to a Yahoo Finance analysis. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Over the last few weeks, the Rodney Reed case has ignited a firestorm of interest, as celebrities, activists, and politicians worked to delay his Nov. […]
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Freed from prison nine years ago, Brandon Flood is new secretary of Pa.’s pardon board | Will Bunch | The Philadelphia Inquirer
This column will probably come as something of a shock to all the people in Harrisburg who only know Brandon Flood – a bow-tied, bespectacled policy wonk with sartorial flair – as the persona that he laughingly calls “Urkel Brandon,” in a homage to one of TV’s most famous nerds. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Flood, now 36, […]
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Incarcerated People Can Do More than Beat Harvard in a Debate | Rolling Stone
“College Behind Bars,” a new PBS documentary executive-produced by Ken Burns, shines a light on a program that every major university in America should be sponsoring
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An effort to stop overnight jail releases in California is rejected by Gov. Newsom | Los Angeles Times
SACRAMENTO — Ten years ago, Mitrice Richardson was released from the Los Angeles County sheriff’s Malibu/Lost Hills Station just after midnight, left to find her way home through a remote area, alone and on foot, with no money or phone. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] When her body was located 11 months later, questions were raised about why […]
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