Educating Georgia Voters about the Impact of Local Sheriffs, District Attorneys and Solicitors. Partnering with Georgia NAACP.
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There are 11 District Attorney elections in Georgia this year.
Only 2 races are contested.#gapol
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As we celebrate mothers today, we remember the thousands upon thousands of mothers facing another year separated from their children, for whom staying connected with family becomes more difficult as prisons and jails restrict access to visits, mail and electronic communications.
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bad local crime reporting literally ruins society, my guys. this Post story about a New Yorker in obvious crisis murdered, by chokehold, by another passenger FOR YELLING + REMOVING HIS JACKET both neglects to name the man who died and ends on a quote framing the killer as a hero.
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Fulton County sheriff sued for contempt after inmate’s death last year ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/fu…
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Proud that my law review article was useful to John Oliver and @LastWeekTonight in a blistering (but fair) critique yesterday of the horrors of solitary confinement. Also, wait, people read law review articles?
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Georgia lawmakers won’t require cash bail for more crimes after all, failing to pass a bill that would have imposed bail for offenses including misdemeanor marijuana possession. Gov. Brian Kemp was a backer of the measure. #gapol
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The Jolt: “Judges have an oversight committee. Why not DAs?” An embattled Athens prosecutor fuels the GOP’s ‘accountability’ push #gapol ajc.com/politics/politics-bl…
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As reported on the front page of today’s @nytimes, @uclaprisondata has just launched our carceral mortality database, containing the first comprehensive accounting of deaths in prison in 2020, during the first year of the pandemic. nytimes.com/2023/02/19/us/co…
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DeKalb DA Sherry Boston is recusing her office from the eventual decision whether or not to file charges in the officer involved shooting at the training center. The GBI is still conducting the investigation, but...
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Thank you @stan_government and @GeorgiaRecorder for this article on efforts to ensure people with records have a fair chance to obtain licenses to work!
Georgia lawmakers plan to ease path to occupational license for workers with criminal records georgiarecorder.com/brief/ge… via @GeorgiaRecorder
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“It’s poetic justice.” John Lewis statue to be placed where Confederate monument once stood #gapol ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/jo… – at Orlando, FL
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All I want for Christmas is for us to recognize that every dollar we spend criminalizing homelessness is a dollar we could’ve better spent on housing, care, and economic opportunity.
In Georgia, “nearly 1,000 people have died in local jails and state and federal prisons since October 2019. Causes include illness, homicide, suicide, accidents and use of force by police. Many who died had preexisting mental and physical illnesses.”
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This was written 32 years ago! Sounds familiar, huh?
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