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CA Bill for Permanent Oversight of Immigrant Facilities Advances Amid Deaths
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A bill aimed at ensuring continued state oversight and public disclosure of conditions inside California’s immigration detention facilities has advanced in the Legislature, as lawmakers and advocates point to worsening conditions and a rising number of detainee deaths as evidence that independent inspections must continue. According to a recent press release issued by Sen.
Man’s Appeal Denied by Immigration Board; ACLU Cites Free Speech Violation
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union said in an April 9 press release that the Board of Immigration Appeals denied Mahmoud Khalil’s effort to dismiss his deportation case, after he was placed under an administrative removal order following his outspoken advocacy for Palestinian rights.
Journalist's Home Raided in Leak Probe Amid Trump Admin's Press Freedom War
WASHINGTON — In an opinion piece published in The Intercept, journalist Lauren Harper argued that a decision by Attorney General Pam Bondi last year to rescind media protections that had barred searches of journalists’ records in federal leak investigations led to the FBI raid on Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home on Jan. 14, an action Harper described as unnecessary and based on a sham pretext.
Advocates Push for Legal Aid Expansion as Immigration Enforcement Intensifies
By NEW YORK — As federal immigration enforcement accelerates nationwide, a coalition of immigrant advocates is urging New York lawmakers to respond with a major expansion of legal protections, warning that thousands of families face detention and deportation without access to legal counsel.
Ex-Alameda County Director Accuses SAFE of Hypocrisy in Survivor Advocacy
OAKLAND, Calif. — Kristina Molina, former director of the Victim and Witness Assistance Division at the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, issued a statement responding to claims made during Save Alameda For Everyone’s press conference on Jan. 2, disputing allegations raised at the event and condemning what she described as the distribution of a digitally manipulated video of her remarks.
Former Warden Warns of Faulty Executions as Florida Speeds up Lethal Injections
St. Petersburg, Fla. — Former Florida State Prison Warden Ron McAndrew argues that Florida’s rapid scheduling of executions is pushing the state’s lethal injection system beyond its limits, increasing the risk of faulty administrations and inflicting lasting trauma on both condemned prisoners and prison staff, in an article published last Wednesday in the Tampa Bay Times.
Shapiro's Death Penalty Reprieve Marks a Shift in Pennsylvania's Capital Punishment Laws
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Gov. Josh Shapiro issued his first death penalty reprieve earlier this month, a low-profile decision that fulfills his promise to continue Pennsylvania’s moratorium on executions and reflects a broader political shift as advocates say momentum is slowly building toward abolishing capital punishment. The reprieve, issued Dec. 5 with little fanfare, maintains the moratorium on executions that began under former Gov. Tom Wolf.
DOJ Memo Threatens Protections for Trans Incarcerated People Under PREA
0 comments OAKLAND, Calif. — A memo released by the Department of Justice under the Trump administration threatens to roll back key protections for transgender and intersex people under the Prison Rape Elimination Act, according to a recent report published by Prism Reports. The Prism article reported that the DOJ memo, issued Dec.
Law Professors Propose ‘Prosecutor Jury’ to Break the Cycle of Political Lawfare
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new proposal published in The Washington Post by Ian Ayres, a professor at Yale Law School and co-author of “Retirement Guardrails,” and Saikrishna Prakash, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law and author of “The Presidential Pardon: The Short Clause With a Long, Troubled History,” argues that the United States needs an unprecedented “prosecutor jury” system to evaluate indictments against politicians as concerns grow that prosecutions are increasingly...
New Jersey Court Decision Raises Hopes for Robert Roberson's Case Review
0 comments DALLAS, Texas — A recent ruling by the New Jersey Supreme Court declaring shaken baby syndrome testimony inadmissible in trials may give Robert Roberson, who was convicted in 2003, a potential new path forward, according to reporting by The Dallas Morning News.
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