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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: September 24

This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: September 24

by Nicholas Raskin | Sep 24, 2018 | Amicus, Weekly News Roundup

Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week a second allegation of sexual misconduct involving Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh surfaced, a new DHS regulation targets immigrants who rely on public assistance, and the Muller probe...
Prison Education and the Abolitionist’s Dilemma

Prison Education and the Abolitionist’s Dilemma

by Nicholas Raskin | Apr 10, 2018 | Amicus, Criminal Justice

Congress passed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act in 1994 in  the wake of several high-profile violent crimes. The Act, originally written by Joe Biden and signed into law by Bill Clinton, expanded federal criminal law. Among the Act’s provisions was...
Fulfilling Gideon’s Promise Through Systemic Claims

Fulfilling Gideon’s Promise Through Systemic Claims

by Nicholas Raskin | Mar 27, 2018 | Amicus, Criminal Justice

Clara Foltz was the founder of the public defender movement, and she created the first published proposal for public defenders through the text of her 1893 speech at the Chicago World’s Fair. She envisioned the public defender as a powerful figure capable of...
This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: March 26

This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: March 26

by Nicholas Raskin | Mar 26, 2018 | Amicus, Weekly News Roundup

Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, crowds gathered to protest against gun violence, debate over the death penalty for non-homicide crimes is revived, and Facebook’s stocks plummeted in light of recent controversy.   Criminal...

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20 Feb

#BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that the Constitution's ban on excessive fines applies to state and local governments, thus limiting their ability to use fines to raise revenue.
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erinefwlrErin E. Fowler@erinefwlr·
14 Feb

Happy Valentines Day! Speaking of romance: here is a piece I wrote for @HarvardCRCL on how the new criminal justice reform act fails women https://t.co/4ChEYzSNd9

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Barbaric Beyond Bans: How the First Step Act’s Shackling Provision Fails to Protect Women:
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nytimesThe New York Times@nytimes·
4 Feb

Around 6:30 p.m. Sunday, electricity was restored to the MDC, a federal prison in Brooklyn. But problems with the heating system, which are unrelated to the electrical failure, remain, and while parts of the jail have heat, many cells do not: https://t.co/0wLqzCsNJv

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monicacbellMonica Bell@monicacbell·
5 Feb

Great piece by @MartysaurusRex in @washingtonpost. I'd add that it's not good enough to just "allow" Black youth to dream. As I argue in forthcoming essay in @HarvardCRCL, Black youth are *entitled* to resources for dreaming big & this should be part of a new civil rights agenda. https://t.co/qE85F4Xukz

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1 Feb

Police in South Carolina are three times more likely to seize money and property from Black people than white people. https://t.co/IAVD4tlrrj

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28 Jan

Have you recently published a book relating to civil rights or civil liberties, or do you have one coming out soon? We want to review it! Contact us at amicusblog.crcl@gmail.com to have your book or manuscript considered for a review.

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