Kamala Harris Was a Tough-on-Crime Prosecutor in a Black Lives …
WEBJan 22, 2019 · Kamala Harris Was a Tough-on-Crime Prosecutor in a Black Lives Matter Era. Long after the American public became aware mass incarceration was a failed experiment, Harris failed to support progressive measures to alleviate some of its impact. This article was published in the Jan. 22 Daily Appeal newsletter. It is …
How Eviction Courts Stack The Deck Against Tenants
WEBApr 13, 2021 · Stage Two: Serving Notice and Summons to Appear in Court. If the issue is not resolved by the specified time, then the landlord will file what’s called an “unlawful detainer action” against the tenant in eviction court, formally asking the court to force the tenant to leave the property. Before that happens, courts must provide tenants ...
The Power of Sheriffs: Explained - The Appeal
WEBJan 4, 2019 · Similarly, sheriffs today sometimes use their power to excess, violating civil liberties. In Worth County, Georgia, in 2017, the sheriff subjected up 850 high school students at Worth County High School, nearly the entire student body, to invasive drug searches, including checking inside their underwear, according to court documents.
Felony Murder, Explained - The Appeal
WEBMar 4, 2021 · Felony Murder, Explained. The felony murder rule has a long and complicated history that is worth examining precisely because it’s not that simple. The sight of the United States Capitol shrouded in tear gas, besieged by rioters marauding toward a joint session of Congress, shocked the national conscience. Five people died at the riot, and in ...
Incarcerated Transgender Women’s Lives Must Matter
WEBJan 28, 2019. When Kamala Harris announced her run for president on Jan. 21, a reporter asked her about the 2015 case of Michelle-Lael Norsworthy, a trans woman incarcerated in California’s prison system who petitioned prison officials to grant her request for gender affirming surgery. In 2015, Harris was California’s attorney general and ...
The Epidemic of Brady Violations: Explained
WEBApr 25, 2018. In 2003, Brooklyn prosecutors charged John Giuca with killing a 19-year-old college student to earn “street cred” with the Ghetto Mafia gang. A jailhouse informant’s testimony claiming that Giuca confessed to him in prison formed a critical piece of the government’s case. At trial, the government insisted that the ...
The American Eviction Crisis, Explained - The Appeal
WEBMar 3, 2021 · The pre-pandemic affordable housing crisis is generally attributed to the combination of stagnant incomes, rising housing costs, and insufficient federal financial housing support. Between 1979 and 2013, the wages among middle-wage workers remained totally flat, and wages among low-wage workers fell 5 percent. Yet, rents continued to rise.
Capital Punishment in the United States: Explained
WEBSep 24, 2018. In August 2018, the state of Tennessee executed Billy Ray Irick, the first man executed in the state since 2009. He had spent over 30 years on death row. As a child, Irick experienced unimaginable abuse. His mother would tie him up with a rope and beat him. Neighbors described his father as “an excessive drinker and a brutal man ...
The Criminalization of Homelessness: Explained - The Appeal
WEBJun 29, 2018 · The most straightforward path to ending the criminalization of homelessness runs through state legislatures. State and local officials should refrain from passing new laws that target homeless individuals, and they should repeal existing laws that criminalize life-sustaining and necessary behaviors.
False Confessions, Explained - The Appeal
WEBJun 7, 2021 · Ending false confessions is a moral imperative that requires action from police and all the stakeholders in the criminal legal system. Marissa Boyers Bluestine. Jun 07, 2021. “I am going to say it folks: people who have no idea, who weren’t there, who weren’t involved, do not confess, especially to murder.