Remembering Troy Davis: Questions Remain over Whether Georgia Executed Innocent Man One Year Ago: One year ago today, the state of Georgia executed Troy Anthony Davis for a crime many believe he did not commit. He was put to death despite major doubts about evidence used to link him to…
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Mother Jones, 7 Highlights You Missed From the Romney Video: Mocking immigration in the United States: “I’d like to staple a green card to every Ph.D. in the world and say, ‘Come to America, we want you here.’ Instead, we make it hard for people who get educated here or…
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† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm Victims/Offenders and The Case of Terry Williams by nancy…
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TPM: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court cast serious doubt on the state’s voter ID law on Tuesday, ordering a lower court to rethink its decision upholding the law earlier this year. In a 4-2 ruling, the justices ordered the lower court to block the law unless Pennsylvania can prove it is…
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Charles Blow, New York Times, “Advantage, Obama”: Elections often turn on character moments and the slopes of lines. They are about who a candidate reveals himself to be under pressure more than who he says he is on stage. And they are about the direction of change when the time…
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† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm Reconsidering Hate: A Forum on the “Hate” Frame in…
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Rising Polls, a Big Convention Bounce and $$$$ (6)
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New York Times: A Tight Election May Be Tangled in Legal Battles Truthout and CI: The Year of Voter Suppression Colorlines, The Racial Politics Behind the Right Wing’s Poll-Watching: These poll “challenging” and “watching” operations are not race-neutral. The nation has a history of white people taunting and haunting black…
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