From the LA Times: The trial of a middle school student who shot and killed a gay classmate during a morning computer lab ended in a mistrial Thursday when jurors said that after 17 hours of deliberations they could not agree whether to convict Brandon McInerney. Jurors deadlocked 7 to…
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From Take Back the Land: Catherine Lennon vs. Countrywide/Bank of America has been adjourned until September at the request of the Stephen J. Baum, the lawyer for Countrywide. On Tuesday August 16, NY State Supreme Court Judge Anne Marie Taddeo called off the controversial eviction of Catherine Lennon which was…
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Cross-Posted from Criminal Injustice Kos:† † Criminal InJustice Kos is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Soothsayer99, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CIK. Criminal InJustice Kos is published every Wednesday at 6 pm CST. West Memphis Three…
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From the Huffington Post: A 7-cent robbery might sound like a petty crime, but, combined with the assault of a 73-year-old man, it’s landed 15-year-old Anthony Stewart some serious time in juvenile detention. Onondaga County Judge William Walsh decided that Stewart deserved to have the incident on his permanent record.…
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A federal judge has temporarily put the brakes on the Alabama immigration law from going into effect on September 1. Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn, Chief Judge of the Northern District of Alabama, enjoined the enforcement of HB56, the most draconian anti-immigration law in the country: From Constitutional Law Prof Blog:…
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From Alaa Roots: Take Action for Rikers’ Island Prisoners! Demand the City Create an Emergency Evacuation Plan Mayor Bloomberg has announced that in the event of a hurricane, that he will not evacuate prisoners at Rikers’ Island, claiming instead to have a “contingency plan” in place. The experience of prisoners…
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Download flyer: PDF See also: Mary Lee Ward Gets Reprieve Eviction Defense for 82 Year-Old Eviction of Cathy Lennon Stayed (7)
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No charges will be brought against conservative Justice David Prosser, a well-known misogynist who refers to his female peers and superiors as “total bitch[es],” for allegedly grabbing liberal Justice Ann Walsh Bradley in a chokehold during a “discussion” about collective bargaining rights. Both Prosser and Bradley serve on the Wisconsin…
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