† 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 CST. We Demand the Right to Vote: The Formerly…
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† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm CST Why The Voting Rights Act Is Still Necessary Today…
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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 CST. The Year of the Vote by Nancy A.…
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Election Day round-up, protecting voters’ rights Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison this week introduced two bills designed to protect the right to vote: Rep. Keith Ellison has introduced two bills in the U.S. House to combat state voting laws introduced primarily by Republicans in 34 states that the DFL lawmaker says…
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From Colorlines: Dorothy Cooper is a 96-year-old black woman who lives in Chattanooga,Tennessee. She was recently denied a voter identification card because she didn’t have her marriage certificate available — the same card that’s required by the state to vote. This coming election may be the first one she misses…
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According to the New York Law Journal, there have been 266 documented DNA exonerations nationwide, since DNA was first used over 20 years ago to exonerate innocent persons. In 2009, a Justice Task Force was created by Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the State of New York, to help address…
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Besides the obvious fact that voter suppression laws (1) drip with xenophobia, racism, and nativism; and (2) continue to suppress historically disenfranchised groups — there is an exorbitant price tag associated with implementing voter suppression efforts. Progressive States.org has an excellent chart showing the projected costs of Voter ID law…
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