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CI: Two Years On, UK Riots in Context

nancy a heitzeg / August 7, 2013

† 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. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at…

CI: What Would Real Justice for Trayvon Martin Look Like?

nancy a heitzeg / July 24, 2013

President Obama On Trayvon Martin:”There is a history of racial disparities in the application of our criminal laws…”

nancy a heitzeg / July 19, 2013

President Obama’s remarks on Trayvon Martin (full transcript) You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot, I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago. And when you think about why, in the African- American…

CI: Of The Verdict, Whiteness,and Abolition

nancy a heitzeg / July 17, 2013

Zimmerman Verdict: What Does Justice Look Like?

nancy a heitzeg / July 13, 2013

Zimmerman Not Guilty in Killing of Trayvon Martin What Does #Justice4Trayvon Look Like? George Zimmerman, Not Guilty: Blood on the Leaves From the outset— throughout the forty-four days it took for there to be an arrest, and then in the sixteen months it took to for this case to come…

The New Eugenics is the Old Eugenics: Female Inmates Illegally Sterilized in California

nancy a heitzeg / July 7, 2013

Female inmates sterilized in California prisons without approval: Doctors under contract with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sterilized nearly 150 female inmates from 2006 to 2010 without required state approvals, the Center for Investigative Reporting has found. At least 148 women received tubal ligations in violation of prison…