5 Things to Know About Kamala Harris’ Criminal Justice Record
Jul 21, 2024 · Here’s where Vice President Kamala Harris, a former prosecutor, stands on important criminal justice issues. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on July 17, 2024. Carlos Osorio/Associated Press. By Jamiles Lartey and Lakeidra Chavis. Key criminal justice and immigration issues on the campaign trail.
Kamala Harris’ Complex Record as Prosecutor: What to Know | The ...
Jul 27, 2024 · Innocence Cases. In 2008, Jamal Trulove was arrested in San Francisco and prosecuted by Harris’ office for the murder of his friend Seu Kuka. An appellate court later found that police officers had framed Trulove, and he was released after six years in prison. The city agreed to pay him a $13 million settlement.
I Got A Life Sentence At 17. Then I Was Raped In Prison.
Nov 1, 2018 · One day, he came into the office, which was located in the back of the barracks and had brown paper covering its windows. He locked the door, and he raped me. Then he told me to “get my ass back to work,” and left. In the following days and weeks, he regularly threatened me, telling me to keep my mouth shut or else.
New Data Shows Violent Crime Is Up… And Also Down. - The …
Nov 3, 2023 · According to the FBI’s crime statistics, the number of murders dropped by 6.1% from 2021 to 2022, but is still higher than where it was prior to the pandemic. For some observers, the jump in serious violent crime was always bound to stabilize, as the shock from the early pandemic wore off. “Violent crime rates had been trending down for at ...
A Boy Among Men - The Marshall Project
Feb 25, 2015 · He becomes a slave in the fullest sense of the term.”. the Scottsboro Boys 1 The Scottsboro Boys were a group of nine black teenagers who in 1931 faced false accusations of raping two white women on an Alabama train. Their trials were marked by lynch mobs and all-white juries, and they have since been pardoned.
Nine Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Parole
Jul 10, 2015 · 8. Parole boards can dictate your life on the outside, too. Parole boards don't just decide who to send home. They also decide what the conditions of people's parole will be, and what the consequences are if they violate parole. In some states, boards can even decide whom to consider for parole and when. 9.
How Many Mass Shootings in U.S.? What You Need to Know
Nov 1, 2023 · The Violence Project counted eight mass shootings in 2021, and seven in 2022. As mass shootings in the U.S. reached a record high, so did the number of deaths and injuries. From 2018 to 2022, perpetrators killed 257 people — close to the 266 fatalities in the five-year period that ended in 2017, and significantly more than any previous period.
What 24 Hours in Prison Is Really Like | The Marshall Project
Jul 12, 2018 · Count times in prison are an imprecise science, from a convict’s point of view. Sure, they start at the same times each day: 5 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 4 p.m., 9 p.m., and midnight. But when each one might end is anybody’s guess. It’s basically purgatory. On this particular day, I get lucky.
How the Juvenile Detention Crisis Is 'Cruel and Unusual'
Aug 13, 2022 · In Texas, children and teens in the juvenile justice system are routinely locked in cells for all but 30 minutes a day, and nearly half are on suicide watch. This week, the director of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, the agency in charge of the state’s five juvenile prisons, told lawmakers the system is on the verge of collapse.
The Short, Fraught History of the ‘Thin Blue Line’ American Flag
Jun 8, 2020 · Before the flag came the phrase. The idea of a “thin blue line” can be traced all the way back to a 1854 British battle formation, a “thin red line” used during the Crimean War and then popularized in art, poetry and song. According to lawyers James Clapp and Elizabeth Thornburg, who have dug up the history behind popular phrases, the ...