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Tag: Criminal Justice System

Posted inLatest News

An end to Death Row?

by CALmatters Network February 2, 2022February 2, 2022
Posted inCalifornia

California’s crime debate continues

by CALmatters Network December 17, 2021December 17, 2021
Posted inPolitics

Bill to End “Slavery” in Prisons Advances in Cal Legislature

by CBM Newswire July 7, 2021July 7, 2021
Posted inNational

Chauvin Sentence Is A ‘Paradigm Shift’ Says Local Attorney

by Genoa Barrow July 6, 2021July 6, 2021
Posted inNational, Opinion

Coronavirus Has Made Incarceration a Potential Death Sentence

by Trice Edney Newswire April 24, 2020April 24, 2020
Posted inLatest News

State Sets Bail to Zero for Misdemeanors and Some Felonies

by CBM Newswire April 13, 2020April 15, 2020
Posted inNational, Politics

IN MEMORIAM: Civil Rights Giant Rev. Joseph Lowery of Alabama, Dies at 98

by NNPA April 1, 2020April 1, 2020
Posted inNational

Study finds racial gap narrows in prison, jail, parole

by Associated Press December 3, 2019December 3, 2019
Posted inLatest News

Gov. Newsom Wants to Close One State Prison

by CBM Newswire November 27, 2019November 27, 2019
Posted inEducation, National

Report: Blacks Seven-Times More Likely than Whites to Be Wrongfully Convicted of Murder

by NNPA July 12, 2019April 20, 2021

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