The law in Martha Wright-Reed's name calls on the FCC to better regulate the exorbitant costs of prison and jail phone calls for incarcerated people and their families.
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Dubious forensic techniques have spread throughout the criminal justice system for decades. Here’s what ProPublica has learned about junk forensic science techniques and how they proliferate.
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"The video must be that bad," said law professor Sherrilyn Ifill. "But fired does not prevent rehiring elsewhere, and charged does not mean convicted. But more important than all, none of this brings back Tyre Nichols."
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Atlanta activists are calling for an independent investigation and solidarity, after police killed an Indigenous land defender in a heavily-armed raid.
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A safer plan for America would invest in its people by promoting alternative deterrents to violence.
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The NYPD maintains poor storage practices because there is no law stopping them from doing so.
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The protester was shot and killed on Wednesday during a chaotic raid of the “Stop Cop City” forest defense camp.
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