#Pretrial

Andy Elders

AndyElders

THREAD: I want to share a story about SB 5007, which ends mandatory jury sentencing in Virginia. Mandatory jury sentencing denies ~80% of those accused of crimes in Virginia a

Scott Hechinger

ScottHech

THREAD: A bill is now racing thru Louisiana's legislature pushed by this guy. A former prosecutor. To destroy public defender independence, install a "defense czar" beholden to the Governor, &

Rachel Barkow

RachelBarkow

The presidential election is critical for so many reasons, but I want to highlight what's at stake for criminal justice. The Unity Task Force put together by Biden and Sanders

Matteroo 🌿

silverbetula

I've been doing some research, and here's a few things I have learned #BlackLivesMatter In America, people awaiting trial can be required to pay money so they can go

Jennifer Taub

jentaub

Waiting on the phone for the arraignment and bail hearing at the SDNY to begin for Ghislaine Maxwell. Begins at 1 p.m. More soon. Here we go. They are doing

Jannis Julien Grimm

jannisgrimm

The German newspaper @welt published a new interview w/ #Egypt's president Al-#Sisi a few days ago. While some of the questions were posed in a really smart way, others were

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chiIIum

KYIV. May 19 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian MP Andriy Derkach has made public audio materials that may indicate the influence of ex-Vice President of the United States Joseph Biden on the

NYC Black Mutual Aid

NYCBlackAid

Govts take advantage in times of crisis to expand policing, surveillance, & incarceration. @NYCCouncil & @NYCMayor aren’t providing the aid our communities urgently need. Check out our list of demands:

Scott Hechinger

ScottHech

Good morning. Meet Anthony Swain. 43. Paraplegic. Caged pretrial for 4 years. Now has COVID. At 1:00pm today, his attorneys meet w/ prosecutors to potentially lower his unaffordable bail. Delivering

Kevin S. Gillespie, Fintech and Legaltech founder.

KevinSGillespie

I’m not going to post the graphic video. I’m ashamed for humanity, and concerned it’s getting worse.The cover up is the worst part. No “rogue cop” BS here. Just a

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

drsanjaygupta

The @WHO recently announced that there are at least six Covid-19 vaccines in clinical trials. That’s encouraging, but these trials normally take years or decades to complete. We’ll go into

Deborah Golden

DebGoldenDC

Tonight, I will tweet my reading of Brown v. Flowers, a case decided by the Tenth Circuit last week, 9/14/20. This is a case about the rape of woman in

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Some stories are so vast and ghastly that they overwhelm our consciousness, beggaring our ability to hold them in our heads all at once. This is one of them, and

Stephanie ac 😬🎃

stephanie_co23

1) This will be the Ghislaine Maxwell bail hearing thread. It is going to be hard to understand who is talking and when so bear with me. If we are

Center for Community Alternatives

CCA_NY

Next week, New York’s Senate will hold a hearing on COVID-19 in jails and prisons. Why does this matter?A THREAD. 1/ In New York City, the infection rate in city

University Network for Human Rights

unitedforrights

It’s more important now than ever to stand in solidarity with grassroots activists and advocates as they fight to defend human rights. That’s why we’re launching our COVID-19 call to