Congress Clinches Deal To Restore Pell Grants For Prisoners 26 Years After Ban
Congressional leaders have struck a deal to reinstate Pell grants for incarcerated students more than a quarter century after banning the aid for
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Black Lives Matter
āThe Best News Iāve Heard in All My Lifeā: Termaine Hicks Is Exonerated After 19 Years of Wrongful Incarceration
On Wednesday, Termaine Hicks received the āthe best Iāve heard in all my life.ā After 19 years in prison for a crime he
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āYou Have the Wrong Place:ā Body Camera Video Shows Moments Police Handcuff Innocent, Naked Woman During Wrong Raid
For the first time, police body camera video reveals whatĀ an innocent woman said happened to herĀ nearly two years ago: police officers wrongly entered
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At A Time Of Pandemic, My Clients Keep Dying
I opened my email at 8:30 in the morning and my heart sank. A ādear subscriberā notification, simple and plain, told me that
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Whitmer Signs Clean Slate Michigan, Allowing Automatic Felony Expungement
Hundreds of thousands more Michiganders will become eligible to have their criminal records wiped clean under legislation signed into law by Gov. Gretchen
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Michael Simmons
āIt is my hope, using my life’s experience and this education, to one day return to our communities in need as part of
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131 Mile Walk Supporting Clemency For Julius Jones
A collective of supporters for Julius Jones will walk 131 miles from the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City. Beginning 5AM December 31st
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Push To End No-Knock Warrants
The former head of an organization for tactical officers has endorsed an effort by the prominent police reform and racial justice group Campaign
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Kamala Harris, Prosecutor’s Tale
Harris offered a pair of stories as evidence of the importance of a Black womanās doing this work. Once, ear hustling, she listened
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Mercy For Juveniles
Kyle Rittenhouse can be charged as an adult, and if convicted, could face a life sentence without parole. Despite the anger I have
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