By Alan Bean This week, Curtis Flowers is being tried for capital murder for the sixth time in Winona, Mississippi. Friends of Justice is observing the trial. In this update from Day Eight, Friends of Justice’s Executive Director explains why the “evidence” offered by the prosecution is fundamentally misleading. “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” The [...]
Continue reading …Audrey Stewart and Davida Finger also contributed to this article An African American man, Curtis Flowers, made history this week when he became the first person in U.S. history to ever go on trial for murder six times for the same crime. Mr. Flowers has been in jail in Mississippi since 1996, accused of the [...]
Continue reading …What will the justice system look like, with regard to race, in the year 2042?
May 26, 2010 No CommentBy Todd R. Clear, Rod K. Brunson, and Johnna Chrsitian We are a generation away from 2042. So another way of asking this question is, “What will the next generation bring about with regards to race and criminal justice?” One way to estimate the changes that will occur in the next 32 years is to [...]
Continue reading …Dear Obama Administration, instead of having our Drug Czar focus on addiction recovery and prevention programs, how about changing the policy of our racialized criminal justice system that has used the “War on Drugs” policy to put more Black males in the criminal justice system than slavery in 1850? Around this time last year, the [...]
Continue reading …Randy Credico is a former comedian turned political activist/drug law reformer who has worked as Director for the William Moses Knustler Fund for Racial Justice the past 12 years. Now, he’d like to take on and challenge Senator Chuck Schumer for his seat in the Senate. Part 1 of my interview with Randy can be [...]
Continue reading …Randy Credico is a former comedian turned political activist/drug law reformer who has worked as Director for the William Moses Knustler Fund for Racial Justice the past 12 years. Now, he’d like to take on and challenge Senator Chuck Schumer for his seat in the Senate. Kathleen Wells: Randy, talk to me about the challenge [...]
Continue reading …Civil liberties groups are suing the federal government to get information on a program that makes local jails—including New York—part of the immigration enforcement network.
Continue reading …Incarceration rates are skyrocketing, particularly for men of color. The racial bias in law enforcement and incarceration rates is well-documented. Are we at the dawn of a new civil rights movement?
Continue reading …The information in this blog has been modified to protect my client and to comply with the Minnesota Rules of Professional Responsibility. When I launched my blog a year ago today I wrote, “My goal is to provide legal assistance to disenfranchised women and their families. This will benefit women who are leaving prison, and their [...]
Continue reading …It is no secret that our country’s criminal justice system has consistently proven to be biased against minority communities of color. Statistics published by the NAACP show that even amongst those found guilty of crimes, African-Americans continue to be disproportionately sentenced to life in prison, face higher drug sentences, and are executed at higher rates [...]
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