#DeathPenalty #ChildProtection #JusticeReform
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Death penalty would expand under new bill
A new bill calls for authorization of the death penalty as legal punishment for child rapists.
Republican U. S. Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina announced her introduction of the Death Penalty for Child Rapists Act on X Thursday.
#CivilAssetForfeiture #DueProcess #JusticeReform
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Policing For Profit: The Case Against Civil Asset Forfeiture
Civil asset forfeiture -- the legal practice of allowing government to seize property suspected of being used or involved in the commitment of a crime -- represents one of the most troubling erosions of due process in American law.
#Immigration #WrongfulConviction #JusticeReform
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He spent over 40 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned. Now he's fighting for release from ICE custody | CNN
After losing four decades of his life serving time for a murder he maintains he did not commit, a gray-haired Subramanyam "Subu" Vedam prepared to step out of a Pennsylvania prison last October as a free man.
#Innocence #Immigration #JusticeReform
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He spent over 40 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned. Now he's fighting for release from ICE custody
After losing four decades of his life serving time for a murder he maintains he did not commit, a gray-haired Subramanyam "Subu" Vedam prepared to step out of a Pennsylvania prison last October as a free man.
#DeathPenalty #Clemency #JusticeReform
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Alabama man faces execution despite not pulling trigger in 1991 killing; victim's daughter urges clemency
Charles "Sonny" Burton could be executed in Alabama despite never having killed anyone, a rare occurrence in a death penalty case that has pushed some of the jurors who sentenced him to seek clemency from the state's governor.
#JusticeReform #ImmigrationEnforcement #CongressionalOversight
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Former Capitol riot prosecutors draft strategy for Congress to probe killings, federal agent conduct in Minneapolis
Scott MacFarlane is CBS News' Justice correspondent. He has covered Washington for two decades, earning 20 Emmy and Edward R.
#PoliceBrutality #SystemicRacism #JusticeReform
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Ex-sheriff's deputy receives maximum sentence for killing unarmed...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A former Illinois sheriff's deputy was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, a Black woman who had dialed 911 to report a possible prowler outside her Springfield home.
#JusticeReform #PoliceAccountability #CivilRights
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The former Illinois deputy convicted of killing Sonya Massey faces up to 20 years in prison
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The former Illinois sheriff's deputy convicted of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 to request help, is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday.
#VictimRights #CrimePrevention #JusticeReform
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We lived in fear of meeting killers, say victims' families
Bea Swallow - West of England; Fiona Lamdin - West of England home and social affairs correspondent
There may be a limited exclusion zone around your home and place of work, but step outside of that and you risk coming face to face with the person who tore your family apart.