Much more needs to be done to address the horrors of the for-profit prison system in our country. Both state and federal governments give large sums of money to a few mega-companies that privately run most of the prisons. The contracts with these companies require the government to keep prison beds full, so governments must… Read More
35 Years Suffering Behind Bars for Innocent, Mentally Ill Woman Framed by Cops, DA & Doctor RENO, NV – Attorneys for Cathy Woods, who according to the National Registry of Exonerations’ database is the longest-ever wrongfully incarcerated woman in U.S. history, filed suit in federal court here today against four former Reno, NV and Shreveport,… Read More
Cop Sued 4 Times in Last 5 Years Headed to Court Again MARKHAM, IL – A Markham cop accused of violence against civilians in four other federal lawsuits has been sued in federal court again today, this time for beating up a recently hospitalized disabled man, sending him to the hospital again with a life-threatening… Read More
Our justice system only works when it has actual judges available to mete out justice. The Supreme Court has been operating down one judge ever since Antonin Scalia died in February 2016. And from what the controlling senators have had to say, it appears that the judicial vacancy on the Supreme Court will not be… Read More
Given the South’s problematic history with equal justice issues, this may be surprising: a Mississippi county may be on its way to becoming a national leader in local prison reform. In May 2015, the Justice Department found that Hinds County, Mississippi’s jails were “in crisis” (which says a lot, considering the very low bar of our poor… Read More
