criminal justice
Movement for justice for Oscar Grant maps next steps
July 14, 2010INGLEWOOD, Calif. - At Chuco's Justice Center here, more than 50 people met this week to discuss the next steps in the movement for justice for Oscar Grant III.
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Ex-inmates need across-the-board help, panelists say
April 27, 2010Alameda County elected officials, law enforcement officials, community organizations and current and former inmates came together April 22, to consider how best to help former prisoners.
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Senate drug sentencing bill reduces disparities, not far enough
March 18, 2010The Senate, by voice vote March 17, passed legislation that would reduce the crack/cocaine sentencing disparity.
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Cop pleads guilty to massive murder cover-up during Katrina
March 8, 2010A New Orleans police lieutenant pleads guilty to spearheading a massive cover-up of murder and violence committed by police in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
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Terrorist with connections: the strange case of Luis Posada Carriles
March 1, 2010Posada, would-be assassin of Fidel Castro, confessed bomber of Cuban tourist hotels and murderer of an Italian tourist, with a long CIA career, has won another trial delay.
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