On AlterNet: criminal justice
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "criminal justice"
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. February 6, 2008.
Looks like "post-racial" politics haven't reached the courtroom
Lucinda Marshall, Feminist Peace Network AlterNet: PEEK. November 28, 2007.
Lucinda Marshall: Saud al-Faisal says the sentencing will be reviewed, but he still doesn't get it.
Lucinda Marshall, Feminist Peace Network AlterNet: PEEK. November 26, 2007.
Lucinda Marshall: The 19-year-old has already been sentenced to 6 months in jail and 200 lashes.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. November 22, 2007.
Faiz Shakir: Apparently, there is some negotiability in Bush's demands for human freedom.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. November 15, 2007.
Melissa McEwan: This is being done by one of our "allies."
Ann Bartow, Feminist Law Professors AlterNet: PEEK. November 7, 2007.
Ann Bartow: I wonder if the average porn consumer would recognize what was occurring or care about the coercive way that it was produced.
TChris, AlterNet: PEEK. October 27, 2007.
TChris: If you believe in justice, the best news you are likely to hear today is this.
Tony Newman, AlterNet: PEEK. September 10, 2007.
Tony Newman: Are eight cops really necessary when arresting two people for one joint?
Liliana Segura, AlterNet: PEEK. August 15, 2007.
Liliana Segura: The state of Texas is about to execute the first of five death row prisoners by lethal injection over the next 15 days. Enough is enough.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. July 15, 2007.
Richard Blair: The prosecutor in the controversial Genarlow Wilson case is under fire for distributing several copies of a tape featuring Wilson and another teen engaging in a sex act.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. July 15, 2007.
A decade after Simpson was acquitted, blacks are paying for the verdict by being kept out of juries.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. June 11, 2007.
Jill Filipovic: I think it’s fascinating that of all the disgusting things Paris Hilton has done, what people are really upset about is the fact that she’s promiscuous.
Adam Howard, AlterNet: PEEK. June 7, 2007.
Julie Amero, a Connecticut substitute teacher unfairly prosecuted for accidentally showing porn to her students, is getting a second chance to defend herself.
Nomi Prins, AlterNet. June 2, 2007.
A conversation with author David Rose about a murder trial gone wrong and what it tells us about the racial and economic bias in America's criminal justice system today.
Prema Polit, AlterNet. April 14, 2007.
In the U.S., over 2.13 million people are incarcerated. Sasha Abramsky's new book, "American Furies," explores the bloated prison system and its tremendous financial and moral cost to our society.
