FW: Attica, revisited
Dianne Tramutola-Lawson
From: The Marshall Project [mailto:info=themarshall...@mail215.atl81.rsgsv.net] On Behalf Of The Marshall Project
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 5:23 AM
Subject: Attica, revisited
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How New York failed its prisoners after Attica. A new book reopens debate over the bloody 1971 prison uprising and siege that spurred landmark prison reform efforts. Today reporters from The New York Times and TMP’s Tom Robbins take a look at some of the specific measures promised by state officials to inmates, many of them unrealized or half-heartedly imposed in the 45 years since the smoke cleared. The Marshall Project
What I learned cutting hair in prison. It’s safe to say that few customers are ever as happy to see a barber as Andre Lyons’ “customers” are to see him. An inmate in a Washington, D.C. jail, he cuts hair for his fellow prisoners, who are eager to see themselves in a mirror, and to get as much information about the outside world as he is able to share. He’s about to be transferred to a prison but hopes he’ll be able to cut hair there, too, because “every prison is full of guys who would love to feel more human.” In collaboration with Vice here is the latest in our “Life Inside” series. The Marshall Project So, you want to be a hostage negotiator. “Only when the hostage-taker feels heard and understood can you begin to establish a relationship of trust. Then you can start to talk him out of violence,” says Gary Noesner, the former head of the FBI’s Crisis Negotiation Unit. He explains what goes through the mind of a negotiator when he or she is trying to take down an armed gunman holding a hostage. The Trace Introducing the “outsourced prosecutor.” Not all prosecutors are voted into office or appointed by well-meaning administrators based on experience and character. A new study from Brigham Young University reveals that more communities now are trawling for prosecutors using a competitive bidding process that values cost-saving and “fine generation” over justice. The Crime Report The ties that bind. And kill. A murder in the Bronx highlights the extent to which gang ties spread through families and friends, creating in allegiances and grudges that too often end in crime, violence, and death. Here, the grim life and early death of Roberto Rodriguez is chronicled, from his journey to Mexico to his death from stab wounds. The New York Times
The bad news gets worse in Chicago, Illinois: as the murder rate soars, and crimes go unsolved, the city has 330 fewer detectives. DNAInfo An Arizona policeman killed her boyfriend. Yet she faces a murder charge. Why? Because she was with her friend when he committed the crime that led to his death. Arizona Republic Citing an old New York law, the NYPD says it will no long release the disciplinary records of its officers. New York Daily News Related: The families of police victims aren’t happy with the move. Buzzfeed A federal appeals court declares that Michigan’s sex offender laws cannot be applied retroactively because that would impose new punishments on those already sentenced. Associated Press Angela Corey, the beleaguered Florida prosecutor running for reelection, blasts the mother of a murder victim for not wanting the death penalty in her daughter’s killing. News4jax
The next moneymakers for private prison companies. Probation, parole, halfway houses, and other alternatives to incarceration. The Nation Related: Why America is right to move away from private prisons. The New Yorker More: CCA shareholders sue, alleging misleading statements. Mother Jones Finally: No end to private prison profiteering. Boston Review Expert witness gone wild. Disgraced bite-mark “expert” Michael West was deposed in a capital case appeal in Mississippi. It did not go well. The Washington Post Related: The state attorney general’s response was even worse. The Washington Post The case against Seth Williams. Philadelphia needs a new district attorney and a new kind of district attorney. Philly.com Hot checks, cold justice. More on the unconstitutional collections courts in Arkansas. Mimesis Law Related: Even a cancer patient was sent to jail. Huffington Post An ugly trial and what it could say about police culture. A Massachusetts state trooper is about to go on trial for rape. His colleagues have shown their support. His lawyer has gone after the alleged victim. The Boston Globe
Interview of the Day: Julie Stewart, who founded the advocacy group Families Against Mandatory Minimums and is now retiring, reflects on her 25 years leading the fight for sentencing reform. Mimesis Law Transfer of the Day: Judge Aaron Persky, the California judge criticized for the sentenced he handed down to Brock Turner in the Stanford sex assault case, asks to be reassigned to civil cases. Los Angeles Times Obituaries of the Day: Roger King spent three decades prosecuting homicides in Philadelphia. He had a heart of gold, his wife says. Philly.com Related: A prebuttal on his legacy. Huffington Post Lawsuit of the Day: In which Fox and others are sued for locking down juveniles in a detention facility in Chicago so producers could film scenes for “Empire.” Deadline Decision of the Day: In which a sharply-divided federal appeals court in Georgia endorses use of “summary” rulings by state appellate judges, making it harder for convicted defendants to have their substantive claims heard. Atlanta Journal Constitution |
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