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The Dobbs Wire retweeted
50 years ago on Monday, the American Psychiatric Institute’s rank and file fended off an effort to overturn the APA board’s Dec. 15, 1973, decision to remove homosexuality as a mental disorder from the DSM. Fifty-eight percent voted to uphold the vote, I report for @NBCOUT.
The Dobbs Wire retweeted
Investigative journalists this year broke crucial stories about prisons and the legal system - climate crises, exploitation, surveillance, and more. Here’s an incomplete list of excellent reporting we read in 2023 on prisons and criminalization: 🧵
The Dobbs Wire retweeted
Three years ago, I got some footage that I couldn’t get out of my mind.
It showed the first police killing captured on body-worn cameras in NY.
The NYPD didn’t want anyone to see it.
It eventually launched me on the biggest story I’ve ever done, w/ @NYTmag
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Prosectors--> Ohio prosecutors broke rules to win convictions and GOT AWAY WITH IT
@NPR @NACDL @NLGNYCnews @juliebosman
@ColumbiaJourno @917wvxu
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The Dobbs Wire retweeted
It's notable that the CT Governor is trying to do this, especially after the embarrassing defeat that NY Gov. experienced with the state senate rejecting her nominee. The lack of judges who have spent any part of their career representing vulnerable people is a national scandal.
Gov. Ned Lamont said he was confident Nora R. Dannehy would win confirmation for the Connecticut Supreme Court. However, some activists raised concerns that there are too many prosecutors on the state’s highest court.
trib.al/AgzeV3m
The Dobbs Wire retweeted
Interesting and sordid. The stuff of true crime podcasts from @HammerDaily.
A raw, stunning account of how #NYPD accountability operates!
@PROPNYC @theCCR @avitale @powellnyt @CharlesMBlow @KeeganNYC @thrasherxy @JohnTeufelNYC
indypendent.org/2023/06/nypd…
Murder convictions OVERTURNED. "Kareem Mayo and Donnell Perkins spent over two decades behind bars for a murder they didn't commit. They were put away by a single witness who lied about his eyesight"
Shocked! Many corporate media outlets "appear to be taken aback by the idea that the NY State Senate could actually exercise its constitutional power to reject a judicial nominee" #NoOnLaSalle
fair.org/home/new-york-press…
More taxpayer money down the drain for failed policies. Time to #EndTheRegistry. Time for new thinking about prevention and accountability for sexual violence.
ojp.gov/news/news-release/do…
The Dobbs Wire retweeted
No one ever requires police and prisons to provide evidence based proof that they are effective. Only reforms are required to meet that standard.
Appellate Squawk: Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg SUPPORTS Discrimination Against HIV+ Persons
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@TheSeroProject @hivlawandpolicy @thrasherxy @ManhattanDA
The Dobbs Wire retweeted
US organizations file complaint at United Nations stating LWOP and other extreme prison terms "are cruel i... sentencing.typepad.com/sente…
The Dobbs Wire retweeted
Massive prison sentences are almost impossible to undo. This resolution/report I drafted for the ABA calling for second look review for all sentences (no carveouts) after ten years was just approved. bit.ly/3R23VKP Not a fix but hoping it helps
EVIL AT WORK: "Last Thursday night, the state of Alabama took three hours to find a vein in Joe Nathan James Jr through which officials could pump lethal injection drugs and execute him..." #AbolishCapitalPunishment
msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-…
Grooming: "The accusation that queer people are “grooming” children to be gay or question their gender is just the modern equivalent of the blood libel--the molestation libel."
bostonreview.net/articles/gr…
"I do not believe in monsters; I do not believe in the other."
"There is no them, there is only us."
Elegant essay by Joseph Margulies!
verdict.justia.com/2022/05/0…
RESISTANCE building against notorious Texas 'shadow prison' where people are locked up indefinitely for imaginary future crimes! Check out this new report @KLBKNews
Protestors demanding change after alleging mistreatment of sex offenders in Littlefield facility. KLBK's @ElizabethFitzTV has details. trib.al/e05pkAZ
Death penalty madness! Arizona readying executions using Nazi method -- Zyklon B gas, same gas used in Nazi concentration camps to kill millions of Jews, homosexuals, political dissidents, Roma and others. #deathpenalty @GeneralBrnovich @azcentral
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