incriminating themselves or accepting unjust plea bargains. The proposed $25-million fund for state agencies to mount a legal defense against mass deportations will prove to be an empty gesture if ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers have overlooked the first and most important line of defense for vulnerable immigrants: public defenders.

Court adjourns Evan's plea bargain hearing as the convicted kidnapper seeks leniency. An Ikeja High Court on Thursday adjourned till March 20 to hear a plea bargain agreement filed by the ...

It’s been three months since California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 36, a new law that pledged to provide ...

When this happened in concert with Democrat-run states — often driven by concern about the disproportionate numbers of Black prisoners in custody — the mass incarceration tide in the US began ...

In October of 2023, the initiative was launched at Bowie State University with the stated goal of reducing mass incarceration in Maryland. They brought together dozens of stakeholders from ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A plea agreement has been reached for a Houston ... Officers then spoke with detectives, who confirmed the suspect vehicle in the hit-and-run crash on Mass Avenue was a 2022 red Ford ...

When Rodriguez has an upcoming appointment with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, sometimes his daughter’s grades slip. The stress of not knowing whether ICE will let him stay in the ...

She shares her Brief But Spectacular take on helping to end the harm mass incarceration causes for families. Artist Paul Rucker on bringing truth to light around American systemic racism Paul ...

According to a statement from San Jacinto County District Attorney B. Todd Dillon, Oropeza's plea bargain was extended to his defense counsel only after "several meetings" with the victims ...

“Mass deportation” as a term has the same function as “mass incarceration,” in that it makes normal law enforcement sound like a fascist violation of civil rights. But there is no “mass incarceration” ...