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For Texas Schoolchildren, Minor Misbehavior Can Mean Criminal Charges

Kristian Hernández, Asher Lehrer-Small, Clare Amari and Rosie Cima The New York Times
More students ages 10 to 13 are ending up in the justice system after vaping, making threats and lashing out at school. Children ages 10 to 13 were referred for prosecution after incidents in schools more than 47,000 times since 2014...

ICE Agents Can Be Charged With Murder

David Dayen The American Prospect
As a killing in Minneapolis is documented the law clearly stipulates federal agents do not have universal immunity. Federal officers are not, merely because they are such, granted immunity from prosecution in state courts for crimes against state law

Trump Does Not Have Mandate

Peter Dreier Talking Points Memo
Newspaper headlines have called Donald Trump’s victory “decisive,” “massive,” “resounding,” “historic,” and “sweeping.” None of those things are true. Recent public opinion polls reveal that Trump’s professed policy agenda is very unpopular.

Should You Lose Your Right To Vote if You Have a Criminal Record?

María Constanza Costa Nonprofit Quarterly
The right to participate in the conduct of public affairs, which includes the right to vote and to be elected, is at the very heart of democratic governments based on the will of the people, according to the United Nations.

Parole Commission: It’s Long Past the Time to FREE Leonard Peltier

Levi Rickert Native News Online
"We are hoping and praying that the parole commission will grant Leonard parole so that he can go back to his people on the Turtle Mountain Reservation to be with his loved ones to serve to be with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren."
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