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Jon Burge tortured black men for years and his fellow officers covered for him. The cover-ups continued long after he was gone.

Wednesday, June 10: A Strike For Black Lives #STRIKE4BLACKLIVES #STRIKEFORBLACKLIVES #SHUTDOWNSTEM WHO ARE THE PARTICLES FOR JUSTICE?

Only if the screams and tears and protests shake the very conscience of this nation can we hope for a better society on the other side of this

I think one’s got to look not at the technofix—you’ve got to look at the transformation of the way in which all of us live and ask how you move toward that in a time of gross inequality within and between nations.

The Rap Brown Law is based on the idea that one person, crossing a state line with the intent to participate in mischief, ought to be prosecuted based on his or her writings or speech, duly intercepted, or by the compelled testimony of his comrades.

Most tenants don't understand their rights, whether they have a legal defense in an eviction case, and whether they can get a better deal in a settlement.

A new Brennan Center report details vast racial and gender disparities on state supreme courts around the country.

Marshall had neither a Harvard degree nor wide legal experiences, but he possessed an extraordinary judicial temperament and proved to be an outstanding federal judge. Of his 98 majority decisions on the circuit court, not one was overturned.

The wheels of justice are known for turning slowly, but they moved so sluggishly in Mr. Tigano’s case that on Tuesday, the United States Appeals Court for the Second Circuit issued a scathing opinion dismissing his indictment.

Billions of gallons of pig feces and urine are collected in lagoons, mixed with blood and rotting pig body parts. To keep these fetid ponds from overflowing, the toxic liquid is pumped skyward with enormous spray devices, aerosolizing the waste, which is carried away by the wind.