Weekly Digest
Here’s what we’re reading this week.
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Enduring Injustice: the Persistence of Racial Discrimination in the U.S. Death Penalty
NYPD Study: Implicit Bias Training’s Effect On Policing Unclear
Half of All False Convictions in the U.S. Involved Police or Prosecutor Misconduct, Finds New Report
Voting in Jail: How Advocates Are Trying to Expand Access
Duke’s Wilson Center for Science and Justice tackles criminal justice reform with $5 million grant
Weekly Digest #38
In the Shadows: A Review of the Research on Plea Bargaining
Study Spotlights Racial Disparities in Mass. Criminal Justice System
Harvard Law School Study on Racial Disparities
Driving while Black: Analysis of Traffic Stops Reveals Racial Disparities in Several US Cities
Duke Faculty, Alumni Discuss Involvement in Successful Challenge to N.C. Racial Justice Act Repeal
Police ‘Pretext’ Traffic Stops Need to End, Some Lawmakers Say
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Amicus Brief in Support of NC Felony Disenfranchisement Lawsuit
Supreme Court ruling shows why NC must end its racist death penalty
A Growing Number of State Courts Are Confronting Unconscious Racism In Jury Selection
Hope for People Who Say Racism Tainted Their Death Sentence
How My White Privilege Protected Me In Jail
San Jose legislator’s Racial Justice Act passes Senate committee
Weekly Digest #34
Reforms in the local criminal justice system aim to address racial disparities
Fear of a Black Uprising: Confronting the white pathologies that shape racist policing
‘That’s why we have clemency,’ says legislator on calls for governor to free Ronnie Long
Supreme Court Sides with Jail over COVID-19 Safety
City of Lexington, NC to file lawsuit demanding relocation of Confederate monument
Weekly Digest #33
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Duke’s Maher Underscores Importance of Public Defense in Governor’s Task Force
Common Cause files brief in NC Supreme Court case challenging race discrimination in jury selection
Asheville, Buncombe law enforcement to sign ‘officer misconduct’ agreement
Weekly Digest #31
Results of NC Study on Race and Gender in Traffic Stops
10 Ways To Reduce Our Reliance On Policing And Make Our Communities Safer For Everyone
NC woman blocked from jury for Black Lives Matter protests
How You Can Help Dismantle America’s Economic Apartheid
Governor’s Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice Convenes First Public Comment Session
A black woman in NC faces prison for a voting mistake. prosecutors just doubled the charges
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If We Truly Value Black Lives, End Stand-Your-Ground
Veteran NC civil rights lawyer: The meaning, impact and promise of the Racial Justice Act
Being Teargassed Never Leaves You. That’s Why My City is Working to Stop its Use
Pitt County NC Commissioners Vote 7-2 to Remove Confederate Memorial
Lawyers: NC has constitutional duty to remove Confederate monuments