Standing outside a courtroom on the seventh floor of the Miami-Dade criminal courthouse Tuesday morning, civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump called the police shooting of a man suffering a mental breakdown “excessive” and “unconscionable.” He then demanded that the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office drop all charges against his client and said the family was considering […]
Louisiana’s Republican-dominated state legislature is poised to enact a swathe of new criminal justice measures as a special legislative session convenes on Monday, leaving reform advocates concerned about soaring rates of incarceration that may follow. The session, called by the state’s new far-right governor, Jeff Landry, will consider two dozen items including broad restrictions on […]