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#LetTheTruthBeTold ... #americagonewild ... In this episode of @Aimed2PurposeRadioShow , host Louise Hicks gives her audience an opportunity to take a look at the California Injustice System under Kamala Harris as Attorney General of California where Jamal Trulove tells his story of being framed and sentenced to 50 years in prison for a murder that he didn't commit. Jamal's false imprisonment led him to over 6 years in prison before he was vindicated with his sentence being overturned. Having 2 Black adult sons born and raised in California, I know first hand about the California Injustice System, which isn't just in California, but throughout America where particularly Black men are given significantly longer sentences for the same crimes that whites commit who are given lighter sentences and sometimes just a slap on the hand. Jamal's story is compelling and just think of how many innocent Black men are now sitting in prison for crimes that they didn't commit. If you recall, Attorney Bryan Stevenson, who authored the book "Just Mercy" that ultimately became a movie, staring Jamie Fox depicted another Black man who Attorney Bryan Stevenson vindicated. Attorney Stevenson was also on 60 minutes and other news outlets where he saw the need to establish an organization called "Equal Justice Initiative" in 1989 aimed at criminal justice reform in the United States. #kamalaharris ... #jamaltrulove ... #criminaljustice ... #blackmaleimpact ... #injustice ... #blackcommunities ... #blackfamily ... #politics ... #democrats ... #republicans ... #blackmentalhealth ... #americanpolitician ... #congressionalblackcaucus ... #blackman ... #blackwoman ... #b1 ... #americanpolitician ... #falseimprisonment ... #louisehicks ... #aimed2purpose ... #californiaattorneygeneral ... #sanfrancisco ... #blackempowerment ... #blackpsychologist ... #blackmentalwellness ... #powernomics ... #bryanstevenson ... #equaljustice ... #equaljusticeinitiative ... #justmercy

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Ashtian Barnes should be alive today! TCRP and Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell (@wtotrial) have filed a friend of the court brief in Barnes v. Felix case, asking the United States Supreme Court to end the Fifth Circuit’s harmful "moment-of-threat" doctrine that Officer Felix used to justify Ashtian's death. Last year, TCRP released its Safe Passage: Traffic Safety & Civil Rights report, highlighting how minor traffic stops lead to senseless violence, family separations, wealth extraction, and incarceration. Today, that Report was featured in our brief to the United States Supreme Court asking for justice for Black and Brown drivers across Texas. No one should fear for their life simply due to a traffic stop. This case is crucial for the safety and civil rights of Black and Brown communities who are unfairly targeted by police. Read the full report here and follow TCRP for more updates about this important case. https://lnkd.in/g-vd8Gdf

Hey, we know her! One of our Smart Justice Advocates co-leaders, Selena Coomer, talked to Spectrum about how legislation like House Bill 124 helps people like her rebuild their lives and find meaningful employment after being convicted of a crime. Read more about Selena's story and HB 124:

On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the Deskovic Foundation for Justice honors Johnny Tall Bear, a member of the Iowa Tribe, who was exonerated after serving 26 years for a crime he did not commit. In 1992, Tall Bear was wrongfully convicted of murder based on an eyewitness misidentification and discredited forensic testimony. Despite no physical evidence linking him to the crime and his serious health limitations at the time, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Thanks to DNA testing conducted by the Innocence Project and the cooperation of the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office, new evidence revealed that Tall Bear was innocent. DNA found on the victim and at the crime scene belonged to two unknown individuals, excluding Tall Bear entirely. His conviction was vacated in 2018, and he was finally freed after decades of wrongful incarceration. This case emphasizes the importance of reforming eyewitness identification practices and forensic science to prevent such injustices, particularly in Native communities, where systemic issues contribute to disproportionate rates of wrongful convictions. Tall Bear’s exoneration is a victory for justice, but it also serves as a call to action to prevent future injustices and to support those transitioning back to life after exoneration. #IndigenousPeoplesDay #JusticeForAll #WrongfulConviction #NativeRights #JohnnyTallBear #InnocenceProject #DeskovicFoundation #Exoneration #FightForJustice #PreventWrongfulConvictions #IndigenousJustice #EyewitnessMisidentification #ForensicReform #NativeAmerican #JusticeSystemReform #DNAExoneration #SystemicInjustice #SupportExonerees

A recent opinion piece in The New York Times discusses the role of intimate partner violence in the homicide convictions of women. In a study from the Stanford Law School's Criminal Justice Center, researchers surveyed 649 women incarcerated in California prisons for murder or manslaughter. Of the 134 that were convicted in the deaths of their partners, 110 experienced domestic abuse in the year leading up to their offenses. ➡️ Read the article: https://loom.ly/s-I5kuc ➡️ Read the study: https://loom.ly/OegXVZI #StandWithSurvivors #EndDV #EndIPV #SupportSurvivors

Though African Americans are slightly more likely than Whites to be the perpetrators in interracial homicides, only 11% of all homicides are interracial, whereas 89% are intraracial. Race, Rape, and the Death Penalty https://buff.ly/3wJnS3T The wrongful conviction of a Black man for rape was reversed nearly five decades later in what is said to be the longest-standing wrongful conviction in US history https://buff.ly/4c7WrRC Black people are 13.6% of the American population but 53% of the 3,200 exonerations listed in the National Registry of Exonerations. Judging from exonerations, innocent Black Americans are seven times more likely than white Americans to be falsely convicted of serious crimes. Innocent Black people are about seven-and-a-half times more likely to be convicted of murder than innocent white people. That applies equally to those who are sentenced to death and those who are not. Part of that disparity is tied to the race of the victims. About 13% of murders by Black people have white victims, but twice as many—26% of innocent Black murder exonerees— were convicted of killing white people. Innocent Black people are almost eight times more likely than white people to be falsely convicted of rape. A prisoner serving time for sexual …

At CHOOSE 180 we believe in investing in young people, not prisons. Our Court Diversion program partners with the City of Seattle Prosecuting Attorney’s office to offer young people an alternative to prosecution. One of our prior program participants had this to say about their experience: “Coming in...it was to dismiss my charge but I'm leaving with a lot more to think about + realizing a lot of my choices I could do different." Learn more about our Court Diversion program here: https://lnkd.in/gbXxRwKB #WhyIChooseWednesday #JuvenileJustice #RestorativeJustice

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