Posts tagged mandatory minimums
Trapped: How Fee-Based GPS Monitoring Puts a ‘Price Tag on Freedom’
Trapped: How Fee-Based GPS Monitoring Puts a ‘Price Tag on Freedom’

An Op-Ed by Equal Justice Under Law Executive Director, Phil Telfeyan. William Edwards was giving a lift to a friend in Oakland, Ca., in November 2016 when he was stopped by police. After searching his car without a warrant, the officers found drugs in the friend’s bag.

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Phil Telfeyangps, GPS device, ankle bracelet, electronic monitoring, probation, privatization, criminal justice reform, criminalization of poverty, wealth based discrimination, discrimination, racism, california, mandatory minimums, policy reform, oakland, Phil Telfeyan, equal justice under law, wealthbased inequality, fines and fees
Alice Marie Johnson is Commuted
Alice Marie Johnson is Commuted

In our line of work, we don't get good news too often so we love to celebrate victories when they happen.

This one is special: President Trump pardoned Alice Marie Johnson, who served 21 years of a life sentence without parole for a single non-violent drug offense.

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Catherine Sevcenkomandatory minimums, drug charges, kim kardashian, president trump, alice marie johnson, presidential pardons, law, injustice, CAN-DO Foundation, Amy Povah, conspiracy