The Justice Report
The Justice Report is a journal dedicated to the advancement of civil rights by providing context and understanding for issues most prominently affecting our justice system today. This curated collection is an online database focused on poverty, historical civil rights benchmarks, staff and contributor insights, and the inner workings of our government leaders.
Act 95 was passed by Pennsylvania’s General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Tom Wolf earlier this year; however, Act 95 was not enforced retroactively, leaving tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians on license suspension for years to come.
Read MoreEqual Justice Under Law joins the ACLU of Ohio and dozens of sister organizations in urging the Supreme Court of Ohio to adopt critical bail reform.
Read MoreEqual Justice Under Law is seeking relief in its federal lawsuit, Wright v. Family Support Division, filed in Missouri federal court in March of this year. The suit aims to end Missouri’s practice of suspending driver’s licenses of parents who are unable to pay child support.
Read MoreIn 2015, the city of Newark, Arkansas passed a discriminatory law designed to banish people from its community simply because they are poor. Specifically, Newark’s law required that any person living in a mobile home worth less than $25,000 (for a single-wide) or $35,000 (for a double-wide) be denied entrance into the city, and that any person in violation of the law be fined up to $500 per day for this “offense.”
Read MoreIndividuals arrested in San Francisco will no longer be assigned a price tag on their freedom. Federal judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued an injunction that will finally put an end to San Francisco’s discriminatory and arbitrary bail system.
Read MoreIndividuals arrested in San Francisco will no longer be assigned a price tag on their freedom. Last week, Equal Justice Under Law and Sheriff Vicki Hennessy filed a proposed settlement that will finally put an end to San Francisco’s discriminatory and arbitrary bail system.
Read MoreMore than 600,000 Texans will be eligible to have their drivers licenses reinstated and pending surcharges waived as the Driver Responsibility Program (DRP) repeal takes effect.
Read MoreA critical hearing was held August 24th regarding the future of the money bail system in San Francisco. The case, Buffin v. Hennessy, has been pending in federal court for the Northern District of California.
Read MoreExpungement is set up to give people with a criminal history a second chance. It’s a clean slate, a fresh start. But, it is often only available if you can afford to pay for it.
Read MoreOn Thursday, April 4, 2019, Equal Justice Under Law sent a letter to Attorney General Ken Paxton and other state officials regarding the Texas Failure to Appear/Failure to Pay Program, otherwise known as the OmniBase Services, promising civil litigation if changes are not made to the program that would make it more equitable.
Read MoreThe college admissions scandal -- while shocking in some ways -- has revealed what most Americans have always known: the rich have many advantages when it comes to higher education. As bad (and as illegal) as it is to bribe admissions officers, SAT proctors, and athletics coaches to get one’s own child admitted to a prestigious university, it is only the newest way we’ve learned that some wealthy parents have of manipulating the admissions system to their advantage.
On March 4, 2019, in the federal court in San Francisco, Equal Justice Under Law won its lawsuit against the bail schedule system.
Read MoreIn 2014 Missouri adopted legislation that authorized its courts and agencies to suspend an individual’s driver’s license if they owe $2,500 in past-due child support, or three months of payments, whichever is less.
Read MoreGood hard working people are being forced into a modern-day debtors’ prison through the suspension of their driver’s license and the vicious cycle that revolves between ever-increasing fines and the inability to get to work to pay them off.
Read MoreInjustice becomes the norm, people turn into numbers, and lives morph into statistics as the Prison Industrial Complex morphs into the Private Prison Industrial Complex.
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