Equal Justice Under Law is celebrating our seventh anniversary on March 24, 2021! Our longevity and success in the fight against wealth-based inequality in the justice system would not be possible without our generous supporters.
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Progress is underway for voting rights restoration in Tennessee. We filed a lawsuit in December 2020 challenging Tennessee’s process for restoring the right to vote for citizens previously convicted of a felony. Under Tennessee law, people with prior felony convictions are eligible to restore their right to vote if they meet certain criteria.
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The effort to end cash bail nationwide recently got a huge boost: On January 13, 2021, the Illinois general assembly passed the Pretrial Fairness Act, which will phase out the use of wealth-based pre-trial detention over the next two years. The bill now heads to Governor Pritzker, who is expected to sign the bill into law.
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Remember those $1,200 checks some people received earlier this year under the CARES Act in response to the coronavirus pandemic? Incarcerated individuals were excluded from receiving them, for no other reason than their incarcerated status.
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When Justice Ginsburg died on September 18, the nation lost the Supreme Court’s only civil rights lawyer. For those passionate about equality, her passing is a huge loss to a federal judiciary that is becoming more and more detached from the experiences of actual people.
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“We are moving all classroom instruction for all of our schools to virtual learning environments. Beginning Monday, March 16th, we are suspending all in-person, face-to-face, on-campus classroom instruction. This will continue until further notice.”
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Are parents who are unable to pay their child support orders deserving of the punishment and vilification that often accompanies their nonpayment? The answer is probably much more complicated than many believe.
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The massive tragedy of Rayshard Brooks’ death occurred in a time marked by police killings. The injustices unfolding in our country have been on my mind as I’ve been back home in Atlanta, interning with Equal Justice Under Law, and as a black person I’ve wondered what the act of violence that claimed his life means in the larger context of our long national problem with policing.
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Like you, we at Equal Justice Under Law are angered over the unjustified killing of George Floyd and countless others. Like many of you, we too have taken to the streets in protest and to organize comfort services for other protesters…
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The billion-dollar prison phone call industry exploits one of our country’s most vulnerable populations by drastically overcharging inmates, with a fifteen-minute phone call costing as high as $24.82…
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In 2018, Equal Justice Under Law filed a lawsuit against a private corporation, Leaders in Community Alternatives (LCA), Inc., for routinely extorting impoverished individuals on probation…
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In the midst of an unprecedented global pandemic, Equal Justice Under Law continues its mission to fight for the most vulnerable members of society. On Friday, Equal Justice Under Law filed a motion for the release of Michael under the First Step Act…
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A preliminary injunction was filed today to expedite the review of a lawsuit that aims to relieve hundreds of people currently detained unjustly pending immigration proceedings.
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The world is in the midst of a pandemic and every aspect of our society is being affected. Equal Justice Under Law is no exception. This crisis is taking its toll on the clients we represent in our cases, and with widespread court closures, many lawsuits are at a temporary halt.
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