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Why These Activists Want to Turn Jails Into Polling Places

Most people in American jails are eligible to vote, but don't actually have access to that legal right
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It's Legal to Vote From Jail, But Access is Limited

About 549,000 Americans are in the nation’s jails on a given day, according to The Sentencing Project. Jail inmates serving time for a misdemeanor or awaiting trial are eligible to vote, but there are barriers. It’s difficult to register, obtain an absentee ballot, or communicate with election officials. Durrel Douglas from The Sentencing Project joins LX News to discuss the...
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Ketanji Brown Jackson Played a Part in Fighting Racist Drug Laws. What Does This Mean for the Future of SCOTUS?

Between 1986 and 2010, the U.S. justice system punished crack cocaine 100 times more than powder cocaine, despite them being two forms of the same drug. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson was part of a group that worked to address the disparity.
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Will Senators Use Ketanji Brown Jackson's Hearings as a Soapbox?

Ketanji Brown Jackson has been confirmed to other judgeships in the past, but Supreme Court confirmation hearings often feature questions that candidates can’t really answer, says Howard University law professor Justin Hansford. “It becomes a platform for senators to be able to express their positions on different points,” Hansford said.
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Attorney Says the Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict Encourages Vigilantism

“I do think folks who are like him…unfortunately will show up and cause problems, will get themselves into trouble in the future and we may see more copycats,” attorney and former prosecutor Alex Little says after the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict. The Illinois teen was found not guilty on all counts at his murder trial after he killed two protesters in...
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WATCH: Jury Finds Kyle Rittenhouse Not Guilty in Murder Trial

Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all counts after the trial over his fatal shooting of two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin. In this clip, Rittenhouse hears the verdict from the jury foreperson and some parting words from Judge Bruce Schroeder.
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Attorney: Kyle Rittenhouse Gets Better Treatment Than My Clients

We discuss the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial and the Kyle Rittenhouse trial with criminal defense attorney and legal analyst Molly Parmer. She says the judge in Rittenhouse’s trial has shown a lot of concern for due process and Rittenhouse’s rights. “I just would like to see this level of concern apply to so many more of my clients who maybe...
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What the Ahmaud Arbery Murder and Rittenhouse Trials Tell Us About Race and the Justice System

Both trials have made national headlines and have important implications for the racial justice movement in the U.S.
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(Left) Kim Kardashian, (Right) Julius Jones.
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Friend of Death Row Inmate Julius Jones Says He Prayed for the Case to Get Attention

Julius Jones is on death row in Oklahoma, and scheduled to be executed Nov. 18, after a murder conviction that supporters say was unjust. After a feature in the Viola Davis docuseries The Last Defense and messages of support from Kim Kardashian, Jones’ case was in the public spotlight – and now Gov. Kevin Stitt has a chance to halt...
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Attorney: Kyle Rittenhouse Trial Shows the U.S. Has Two Legal Systems

Kyle Rittenhouse is on trial for shooting three people, two of them fatally, at a protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The Illinois teenager will have his fate decided by 20-person jury panel that contains one person of color, according to NBC News. Legal analyst and criminal defense attorney Molly Parmer weighs in.
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