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Redeploy Illinois is a community-based alternative to incarceration, which keeps kids in their home communities. For decades, most youthful offenders in Illinois were sent to juvenile detention. But 17 years ago, state officials decided there is a better way to help kids headed down the wrong path. The program, considered a...
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En un estado que no tiene muchas latinas sentadas en el estrado judicial o discutiendo casos, Patricia Guerrero haría historia como presidenta del tribunal supremo de California. El gobernador Gavin Newsom nominó el miércoles 10 de agosto a Guerrero, de 50 años, como presidente del Tribunal Supremo de California. Ya...
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In a state that doesn’t have many Latinas either sitting on the judicial bench or arguing cases before it, Patricia Guerrero would make history as chief justice on California’s highest court. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday August 10 nominated Guerrero, 50, to be chief justice of the California Supreme...
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After making significant gains in recent years across California and the country, a movement to reimagine the role of prosecutors within the criminal justice system hit a snag Tuesday night with losses in key races around the state. The biggest setback came in a nationally-watched recall in San Francisco,...
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A medida que muchos estadounidenses comienzan a recuperarse física, social y economicamente de la pandemia de COVID-19, es esencial prestar atención a quién no se está recuperando. Una y otra vez, las mujeres negras son las últimas en recuperarse de las recesiones económicas, debido a una combinación de racismo...
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As many Americans begin to recover physically, socially and financially from the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s essential to pay attention to who isn’t on the mend. Time and time again, Black women are the last to recover from economic recessions, due to a combination of institutional racism and sexism, and...
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The Oracle of Omaha, one of the most successful investors of all time and one of the richest men in the United States, Warren Buffet, shocked the conscience of the country when he declared that his secretary paid more taxes than he did, proportionally speaking. Almost 10 years have...
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Hilbert Morales EL OBSERVADOR CAN A SITTING PRESIDENT BE INDICTED? This is an issue which needs examination these days because of the questionable policy of the Department of Justice with respect to indicting any sitting President. The main consideration is that the Office of the President of the United...
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Andrea Sears Public News Service HARTFORD, Conn. – The criminal justice reform bill making its way through Congress will help thousands of people with disabilities re-enter their communities. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 32 percent of people in federal prisons and 40 percent of all people in...