On Wednesday, May 22, the Athens Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society hosted a conversation with Tim Denson, District 5 Athens-Clarke County Commissioner, on the patio at Little Kings Shuffle Club to talk criminal justice reform. About 20 people gathered around the picnic tables, including Municipal Court Judge Ryan […]
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In response to the Mayor and Commission’s work session on Wednesday, March 20, where criminal justice was addressed, we would like to take a moment to reiterate our related policy positions. We stress the urgency and necessity of transformative, unapologetic approaches to our criminal (in)justice system: We oppose the […]
In her book, The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander argues that the criminal justice system in the US functions as a system of racial control as oppressive as any in the segregated south of bygone eras. In her opinion, it does so even while claiming to uphold the law impartially […]