THE MILWAUKEE POLICE DEPARTMENTS EXPANDED FORM OF STOP AND FRISK OF THE INNOCENT: BEFORE THE ACLU FILED FEDERAL SUIT, THERE WAS RUDY APHAY
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BECAUSE JUSTICE REQUIRES IT DEPT: California ends cash bail; governor says now “rich and poor are treated fairly.” The state becomes the first in the nation to pass a comprehensive measure that allows judges more power to decide who stays in jail pending trial. Public safety, not risk of flight, becomes the key factor in determining pretrial detention.http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-may-2018-jerry-brown-bail-reform-law-1535485040-htmlstory.html#
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Paul KsicinskiTimelineRecent The right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty is universal, but at this moment some 3.3 million people are behind bars, waiting for a trial that may be months or even years away. No right is so broadly accepted in THEORY, but so commonly violated in practice. It is fair to say that the global overuse of pretrial detention OR HIGH CASH BAIL is the most overlooked human rights crisis of our time. http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/publications/presumption-guilt-global-overuse-pretrial-detention
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In the past Republicans like Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell, on behalf of Senator Tom Coburn and Wisconsin's Ron Johnson (who voted against the legislation that would allow the VA to contract with private medical facilities, enabling veterans facing long waits to get quicker treatment) have honored vets by cutting their benefits. So the brave service members who fought to protect freedom and the rule of law around the world often lack access to their own legal system here at home. To correct that I registered to provide service to a veteran at http://vetlex.org/