Emily Galvin-Almanza
@galvinalmanza.bsky.social
Lawyer trying to transform public defense. Author of The Price of Mercy ( www.emilygalvinalmanza.com ). Can drive a truck and trailer through places you shouldn't. Personal account, personal opinions.
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If you had told me five years ago that one of my heroes would say this about something I wrote, I would never, ever have believed you.
This sentence right here makes me feel like no matter what happens with this book, it's all worth it
This sentence right here makes me feel like no matter what happens with this book, it's all worth it
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The Price of Mercy: Unfair Trials, a Violent System, and a Public Defender's Search for Justice in America|Hardcover
A former public defender takes us behind the closed doors of America's criminal courts, revealing how the institutions that claim to protect us are doing the exact opposite—and offering a blueprint fo...
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December 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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This opinion is bad news for the Trump administration, which is going to have to defend itself against Abrego Garcia’s claim he’s being vindictively prosecuted. But that claim is supported by some of the government’s own emails. Read the details here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Unsealed: Abrego Garcia
The sealed order in the Abrego Garcia case that I wrote about in Sunday night’s “The Week Ahead” column was unsealed today.
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December 31, 2025 at 5:03 AM
This opinion is bad news for the Trump administration, which is going to have to defend itself against Abrego Garcia’s claim he’s being vindictively prosecuted. But that claim is supported by some of the government’s own emails. Read the details here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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My last book of 2025 is Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social
My first book of 2026 will be The Price of Mercy - Emily Galvin Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social
The Happiest of New Year ☺️
2026 - wishing for a return to Empathy.. 🫶
My first book of 2026 will be The Price of Mercy - Emily Galvin Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social
The Happiest of New Year ☺️
2026 - wishing for a return to Empathy.. 🫶
December 31, 2025 at 3:02 AM
My last book of 2025 is Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social
My first book of 2026 will be The Price of Mercy - Emily Galvin Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social
The Happiest of New Year ☺️
2026 - wishing for a return to Empathy.. 🫶
My first book of 2026 will be The Price of Mercy - Emily Galvin Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social
The Happiest of New Year ☺️
2026 - wishing for a return to Empathy.. 🫶
The thing is that you're really, really not supposed to lie to judges
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Justice Dept. Leaders Pushed to Charge Abrego Garcia, Emails Show
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December 31, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The thing is that you're really, really not supposed to lie to judges
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This 👇 Can’t wait for Emily’s book “The Price of Mercy”.. 17th Feb 2026..
Police dogs seem like lovely dogs. But they are kind of terrible police. I feel like a lot of this stuff should be totally obvious to people who love dogs - you understand how dogs respond to their people! Well, our criminal court system definitely doesn't understand that.
December 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
This 👇 Can’t wait for Emily’s book “The Price of Mercy”.. 17th Feb 2026..
As promised!
December 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
As promised!
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Watch this video!
Police dogs seem like lovely dogs. But they are kind of terrible police. I feel like a lot of this stuff should be totally obvious to people who love dogs - you understand how dogs respond to their people! Well, our criminal court system definitely doesn't understand that.
December 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Watch this video!
Police dogs seem like lovely dogs. But they are kind of terrible police. I feel like a lot of this stuff should be totally obvious to people who love dogs - you understand how dogs respond to their people! Well, our criminal court system definitely doesn't understand that.
December 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Police dogs seem like lovely dogs. But they are kind of terrible police. I feel like a lot of this stuff should be totally obvious to people who love dogs - you understand how dogs respond to their people! Well, our criminal court system definitely doesn't understand that.
You know, Miracle on 34th Street has it all as a legal drama and systemic critique. A bad arrest, prosecutorial overreach (and honestly total lack of ethics), the problem with judicial elections, and a defense lawyer who works miracles. The best.
a close up of santa claus talking to a girl
ALT: a close up of santa claus talking to a girl
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December 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
You know, Miracle on 34th Street has it all as a legal drama and systemic critique. A bad arrest, prosecutorial overreach (and honestly total lack of ethics), the problem with judicial elections, and a defense lawyer who works miracles. The best.
If you or your loved one is worried about dealing with government overreach, please watch and share! Silent nights for civil rights ❤️
December 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
If you or your loved one is worried about dealing with government overreach, please watch and share! Silent nights for civil rights ❤️
I keep trying to sing Christmas songs and the 7yo only wants Come Out Ye Black and Tans
December 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I keep trying to sing Christmas songs and the 7yo only wants Come Out Ye Black and Tans
Keeping people in the dark makes it easier for politicians to control narratives.. and those narratives can land us in some pretty dark places. Here's better data:
December 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Keeping people in the dark makes it easier for politicians to control narratives.. and those narratives can land us in some pretty dark places. Here's better data:
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December 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Please remember to support real journalism.
The CBS News home page is featuring some high-quality content tonight
December 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Please remember to support real journalism.
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Really useful analysis of data to show how many people are going to ICE detention from local jails. These arrests are less visible to the public - as compared to raids or street arrests -- so we don't see the full scope.
From @prisonpolicy.org: New analysis of government data from ICE via the Deportation Data Project shows federal agents reliant on local jails and police to reach their arrest numbers.
December 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Really useful analysis of data to show how many people are going to ICE detention from local jails. These arrests are less visible to the public - as compared to raids or street arrests -- so we don't see the full scope.
Attempted murder of the tourist industry. There is literally no place in the world cool enough that I would go through this to visit it.
December 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Attempted murder of the tourist industry. There is literally no place in the world cool enough that I would go through this to visit it.
A government that doesn't want anyone to know their rights is NOT SUSPICIOUS AT ALL WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT STOP LOOKING AT ME
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Opinion | Republicans will regret ceding this issue to the left
New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani explained due process in a video. Kristi Noem didn’t like that.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A government that doesn't want anyone to know their rights is NOT SUSPICIOUS AT ALL WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT STOP LOOKING AT ME
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Guys... can I just say that I have admired @jduffyrice.bsky.social since the first time I read like five words she had strung together. I am incredibly honored to have this comment from her and hope you like it and order the book!
December 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Guys... can I just say that I have admired @jduffyrice.bsky.social since the first time I read like five words she had strung together. I am incredibly honored to have this comment from her and hope you like it and order the book!
Want to come hang out with us and talk about crime, punishment, weird court practices, surprising stats, and smarter public safety? I had a great time on the @foxrothschild.bsky.social podcast and I bet you will too if you listen in...sample here and link below!
December 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Want to come hang out with us and talk about crime, punishment, weird court practices, surprising stats, and smarter public safety? I had a great time on the @foxrothschild.bsky.social podcast and I bet you will too if you listen in...sample here and link below!
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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This kind of bottle-shaming is a not-so-subtle way to push women out of the workforce.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This kind of bottle-shaming is a not-so-subtle way to push women out of the workforce.
Hugely (!) honored to have this comment from @raskin.house.gov !
This book will be out and (indeed) trying to change the game in Feb, but if you want to get ahead of things, you can find out more about it and get your own at www.emilygalvinalmanza.com
This book will be out and (indeed) trying to change the game in Feb, but if you want to get ahead of things, you can find out more about it and get your own at www.emilygalvinalmanza.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Hugely (!) honored to have this comment from @raskin.house.gov !
This book will be out and (indeed) trying to change the game in Feb, but if you want to get ahead of things, you can find out more about it and get your own at www.emilygalvinalmanza.com
This book will be out and (indeed) trying to change the game in Feb, but if you want to get ahead of things, you can find out more about it and get your own at www.emilygalvinalmanza.com