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It's really weird to demand accountability from a NYC mayoral candidate for a deadly NYC shooting rather than the current NYC mayor, an ex-cop who campaigned on a "tough on crime" platform and promptly got indicted for crimes
July 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It's really weird to demand accountability from a NYC mayoral candidate for a deadly NYC shooting rather than the current NYC mayor, an ex-cop who campaigned on a "tough on crime" platform and promptly got indicted for crimes
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let's take stock here:
(Democratic) Presidents, via the Dept of Education, can't cancel student debt because statutes don't clearly authorize it.
Republican Presidents can cancel/shut down the Dept of Education because, even though only Congress can shut down departments ..., ... 🤷♀️ YOLO?
(Democratic) Presidents, via the Dept of Education, can't cancel student debt because statutes don't clearly authorize it.
Republican Presidents can cancel/shut down the Dept of Education because, even though only Congress can shut down departments ..., ... 🤷♀️ YOLO?
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
let's take stock here:
(Democratic) Presidents, via the Dept of Education, can't cancel student debt because statutes don't clearly authorize it.
Republican Presidents can cancel/shut down the Dept of Education because, even though only Congress can shut down departments ..., ... 🤷♀️ YOLO?
(Democratic) Presidents, via the Dept of Education, can't cancel student debt because statutes don't clearly authorize it.
Republican Presidents can cancel/shut down the Dept of Education because, even though only Congress can shut down departments ..., ... 🤷♀️ YOLO?
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"Jonathan Caravello...was reportedly “piled on by multiple agents all at once” as “he tried to help a man in a wheelchair” who was having difficulty moving after...[ICE] agents threw canisters of tear gas"
our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got
dailynous.com/2025/07/12/p...
our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got
dailynous.com/2025/07/12/p...
Philosophy Professor Reportedly Assaulted & Abducted During ICE Raid on Farm - Daily Nous
Jonathan Caravello, a lecturer in philosophy at California State University Channel Islands, was reportedly "piled on by multiple agents all at once" as "he tried to help a man in a wheelchair" who wa...
dailynous.com
July 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"Jonathan Caravello...was reportedly “piled on by multiple agents all at once” as “he tried to help a man in a wheelchair” who was having difficulty moving after...[ICE] agents threw canisters of tear gas"
our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got
dailynous.com/2025/07/12/p...
our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got
dailynous.com/2025/07/12/p...
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"The Nazis... imagined their targets would self-deport. Once the myth of self-deportation collapsed, they turned to more punitive measures. On Tuesday, Noem similarly noted the Everglades camp was meant to frighten immigrants into self-deporting. 'If you don’t,' she said, 'you may end up here.'"
Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
www.msnbc.com
July 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"The Nazis... imagined their targets would self-deport. Once the myth of self-deportation collapsed, they turned to more punitive measures. On Tuesday, Noem similarly noted the Everglades camp was meant to frighten immigrants into self-deporting. 'If you don’t,' she said, 'you may end up here.'"
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Last fall, the Wisconsin Innocence Project (WIP) achieved the release of two clients, both incarcerated for 25+ years. Learn more about how WIP is changing lives for students and the wrongfully convicted in our magazine feature: bit.ly/45cureM
@rachelburg.bsky.social @christopher-lau.bsky.social
@rachelburg.bsky.social @christopher-lau.bsky.social
‘We’re the Last Hope’
Wisconsin Innocence Project changes lives for students and the wrongfully-convicted.
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June 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Last fall, the Wisconsin Innocence Project (WIP) achieved the release of two clients, both incarcerated for 25+ years. Learn more about how WIP is changing lives for students and the wrongfully convicted in our magazine feature: bit.ly/45cureM
@rachelburg.bsky.social @christopher-lau.bsky.social
@rachelburg.bsky.social @christopher-lau.bsky.social
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The arrest of judge Dugan in Wisconsin underscores the central role that local courts and judges are expected to play in upholding the carceral state.
www.californialawreview.org/print/courts...
www.californialawreview.org/print/courts...
Courts and the Abolition Movement — California Law Review
This Article theorizes and reimagines the place of courts in the contemporary struggle for the abolition of racialized punitive systems of legal control and exploitation. In the spring and summer of 2...
www.californialawreview.org
April 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The arrest of judge Dugan in Wisconsin underscores the central role that local courts and judges are expected to play in upholding the carceral state.
www.californialawreview.org/print/courts...
www.californialawreview.org/print/courts...
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In the push by Gov. Hochul and DAs to roll back discovery reform in New York, they have been missing one ironic thing: evidence. Where they do attempt to claim that serious crimes are dismissed on “minor technicalities,” they don’t hold up. Sounds familiar. nysfocus.com/2025/04/08/d...
Court Records Undercut Bronx DA’s Testimony on Discovery Rollbacks
Hochul's proposed rollbacks are one of the last sticking points in this year’s budget negotiations. One prosecutor’s support rested on a faulty anecdote.
nysfocus.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
In the push by Gov. Hochul and DAs to roll back discovery reform in New York, they have been missing one ironic thing: evidence. Where they do attempt to claim that serious crimes are dismissed on “minor technicalities,” they don’t hold up. Sounds familiar. nysfocus.com/2025/04/08/d...
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
March 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
Amidst the demise of civilization, excited to share that my next article, "Shadow Forensics: Uncovering 911 Call Analysis" will be published in Volume 111 of the Cornell Law Review.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Shadow Forensics: Uncovering 911 Call Analysis
Junk forensics have played a central role in wrongful convictions. From bitemark evidence to hair microscopy, from arson investigation to toolmark comparison, c
papers.ssrn.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Amidst the demise of civilization, excited to share that my next article, "Shadow Forensics: Uncovering 911 Call Analysis" will be published in Volume 111 of the Cornell Law Review.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...
theonion.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
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The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run
The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Again, the Secretary of State has no authority to “revoke” green cards.
UPDATE — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has now commented on the Trump admin’s detaining & attempted green card revocation of a Columbia Gaza encampment student negotiator:
“We will be revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported.”
“We will be revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported.”
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
March 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Again, the Secretary of State has no authority to “revoke” green cards.
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re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
No big deal, just @slwashington.bsky.social winning another award for her scholarship.
Grateful to receive the #AALS2025 Section on Family and Juvenile Law Emerging Scholars Award. The picture feels right since I wrote Time and Punishment while pregnant and submitted it during the early postpartum period.
January 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
No big deal, just @slwashington.bsky.social winning another award for her scholarship.
@rachelburg.bsky.social did amazing work to make this happen.
NEWS: The Wisconsin Innocence Project has received the largest grant in its history to investigate cases that could benefit from recent advancements in DNA testing. law.wisc.edu/newsletter/a... @christopher-lau.bsky.social @rachelburg.bsky.social
Wisconsin Innocence Project Receives $1.5 Million Grant | University of Wisconsin Law SchoolSite iconsUniversity logo that links to main university websitefacebooktwitterxyoutubelinkedininstagramUW C...
law.wisc.edu
January 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
@rachelburg.bsky.social did amazing work to make this happen.
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NEWS: The Wisconsin Innocence Project has received the largest grant in its history to investigate cases that could benefit from recent advancements in DNA testing. law.wisc.edu/newsletter/a... @christopher-lau.bsky.social @rachelburg.bsky.social
Wisconsin Innocence Project Receives $1.5 Million Grant | University of Wisconsin Law SchoolSite iconsUniversity logo that links to main university websitefacebooktwitterxyoutubelinkedininstagramUW C...
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January 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
NEWS: The Wisconsin Innocence Project has received the largest grant in its history to investigate cases that could benefit from recent advancements in DNA testing. law.wisc.edu/newsletter/a... @christopher-lau.bsky.social @rachelburg.bsky.social
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31,000 children affected across 21 states: 2024 school shootings in numbers
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...
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31,000 children affected across 21 states: 2024 school shootings in numbers
Monday’s deadly shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, brought the number of people killed in U.S. school shootings this year to 13.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2024 at 11:35 AM
31,000 children affected across 21 states: 2024 school shootings in numbers
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...
Had the chance to speak to @publicnewsservice.bsky.social about recent Wisconsin Innocence Project victories and deeper structural issues in the criminal legal system www.publicnewsservice.org/2024-12-11/c...
WI Innocence Project victories point to systemic problem in justice system
The Wisconsin Innocence Project is ending the year with some key victories including helping with the release of two men who each spent decades in prison but the wins highlight a long-standing systemi...
www.publicnewsservice.org
December 11, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Had the chance to speak to @publicnewsservice.bsky.social about recent Wisconsin Innocence Project victories and deeper structural issues in the criminal legal system www.publicnewsservice.org/2024-12-11/c...
Loved seeing Channel 3000's coverage of Manuel Cucuta's release, and particularly the critical role that clinic students, Gabriella Marquez and Noemi Reyes, played in his case.
www.channel3000.com/video/judge-...
www.channel3000.com/video/judge-...
Judge releases innocent man who has been behind bars for 27 years
www.channel3000.com
December 10, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Loved seeing Channel 3000's coverage of Manuel Cucuta's release, and particularly the critical role that clinic students, Gabriella Marquez and Noemi Reyes, played in his case.
www.channel3000.com/video/judge-...
www.channel3000.com/video/judge-...
This Giving Tuesday, please consider contributing to our client, Manuel, who was just released after 27 years of incarceration www.gofundme.com/f/support-ma...
Donate to Support Manuel Cucuta's Fresh Start, organized by Gabriella Marquez
On November 25, 2024, Manuel Cucuta - a client of the Wisconsin Innocence Projec… Gabriella Marquez needs your support for Support Manuel Cucuta's Fresh Start
www.gofundme.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:19 PM
This Giving Tuesday, please consider contributing to our client, Manuel, who was just released after 27 years of incarceration www.gofundme.com/f/support-ma...
Thrilled to share that our client, Manuel Cucuta, was released yesterday after serving nearly three decades in prison. Just in time for his first Thanksgiving with family in 27 years.
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law.wisc.edu/newsletter/F...
Wisconsin Innocence Project Client Manuel Cucuta Released After 27 Years in Prison | University of Wisconsin Law SchoolSite iconsUniversity logo that links to main university websitefacebooktwitteryo...
law.wisc.edu
November 27, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Thrilled to share that our client, Manuel Cucuta, was released yesterday after serving nearly three decades in prison. Just in time for his first Thanksgiving with family in 27 years.
law.wisc.edu/newsletter/F...
law.wisc.edu/newsletter/F...