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WEBThe Appeal is a nonprofit news organization dedicated to exposing how the U.S. criminal legal system fails to keep people safe and perpetuates harm.
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WEBWho We Are: The Appeal is a nonprofit news organization that envisions a world in which systems of support and care, not punishment, create public safety.
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WEBRecent Impacts Legislation Introduced to Repeal Felony Murder | Arizona. In Feb. 2024, Arizona lawmakers introduced two bills to repeal felony murder in direct response to our reporting on the events of Jan. 11, 2019, when a Phoenix officer shot 19-year-old Jacob Harris in the back as he ran away. The state’s felony murder law allowed Jacob’s three friends—then-aged 14, 19, and 20—to ...
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Deadly Prison Heat Is Increasingly an Everywhere Problem
WEBAug 29, 2024 · Research has found that higher temperatures—and especially prolonged periods of extreme heat—are associated with higher death rates in prison. Despite the correlation between heat and mortality, the exact number of heat-related deaths remains unknown, as many prisons do not properly track or report them, prompting concern from advocates that officials are effectively hiding these ...
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WEBJul 25, 2024 · The Appeal found a systemic culture of abuse and mismanagement at the Winn Correctional Center, an ICE jail in Louisiana. Biden’s administration has kept people detained there against the wishes of government investigators and multiple U.S. senators.
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WEBAug 13, 2024 · Texas is set to execute Robert Roberson on Oct. 17 for allegedly shaking his baby to death. But numerous experts now agree the theory used to convict Roberson isn’t real—including the detective who helped arrest him.
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WEBThe Lab is a policy journal that publishes rigorous, practical research and analysis on the issues that keep everyday people up at night—especially the politics and policies that matter most to those who have the least. We are proud to publish reports, white papers, explainers, polling memos, and other original research from the nation’s top scholars and thinkers in a pragmatic and ...