Center for Growing Justice

The Center for Growing Justice: 501(c)(3) non-profit defending due process, seeking asylum for immigrants, and providing civil rights litigation and education

[Center for Growing Justice @4GrowingJustice]

We changed our legal name with the State of Missouri to encompass our broader mission. We are still committed to law enforcement accountability, but we are also working on seeking justice in the immigration arena. 1of2

[Tent Mission STL @tentmissionstl]

Tent Mission STL releases statement on the impending eviction of the Riverfront Community (RFC). TMSTL, @STLwo314, residents of RFC have called for a press conference at City Hall Wed, 3/7 5:30-6:30pm & a protest at RFC during the scheduled eviction this Fri 3/10 8:30am-5:30pm.

[Innocence Project @innocence]

URGENT: Leonard "Raheem" Taylor is scheduled to be executed TONIGHT.

He has maintained his innocence for 20 years and is asking for a chance to have all the evidence in his case fully reviewed before Missouri makes an irreversible mistake. https://t.co/sa4PbXUJ9q

[Midwest Innocence Project @The_MIP]

To date, the United States Supreme Court has never held that innocence is a reason to be released from prison or to halt an execution.

[Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty @MADPMO]

Call. Email. Tweet. the Governor and ask for the Board of Inquiry for Raheem! @Innocence

https://t.co/BK2GP1h8Zq

[MacArthur Justice Center @MacArthrJustice]

Raheem’s brother maintained–including in testimony under penalty of perjury–that his statement claiming Raheem confessed to him was falsely given after he was threatened, beaten and coerced by the police.

In 5 days, #MO plans to execute Raheem despite his brother’s recantation.

[Midwest Innocence Project @The_MIP]

Together w/ @innocence & @PhillipsBlackPr, MIP has asked @GovParsonMO to stay the execution of Leonard Taylor & appoint a Board of Inquiry to investigate Mr. Taylor's innocence. Without a stay, MO is at risk of executing an innocent man. Read our request: https://t.co/E8I2wvFTXR

[Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty @MADPMO]

We are rapidly receiving new expert statements that prove Leonard Taylor was not in Missouri at the time of the crime, & the only evidence they had to arrest him in the first place was a violently coerced statement from his brother that was immediately and repeatedly recanted.

[NLG St. Louis @STLNLG]

Four finalist announced today https://t.co/LE24FTV8Nz

town hall Tue 12/6 6-8 pm at Vashon High School. topics can be submitted at City website https://t.co/53esWHVyvV

[Public Defenseless Podcast @PDefenselessPod]

Data like this shows prosecutors oppose bail and sentencing reform not because they are chiefly concerned with improving public safety. They oppose them because their caging and extracting wealth from people is infinitely harder without harsh sentences and pre trial confinement.

[Emily Galvin-Almanza @GalvinAlmanza]

Cancelation has little economic effect for governments, since these debts are rarely paid, and lifting the debt would get 11 million people able to drive to work, school, medical visits w/o fear and w/o gov using more $$$ on arrests

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

The U.S. locks up Black people 6 times the rate of South Africa at the height of Apartheid and all people 5 times the global average.

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

Only the U.S. and the Philippines allow the for-profit money bail system for people not convicted of crimes. Do cops, prosecutors, and judges decide who is free and who is caged based on access to money because it makes us safer?

[lawforliberation @law4liberation]

Guests such as Andrea Ritchie, Vince Warren, Nana Gyamfi & Robin D.G. Kelley will guide us through discussions and visionary thinking practices to understand how we can best serve and build the power of movements for Black liberation.

Register today at https://t.co/Drmhf9SSGJ!

[lawforliberation @law4liberation]

Lawyering for Liberation will be a much overdue opportunity to expand and strengthen our networks. The silos we have been working inside of have made us less impactful and effective. Now is the time to build relationships that can sustain us.

The time is now. Join us.

[Privacy Watch STL @PrivacyWatchSTL]

Bills likes this from Rep. Doug Clemens are important

“Without ever having a search warrant for the private premises of a home, they're getting access to private data of the house by going through a third party corporation and nobody gave permission.”
https://t.co/IUkpbs1AFv

[Mayor Tishaura O. Jones Archived @stlmayor47]

The death penalty is cruel and racist.

Today I stood with @RepCori, @MADPMO, faith leaders, and community members to call for clemency and to reverse the decision by the State to end #ErnestJohnson's life. We must abolish the death penalty in Missouri.

[National Conference of Black Lawyers @ncbltweet]

Are you a lawyer, scholar, legal worker, law student, or legal activist looking for a CLE class?

NCBL LEAP is the only “LEAP “ project providing CLE training for lawyers to sue the police in State and Federal courts throughout the United States.

#TakeTheLEAP

[Tony Messenger @tonymess]

'If the government opened the border for the Afghan people it would be very helpful to the people who need help. They will work hard, like when I came to the United States.' #AfghanRefugees
https://t.co/FHIZdEqXM1 via @stltoday

[International Institute of St. Louis @iistl]

Extended Statement from IISTL: https://t.co/kStXnsIgA3.

Be sure you're signed up to receive emails from IISTL in order to receive updates as we have them. https://t.co/CaIYY0Bujt
#refugeeswelcome #immigrantswelcome #inclusionSTL