Catherine Law

Attorney. Public Defender. @WFULawSchool and @MiamiUniversity alumna. Tweets are not legal advice and all opinions are my own. She/her.

[Catherine Law @CatherineHLaw]

I often see DA’s, judges, and even defense attorneys who become desensitized to how traumatizing and life-altering being incarcerated, even for a short period of time, can be. The most important thing you can maintain as a criminal defense attorney is your empathy/compassion.

[Catherine Law @CatherineHLaw]

@Mr_Okolo Congrats!! The legal field is so lucky to have you.

[Catherine Law @CatherineHLaw]

Update for those of you interested. It’s 13 1/2 feet tall. 😂

[Catherine Law @CatherineHLaw]

We got a tree. We may have overdone it a bit.

[Catherine Law @CatherineHLaw]

@CoachHadara Ugh, you’re so right. If I fail, I know who my first call is gonna be.

[Catherine Law @CatherineHLaw]

Starting December 1, I will be off social media for five months. If I successfully complete this challenge, Brian will be building me a vegetable garden.

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

1. This thread is going to be the entirety of the intro to Judge Brann's dismissal of the Trump campaign's federal lawsuit in Pennsylvania.

It lays everything out beautifully.

[Catherine Law @CatherineHLaw]

Monetary bail only hurts poor people. It’s evil. End it forever.

[Cori Bush @CoriBush]

80% of Texas county jail inmates who have died from COVID-19 were in pre-trial detention and had not been convicted of any crimes.

If Kyle Rittenhouse can be released, is pre-trial detention really an issue of public safety?

We need to decarcerate to save lives.

[Catherine Law @CatherineHLaw]

This is heartbreaking.

[Laura Burstein @LauraBurstein1]

BREAKING: The DOJ has announced its intent to execute #CoreyJohnson, a person with intellectual disability on Jan. 14, 2021. No jury or court has ever listened to the evidence at a hearing to decide if he has intellectual disability. Read atty statement: https://t.co/hjYQZ0Wyoa

[Sister Helen Prejean @helenprejean]

While millions of families and small businesses around the United States are struggling due to the COVID pandemic’s economic impact, our federal government wastes millions of taxpayer dollars on politically motivated executions. What a sad state of affairs for our country.

[Catherine Law @CatherineHLaw]

I know the right likes to call itself "prolife," but this administration has executed more humans in 2020 alone than any previous administration (republican or democratic) in the last 57 years combined. The government should not have the power to murder citizens. Period.

[Jordan Rubin @Jordan_S_Rubin]

ICYMI last night: in the first emergency death penalty order with Barrett on the court, SCOTUS sides with DOJ to let the latest federal execution proceed, with only the three Democratic appointees noting their dissent.

[Catherine Law @CatherineHLaw]

@VincentMTiberi @GooseyOpen

[Faith Crittenden, MD MPH @FaithCrittenden]

OMG!!!! I'm still in shock we made history today!!!!! The AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION recognizes
RACISM IS A PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT !!!!

[Catherine Law @CatherineHLaw]

Finally living that sofrito life, thanks to @mattymatheson. Next step of this recipe is Brian taking off his shirt and yelling.

[Catherine Law @CatherineHLaw]

@DyjuanTatro Specialty treatment-based courts that require a guilty plea for entrance.

[Catherine Law @CatherineHLaw]

@ProphetJordan @_amERICAn_made You both were such better law students than I was. I wrote my appellate brief for my writing course the night before it was due. Pulled an all-nighter and submitted it with 1 minute to spare.

[Catherine Law @CatherineHLaw]

People not only refuse to wear masks here in Central Pennsylvania, they actively shame people (like myself and my boyfriend) who do. They believe the lies of Donald Trump and tell us we are "sheep" and stupid for believing COVID-19 is anything more than the flu.

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

My CNN colleagues looked into 50 of the names on a viral MAGA list supposedly showing 14,000 Michigan cases of ballots being cast in the name of dead people.

Result:
- 37 are dead, no vote cast
- 5 are alive and voted
- 8 are alive and didn’t vote https://t.co/2qvoVmRI3N

[Stephen Robinson @SER1897]

The marginalized were terrified after Trump’s 2016 victory bc we knew he would terrorize us. Trump supporters mourn his loss bc they fear they can no longer terrorize us. There’s a key difference. Stop acting like we are rival sports teams.

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

I want the love of Black voters right now to transform into the love of Black people.