Overcriminalization

The Campaign to End Overcriminalization in America is a project of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers @NACDL.

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Billy Porter and Malcolm Kenyatta: New Pa. law criminalizes HIV. Get rid of it. @PhillyInquirer https://t.co/qeQwYMhMB3

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Bill to criminalize drag shows advances in North Dakota @AP https://t.co/3uhRLxiIxc

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Opinion by @Thomas_A_Berry and Nicholas DeBenedetto for @usatoday: Did you hear the one about 2 guys who told jokes about the cops? They landed in jail. @CatoInstitute https://t.co/oJc5jqp3N6

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An 82-year-old didn’t pay her $77 trash bill. Police arrested her. @praveenavsoma @washingtonpost https://t.co/frt2xLEoXE

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Another attempt to criminalize homelessness @FreePressOKC https://t.co/1JcrSJfO8i

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Court hears arguments on Alabama trans youth treatment ban @StatehouseKim @AP https://t.co/s4B7gN3lBi

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Suburban Mom Handcuffed, Jailed for Making 8-Year-Old Son Walk Half a Mile Home: Heather Wallace plead guilty to child endangerment and can no longer work with kids. @FreeRangeKids @reason https://t.co/0yZfiFycmu

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Opinion by @GalvinAlmanza for @thehill: It’s time to make smarter choices on small crime. https://t.co/6C37Bpeews

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Tennessee bill could criminalize some drag show performances @itsmelissabrown @angele_latham @Tennessean https://t.co/YWfnpDMmYc

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After Supreme Court Ruling, States Grapple With How To Define an Excessive Fine @cjciaramella @reason https://t.co/YU8yn73Qb6

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This Court Case Could Make It a Crime To Be a Journalist in Texas @billybinion @reason https://t.co/ISdbZ2AP9l

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An Arizona grandmother was arrested for giving food to the hungry. Now, she's suing @jaclynmdiaz @npr https://t.co/LsCOxSCN2Y

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New Delaware Law Ends Many Fines And Fees That Criminalize Poverty @nick_sibilla @forbes https://t.co/Qbs3aOlre2

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Mississippi activists seek to decriminalize HIV and reduce stigma @kobeevance @MPBOnline https://t.co/G7sCjOX3sD

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Data obtained by @theappeal show nearly 2,000 people in Mississippi and Louisiana are serving long—and sometimes life—sentences after they were labeled 'habitual offenders.' But most are behind bars for small crimes like drug possession. @TanaGaneva https://t.co/lPWD6q5MDy

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How American Public Spaces Became So Criminalized—and How We Can Win Them Back @theappeal https://t.co/gzinlXLiAL

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Pressure Mounts Against HIV Criminalization as Prosecutions Continue: Roughly 30 states still have some form of HIV criminalization law or sentencing enhancement on the books. Advocates say it’s long past time for change. @byadamrhodes @theappeal https://t.co/ChODBT9MRT

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Federal Judge Blocks Arizona Law Making It Illegal To Film Cops Within 8 Feet @cjciaramella @reason https://t.co/P0hQtNEXwh

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18-Year-Old Faces Possible 70 Years in Federal Prison for Snapchat Sexting Crime @horowitzemily @reason https://t.co/7UPN5C4HYc

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"At least 154 people living with HIV have been placed on Tennessee’s sex offender registry and labelled as a 'violent sexual offender' for charges stemming from their HIV-positive status, according to a report published by @WilliamsPolicy." @aidsmap https://t.co/0TMzT1z4w4