I am a trial attorney focused on WC defense, author of Quest for Justice, & have defended 70 people accused of death penalty offenses in state & fed courts.
Appleseed is thrilled to announce that Elliot Spillers has joined our team as our Advocacy Director, working with communities impacted by harmful policies in AL to create advocacy campaigns aimed at turning those solutions into realities. Welcome Elliot! https://t.co/yt4fsTFnFY
If you think the solution to prison overcrowding is simply “people should stop committing crimes” how do you explain why Alabama prisons exceed all other states in overcrowding? Are people in Alabama committing more crimes? Or are Alabama’s policies sustaining the overcrowding?
Why Alabama’s habitual offender law needs to be abolished. These men would have died in prison without the tireless post-conviction advocacy of @AlaAppleseed. Now they’re all wonderful community members. ❤️#secondchances
Amendment 3 on Alabama ballot requires notice before commutation of death sentences (they spend our resources on this when it has happened maybe once in decades ?) https://t.co/5Lx5vUhIml
Live Updates: Families Shocked as Jury Spares Life of the Parkland Killer https://t.co/dDlTli6pt0 Such horrific unimaginable imposs to conceive violence-no worse nightmare for anyone-verdict shows jurors know life w/o parole in ways harsher punishment & DP verdicts are declining.
Quest for Justice: Defending the Damned 2nd Ed. explores criminal justice system issues that defendants and criminal defense lawyers experience, like racial bias, faulty eyewitness identification, and prosecutorial misconduct.
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