Big FOIA news: In a court ruling earlier this week, @theappeal and I won the release of tens of thousands of reports about jail deaths submitted to the DOJ under the Death in Custody Reporting Act. DOJ has fought to keep them secret for years. https://t.co/IpbQdApp16
Rashid Khalidi is retiring from @Columbia
“I have been both disgusted and horrified by the way higher education has developed into a cash register… a money-making, MBA, lawyer-run, hedge fund-cum-real estate operation, with a minor sideline in education”
https://t.co/MeUaukuq1R
In case you missed it -- check out our upcoming webinar, “Detained and Denationalized: the Mistreatment and Detention of Children Associated with Armed Conflict”, the second in our Children & Armed Conflict Series. Click here to register: https://t.co/9GxVz33GZP
So basically Trump tried to overthrow an election in broad daylight and then, from delays to the disqualification ruling to immunity, America's legal system just... let him off the hook.
imho it's one of the biggest legal stories — and failures — of my lifetime.
HUGE decision today from the MA SJC!
BPD & @SCDAONews can't just refuse to comply with court orders to turn over discovery about whether their Snapchat surveillance suggests racial profiling. This refusal was a proper basis for dismissal! #mapoli#bospoli
https://t.co/7zqEQc3PEC
🧵 Prof. Sandra Susan Smith of @Kennedy_School@HarvardMWC just released *new research* from a survey about Boston residents' experiences of police harassment, trust in law enforcement, trauma symptoms, and health outcomes. #BiasDistrustTrauma
Read more:
https://t.co/Z8mvBX6IpQ
@joshdankoff in @BostonGlobe on why DOC's Wellpath has a disincentive to provide health care, and how we might look (with many caveats) to MA DYS's health care as an alternative structure: https://t.co/hw4zh6Kxom
The Massachusetts highest court finds that life without parole is UNCONSTITUTIONAL for kids between the ages of 18-20 when the crime was committed. THIS IS HUGE!!! Commonwealth v. Mattis (SJC 11693): https://t.co/igzaboffcl
#GlobalPrisonTrends 2023 is out now!
All the latest trends and analysis on the use of imprisonment, prison populations, prison health, and prison management: https://t.co/fyPFGBj66y
🧵Earlier this month, we wrote about how New Bedford accepted payment from us for public records re: alleged police misconduct, and then said they were withholding them in full. The state issued a determination on our appeal: https://t.co/xt9t0xUVxc
Happy @BostonGlobe is citing research in support of #RTA21. Sending #EmergingAdults to adult criminal system disrupts development, leads to more crime. Props to @SentencingProj, @cfjjma for bringing objective data to the table. https://t.co/6YBakbHAOX