A Performative Critique of Democracy
A poem from the Blackout Arts Collective, exploring themes of movement-building through poetry.
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A poem from the Blackout Arts Collective, exploring themes of movement-building through poetry.
Applying the theories of political race and the Miner's Canary to discuss prison reform and advocate for access to books for incarcerated youth.
Roundtable discussion in the Symposium about the speaker's impressions and takeaways from the event (ways to work together and come together).
Explaining a new concept of race and power, called political race, through the metaphor of a miner's canary. This concept links race with social movements.
AG should be the custodian of immigrants in INS custody (not the warden), and habeas corpus actions should be directed at the AG as the appropriate respondent.
The flaws of the public health system played a role in exacerbating legal issues of pregnant women being arrested in hospitals.
There needs to be effective state postconviction procedures; looks at Case v. Nebraska and builds upon that principle while offering further suggestions.
The Court and the prosecution in People v. Franco failed in improving criminal justice system by not adopting lineup reforms.
Analyzing AEDPA and arguing that perfunctory state opinions in habeas corpus cases should be reviewed de novo rather than deferring to state courts.
The concept of closure and how it relates to incarcerated individuals, victims, and how it cannot be used to justify the death penalty.
The death penalty is an issue that affects the LGBT community and that hate crime legislation is not helpful to advancing the interests of the community.
Amici are teachers in New York law schools who have studied the operation of the death penalty for the purpose of teaching the subject, writing about it in scholarly journals, or representing persons accused or convicted of capital crimes. Most