Apr 7, 2023 | Case & Campaign Updates |
The Wendy Howard Defense Team announces that Wendy has taken a plea deal in order to “end this horrible nightmare” of being pursued by the Kern County DA. Wendy was criminalized for defending her life from her abusive ex-boyfriend. At the trial last...
Mar 4, 2023 | Case & Campaign Updates, Media, Research & Strategy |
Photo above by Ariel Robbins. Tracy McCarter and her daughter, Ariel Robbins (left). Continuing a four part series on the case of criminalized survivor of domestic violence, Tracy McCarter, and the grassroots defense campaign to free her, Jessica Washington examines...
Mar 29, 2022 | Case & Campaign Updates, Media |
Pressure mounts for Manhattan district attorney to drop charges of criminalized survivor Tracy McCarter. On the campaign trail, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg expressed support for Tracy McCarter—but after three months in office, he’s been silent on her case....
Mar 14, 2022 | Case & Campaign Updates, Media |
Alvin Bragg’s unjust prosecution: Tracy McCarter should be freed by Dr. Uché Blackstock, New York Daily News; excerpt below: It has been two years since Tracy McCarter, a Black mother and nurse living and working in New York, was arrested after surviving a domestic...
Mar 13, 2022 | Case & Campaign Updates |
Texas Plans to Execute an Abuse Survivor Based on a Coerced Confession Victoria Law, Truthout; excerpt below: First it was her mother’s boyfriend. Then it was the man she married at age 16. Then it was her next partner. Starting at age 6, Melissa Lucio endured...
Mar 13, 2022 | Calls to Action, Case & Campaign Updates |
An update from the family of Ashlyn Griffin, a domestic violence survivor in Georgia who was prosecuted for defending her life: FEBRUARY / MARCH 2022: Ashlyn’s trial began on February 14, 2022. During the trial, the prosecution repeatedly victim shamed Ashlyn...
