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Building Accountable Communities: Oct 26th Online Event
Building Accountable Communities Kiyomi Fujikawa, Shannon Perez-Darby, and Mariame Kaba Oct 26, 2018 | 4:00pm ET Online Event bcrw.barnard.edu Accountability is a familiar buzz-word in contemporary social movements, but what does it mean? How do we work toward it?...
Andrew Cuomo Under Pressure To Free Women Imprisoned For Killing Abusers
Melissa Jeltsen @ Huffington Post. Excerpt below: Ericka Persson, an advocate with Survived and Punished, called [Governor Andrew Cuomo's clemency] guidelines “ambiguous and arbitrary” and said they could be changed. “Cuomo has the power to free these...
Can State Laws Provide Justice for Survivors of Violence Who Are Incarcerated?
by Gail T. Smith As we focus on the Survived and Punished #FreeThemAll National Week of Action, it’s eye-opening to consider state legislation introduced with the intent of providing a legal remedy to unjust incarceration of survivor-defendants who were criminalized...
Valerie Seeley: Free Them All
In this excerpt from her conversation with writer Victoria Law, Valerie Seeley expresses her commitment to helping other women criminalized for survival and asking Cuomo to grant more clemencies. Valerie Seeley is a survivor of domestic violence. In 1998 Valerie was...
Cynthia Nixon’s Plan to Stem Mass Incarceration Has a Uniquely Feminist Provision
Rachel Johnson @ In These Times. Excerpt below: Some argue that, to truly address mass incarceration, it is necessary to advance policies towards rehabilitating—and freeing—people charged with violent crimes. A focus on ending the war on drugs is insufficient, as...
On the Complexities of Calling 911, Even in Cases of Sexual Violence
Alisa Bierria @ In These Times. Excerpt below: In Invisible No More: Police Violence against Black Women and Women of Color, Andrea Ritchie cites studies showing that sexual violence by police officers is “widespread, systemic and almost routine.” This reality puts...
Aug 6-12: #FreeThemAll National Week of Action
Please join us on August 6-12 for #FreeThemAll National Week of Action to demand the immediate release of ALL criminalized survivors. Each day we’ll share information, updates, experiences of survivors, and ways for people to take action, including: Domestic Violence,...
New Orleans Woman Sentenced To Life In Prison For Killing Abusive Husband Is Granted New Trial
Josie Duffy Rice @ The Appeal; excerpt below: [New Orleans District Attorney, Leon] Cannizzaro has bragged about how seriously his office takes domestic violence. But often, his aggressive tactics end up hurting the victim more than the offender. He made headlines...
Cuomo the Merciless
Victoria Law @ The Appeal; excerpt below: In 2015, New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, announced the creation of an Executive Clemency Bureau to identify people in the state’s prison system who might be worthy of commutation. The announcement sparked hope among the...
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