An opinion released by the D.C. Court of Appeals cites @ahochmanbloom.bsky.social’s recent Stanford Journal of Civil Rights & Civil Liberties article on why courts must account for race in their Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. #NUSLPride
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“This man has to be released unless the prosecutor can actually prove that there is a, quote, ‘serious risk’ that he will flee the jurisdiction if he's released and they would need to prove that by what we call a preponderance of the evidence,” Clinical Prof. @alisonsiegler.bsky.social told ABC7.

The right to be free from unreasonable government intrusion means nothing to the millions subject to probation—by far the most common form of criminal punishment in the United States, writes @ahochmanbloom.bsky.social.

Just because it's "not prison" is not a reason to give this practice a pass.

Professor Aliza Hochman Bloom @ahochmanbloom.bsky.social has co-authored an amicus brief that highlights the injustices of the felony-murder doctrine. #NUSLPride
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New Data for Defenders motion to discount police descriptions of suspects as “blading,” b/c it's conclusory & describes amorphous, innocuous, contradictory behavior, especially when applied to Black and brown people who are trained to fear and avoid police. www.datafordefenders.org