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16 Nov 2017, 8:46 am
Radley Balko, Mississippi judge resigns after barring mother from seeing newborn because of unpaid court fees, Washington Post, October 26, 2017. [read post]
14 Nov 2017, 10:23 am
Problem is, that assumes cops never get it wrong, and they sometimes do.Known UnknownsRead a speech from Radley Balko on the unseen problems and costs associated with the criminal-justice system. [read post]
3 Nov 2017, 11:58 am
Post (Jan. 4, 2017). 3 See Radley Balko, “Jeff Sessions wants to keep forensics in the Dark Ages,” Wash. [read post]
2 Nov 2017, 9:05 pm
More on questionable crime labs: Radley Balko on a new Massachusetts scandal (not the big previous one); John Oliver. [read post]
30 Oct 2017, 2:59 am
In Mississippi, a “mother has been forbidden from any contact with her newborn for 14 of the 18 months the child has been alive” because of unpaid misdemeanor fines [Radley Balko, WLBT/MSNewsNow; judge has now resigned, but similar practices reported to be common] Is Biloxi going to do better? [read post]
11 Oct 2017, 4:37 am
Radley Balko’s piece in the Washington Post, entitled John Thompson, an exoneree and relentless voice for criminal-justice reform, has died, should be read in its entirety, but these four quoted excerpts (numbered by me for clarity) are sufficient for purposes of background: Thompson served 18 years in prison, 14 of them on death row. [read post]
8 Sep 2017, 4:07 am
As Radley Balko snarkily noted: You know campus rape is in the news when conservatives suddenly care about due process, and liberals only use the phrase with scare quotes. [read post]
30 Jul 2017, 9:05 pm
” remarks about handling of suspects in custody; reactions from IACP and rounded up at NYT; related Caroline Linton, CBS News on Suffolk County, N.Y. police department] New legislation in Texas, pushed by police unions, authorizes special courts for cops, guards, and first responders who seek to blame misbehavior on job-related mental conditions [Jolie McCullough/Texas Tribune via Radley Balko] Providence has bad habit of ticketing drivers over parking practices you’d… [read post]
29 Jul 2017, 3:55 am
H/T Radley Balko Copyright © 2007-2017 Simple Justice NY, LLC This feed is for personal, non-commercial and Newstex use only. [read post]
20 Jul 2017, 12:58 pm
” Radley Balko rightly points out that Sessions’ new policy is a menace to federalism as well as property rights. [read post]
13 Jul 2017, 5:28 am
Bravo, Radley Balko! [read post]
9 Jul 2017, 9:30 am
That's no good reason not to close them, though.Balko on new specialty courts for Texas cops with PTSD, mental health problemsAt the Washington Post, Radley Balko has a good discussion of new Texas legislation creating a specialty court for police officers who commit crimes. [read post]
5 Jul 2017, 12:38 pm
As criminal justice Washington Post blogger, Radley Balko recently wrote, [P]erhaps the most disturbing part of the bill is the new restrictions it puts on suing police officers for constitutional violations. [read post]
30 Jun 2017, 4:13 am
Radley Balko has spent an enormous amount of time and effort destroying the myth around two “expert” witnesses, Drs. [read post]
6 Jun 2017, 5:15 am
If the complaint’s allegations are true, therefore, then as Radley Balko put it, “Worth County had better hope its insurance is paid up. [read post]
26 May 2017, 4:16 am
Radley Balko explains: The bill would create new federal crimes, impose federal police over the will of local officials and voters and shield police officers from virtually any civil liability, even in cases of egregious misconduct. [read post]
8 May 2017, 2:59 am
[Radley Balko citing New England Center for Investigative Reporting study] P.S.: From Texas, prosecutor John Jackson faces possible sanctions in the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, executed after his conviction for murder by arson in 2004 [Balko] Tags: Massachusetts, prosecutorial abuse, Texas What happens to misbehaving prosecutors? [read post]
28 Apr 2017, 3:31 am
As Radley Balko notes,* the NOLA district attorney has a long and sordid history of unlawful shortcuts in violation of law, for which it has suffered serious consequences not at all when caught. [read post]
25 Apr 2017, 4:56 am
That “Balko” is none other than Radley, who has been writing about such “trends” for a very long time. [read post]
15 Apr 2017, 5:04 am
Not being deeply engrossed by the sort of general tech stuff that typically appears at Wired, this would never have come onto my radar but for Radley Balko’s twit: “This article is badly misinformed. [read post]
