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18 Jul 2013, 2:57 pm by Michel-Adrien Sheppard
The award jury included bestselling authors Michael Connelly (winner of the prize in 2012 for the murder thriller The Fifth Witness about the collapse of the U.S. mortgage industry) and Richard North Patterson; U.S. talk show host Katie Couric; Morris Dees, co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, and Dr. [read post]
18 Jul 2013, 2:51 pm by Michel-Adrien
The award jury included bestselling authors Michael Connelly (winner of the prize in 2012 for the thriller The Fifth Witness about the collapse of the U.S. mortgage industry)  and Richard North Patterson; U.S. talk show host Katie Couric; Morris Dees, co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, and Dr. [read post]
24 Jun 2013, 8:53 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
The ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander recently filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of the more than 1,100 prisoners confined at EMCF. [read post]
20 Jun 2013, 9:19 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
And in Mississippi, the state has awarded the new Wilkinson County contract to MTC – the same company that runs East Mississippi Correctional Facility (the subject of a new prison conditions lawsuit filed just last month by the ACLU and Southern Poverty Law Center) and the Walnut Grove Correctional Facility (which was recently found to have the highest inmate assault rate of any prison in Mississippi). [read post]
31 May 2013, 2:01 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
NEW LAWSUIT: Massive Human Rights Violations at Mississippi Prison Yesterday, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF). [read post]
31 May 2013, 1:47 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
ACLU Files Civil Rights Suit Charging Massive Human Rights Violations at East Mississippi Correctional Facility: On May 30, the ACLU along with the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF). [read post]
30 May 2013, 11:20 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Today, the ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF), describing the for-profit prison as hyper-violent, grotesquely filthy and dangerous. [read post]
30 May 2013, 7:34 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Today, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at EMCF. [read post]
28 May 2013, 8:55 am by Jeanine Cali
  The public vote will count as a vote along with those from the 2013 Selection Committee, which includes UCLA Law School Professor Emeritus Michael Asimow; New York Times Bestselling Author & 2012 Harper Lee Prize Winner Michael Connelly; syndicated talk show host & Special Correspondent for ABC News Katie Couric; Co-Founder & Chief Trial Counsel for the Southern Poverty Law Center Morris Dees; physician and sister of the University of… [read post]
23 May 2013, 4:39 am by Heidi Henson
Acting pro bono, several of the country’s most prestigious law firms have brought multiple human trafficking lawsuits against Signal International, LLC and its network of recruiters and labor brokers, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced on May 21, 2013, characterizing the development as “an unprecedented collaborative effort. [read post]
20 May 2013, 2:01 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
The cases stem from a suit filed in 2008 on behalf of 12 workers represented by the ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Louisiana Justice Institute, and Crowell & Moring LLP. [read post]
7 May 2013, 10:30 pm by Tony Corbo
Raymond, that you read the Southern Poverty Law Center’s report entitled, “Unsafe at These Speeds: Alabama’s Poultry Industry and its Disposable Workers. [read post]
10 Apr 2013, 12:00 pm by Karen Tani
Romero II, University of DenverRick Moss, African American Museum & Library at OaklandSaturday, April 13 The Capacity to Be Citizens: Mental Competency and Civil Rights in Gilded Age and Progressive America Chair: Barbara Welke, University of Minnesota  Powers of Belief: Insanity Allegations and the Regulation of Religion in the Late Nineteenth Century, Kathryn Burns-Howard, Miami University of Ohio  Leroy Pitzer—Citizen, Voter, Lunatic, Rabia Belt, University of Michigan… [read post]
27 Mar 2013, 10:15 am by VALL Blog Master
Consequently, journalists, law professors, and social scientists have made juries, archival juries, and simulated juries one of the most studied political institutions. [read post]
26 Mar 2013, 8:44 am
The news of the North Carolina incident, which jeopardized the health and safety of plant workers, mirrors the conclusion of a recent report issued by the Southern Poverty Law Center, called "Unsafe at These Speeds". [read post]
18 Mar 2013, 8:19 am by David S. Jones
  Representatives of the Essential Worker Immigration Coalition, the hotel industry, and the Southern Poverty Law Center also testified before the Subcommittee. [read post]
10 Mar 2013, 10:37 am
“It’s not merely the black helicopter crowd of the folks on the far right,” said Mark Potok, a senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks extremist groups. [read post]
4 Mar 2013, 7:37 am by Joanna Herzik
Mentor/hero: Morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center - an amazing man who has made many contributions to our country The part of my job I do best is: training new generations of attorneys. [read post]
1 Mar 2013, 7:37 am by Kali Borkoski
Brief for the Southern Poverty Law Center Brief for NFL Players Chris Kluwe and Brendon Ayanbadejo Brief for the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights et al. [read post]
28 Feb 2013, 10:44 am by Ken
Johnson has been referred to as a white supremacist; the Southern Poverty Law Center calls him a white nationalist or white separatist. [read post]