False Confessions, Explained - The Appeal
Jun 7, 2021 · A false confession is a statement given by a person that incriminates them in a crime they did not commit. Scientists who study this phenomenon group false confessions into three general categories: (1) voluntary; (2) coerced-compliant, and (3) coerced-internalized. ( ( (There are, of course, myriad of cases where a confession was presented at ...
The Power of Sheriffs: Explained - The Appeal
Jan 4, 2019 · Similarly, sheriffs today sometimes use their power to excess, violating civil liberties. In Worth County, Georgia, in 2017, the sheriff subjected up 850 high school students at Worth County High School, nearly the entire student body, to invasive drug searches, including checking inside their underwear, according to court documents.
Felony Murder, Explained - The Appeal
Mar 4, 2021 · Felony Murder, Explained. The felony murder rule has a long and complicated history that is worth examining precisely because it’s not that simple. The sight of the United States Capitol shrouded in tear gas, besieged by rioters marauding toward a joint session of Congress, shocked the national conscience. Five people died at the riot, and in ...
The Criminalization of Homelessness: Explained - The Appeal
Jun 29, 2018 · The Criminalization of Homelessness: Explained. Most evenings, Aguirre Dick rides his bike about three miles from the streets of Waikiki in Honolulu to the slopes of a volcano, where he sleeps. If he doesn’t make that trek, he could be arrested. A 2014 law made it illegal to sit or lie down on the public sidewalks in Waikiki.
Freddie Gray, Five Years Later - The Appeal
On April 12, 2015, Freddie Carlos Gray Jr. was arrested in the Gilmor Homes housing development in West Baltimore by three officers on bike patrol. Less than an hour later, a medic was called to the Western District police station, where Gray, 25, was unconscious and not breathing. On April 19, Gray died from complications due to a cervical ...
Capital Punishment in the United States: Explained
Sep 24, 2018. In August 2018, the state of Tennessee executed Billy Ray Irick, the first man executed in the state since 2009. He had spent over 30 years on death row. As a child, Irick experienced unimaginable abuse. His mother would tie him up with a rope and beat him. Neighbors described his father as “an excessive drinker and a brutal man ...
The Epidemic of Brady Violations: Explained
Apr 25, 2018. In 2003, Brooklyn prosecutors charged John Giuca with killing a 19-year-old college student to earn “street cred” with the Ghetto Mafia gang. A jailhouse informant’s testimony claiming that Giuca confessed to him in prison formed a critical piece of the government’s case. At trial, the government insisted that the ...
People Of Color Receive The Harshest Punishments, And The …
Dec 4, 2019 · Spotlights like this one provide original commentary and analysis on pressing criminal justice issues of the day. You can read them each day in our newsletter, The Daily Appeal. A new report from the Council on Criminal Justice takes a close look at the rates of incarceration for different racial groups. While disparities have gone down, Black and Latinx people continue to be incarcerated at ...
The American Eviction Crisis, Explained - The Appeal
Mar 3, 2021 · The pre-pandemic affordable housing crisis is generally attributed to the combination of stagnant incomes, rising housing costs, and insufficient federal financial housing support. Between 1979 and 2013, the wages among middle-wage workers remained totally flat, and wages among low-wage workers fell 5 percent. Yet, rents continued to rise.
Tens of thousands of people are raped in prisons each year - The …
Apr 18, 2022 · Cynthia Alvarado Photo by Val Kiebala Women Silenced Behind Prison Walls . For incarcerated women, sexual assault often comes on top of a long history of abuse. More than 90 percent of incarcerated women experienced sexual assault or physical trauma before their incarceration, according to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.Unaddressed trauma is often what leads people into the criminal legal ...