Rights Of Minorities And Neglected Groups,
2016
Wayne State University
Rights Of Minorities And Neglected Groups, Deni Barci
Honors College Theses
The right of minorities and disadvantaged groups are essential to human rights and democracy. These issues are multilayered and each specific case presents its own challenges. To further understand the minority rights dilemma, the struggles of minority groups in the United States will be highlighted, as well as the Roma population in Macedonia. The comparison of domestic minority treatment within the United States and how minorities are treated in other nations will help to paint a broader picture of the difficulties that minorities across the world experience. The Roma in Macedonia have faced a more traditional form of limitation of …
My Life My Choice: Preventing Child Sexual Exploitation In Kentucky, A Pilot Program,
2016
Morehead State University
My Life My Choice: Preventing Child Sexual Exploitation In Kentucky, A Pilot Program, Emily Macfarland, Mckinley Flint
Celebration of Student Scholarship Poster Sessions Archive
No abstract provided.
Fighting Racial Violence In Kentucky: The Anti-Lynching Movement, 1890-1930,
2016
Morehead State University
Fighting Racial Violence In Kentucky: The Anti-Lynching Movement, 1890-1930, Johnna Dorn, Benjamin Fitzpatrick
Celebration of Student Scholarship Poster Sessions Archive
No abstract provided.
Foreword: Innocent Until Proven Poor,
2016
Southern Poverty Law Center
Foreword: Innocent Until Proven Poor, Sara Zampierin
Michigan Journal of Race and Law
One of the core tenets of our criminal justice system is the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. As the title of the Symposium recognizes, we have allowed our justice system to ignore that presumption for people living in poverty in a variety of ways. Instead, it often inflicts additional and harsher punishment on individuals because of their poverty.
Keynote Remarks: How The Criminalization Of Poverty Has Become Normalized In American Culture And Why You Should Care,
2016
Southern Center for Human Rights
Keynote Remarks: How The Criminalization Of Poverty Has Become Normalized In American Culture And Why You Should Care, Sarah Geraghty
Michigan Journal of Race and Law
The subject of my talk today is how the criminalization of poverty has become normalized in American culture and why you should care.
Pretextual Sanctions, Contempt, And The Practical Limits Of Bearden-Based Debtors' Prison Litigation,
2016
Orleans Public Defenders
Pretextual Sanctions, Contempt, And The Practical Limits Of Bearden-Based Debtors' Prison Litigation, Colin Reingold
Michigan Journal of Race and Law
At the time of this writing, recent events in Ferguson, Baltimore, New York City, and elsewhere have triggered quite justified social outrage at debtors’ prisons. Our country’s state and city courts keep scores of indigent people in jail for the crime of being poor, despite the Supreme Court’s clear prohibition on the practice. Skilled litigators and their journalist allies have seized on the moment to win victories in court and in the public eye, which prevent unconscionable bond and probation practices and try to reduce our burgeoning jail populations. Lost in the uproar, though, are the many ways that a …
Making A Buck While Making A Difference,
2016
University of Michigan Law School
Making A Buck While Making A Difference, Alphonse A. Gerhardstein
Michigan Journal of Race and Law
It is not right for children to die before their parents. It is not right for peaceful, unarmed citizens to die at the hands of the police. In my civil rights practice, I have met many mothers, fathers, and family members who are struggling to recover after a law enforcement officer caused the death of their loved one. Sure, they want fair compensation. But money does little to reduce their loss or make the grief more bearable. They often want to do something that will ensure that their loved one did not die in vain. They want to prevent other …
Closing The Gap Between What Is Lawful And What Is Right In Police Use Of Force Jurisprudence By Making Police Departments More Democratic Institutions,
2016
UDC David A. Clarke School of Law
Closing The Gap Between What Is Lawful And What Is Right In Police Use Of Force Jurisprudence By Making Police Departments More Democratic Institutions, Jonathan M. Smith
Michigan Journal of Race and Law
On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown was shot to death in Ferguson, Missouri, by police officer Darren Wilson. Members of the Ferguson community rose up in response. Protests demanding that police violence against African Americans cease and that accountability for police misconduct be addressed erupted across the country, and they have not subsided since. Incidents in Baltimore, Maryland; Chicago, Illinois; WallerCounty, Texas; and elsewhere have kept the movement alive. The mass media, the political elite, and the White middle class woke up to a reality that had been long known to communities of color – force is used disproportionately against …
Justice In The Deep South: Learning From History, Charting Our Future: An Introduction,
2016
Mercer University School of Law
Justice In The Deep South: Learning From History, Charting Our Future: An Introduction, Sarah Gerwig-Moore
Mercer Law Review
Opinions differ on the principal role of academic institutions. Should Universities be primarily concerned with scholarship and research? With classroom instruction? With producing well-rounded citizens? Mercer University has long been committed to each of these three priorities. Decades before I joined the faculty at Mercer Law School, schools within the University were already working to make public service a priority, in addition to teaching and scholarship.
Following suit, this year's Mercer Law Review Symposium boldly moved to address controversial social justice issues.' The Symposium, "Justice in the Deep South: Learning From History, Charting Our Future," featured a powerful and varied …
Keynote Address,
2016
Mercer University School of Law
Session Three: Learning From Innovators,
2016
Mercer University School of Law
Binary Imprisonment: Transgender Inmates Ensnared Within The System And Confined To Assigned Gender,
2016
Mercer University School of Law
Binary Imprisonment: Transgender Inmates Ensnared Within The System And Confined To Assigned Gender, Danielle Matricardi
Mercer Law Review
It is June 26, 2015. The sun is shining, and the grass is wet with morning dew. Those unaware sip their coffee on the way to work, perplexed why so many rainbow flags clutter their morning commute. Celebrations are breaking out across the Nation. The United States Supreme Court has legalized same-sex marriage. Finally, the day has come when people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBTQ) are given the same rights as their heterosexual brothers and sisters. If only there was any truth to such idealism. To the contrary, there are still debilitating injustices against members of …
Protecting The Compromised Worker: A Challenge For Employment Discrimination Law,
2016
University of Connecticut Law School
Protecting The Compromised Worker: A Challenge For Employment Discrimination Law, Peter Siegelman
Buffalo Law Review
No abstract provided.
Symposium Transcript: Justice In The Deep South: Learning From History, Charting Our Future,
2016
Mercer University School of Law
Symposium Transcript: Justice In The Deep South: Learning From History, Charting Our Future
Mercer Law Review
No abstract provided.
In Search Of The Beloved Community,
2016
Mercer University School of Law
In Search Of The Beloved Community, Robert L. Rhodes Jr., Tremaine Reese
Mercer Law Review
This Article describes the process by which the Georgia Appleseed Center for Law & Justice (Georgia Appleseed) has engaged Georgians in crucial conversations about critical issues concerning the relationship among law enforcement officers and the community members they serve. We also discuss how Georgia Appleseed is working to have the content of these conversations foster change to law and policy designed to enhance police community relations.
This is a story half told. As of the date of publication of this Article, the fact-gathering and legal research described below will have been completed and public advocacy for change will have commenced. …
How The Narrative About Louisiana's Non-Unanimous Criminal Jury System Became A Person Of Interest In The Case Against Justice In The Deep South,
2016
Mercer University School of Law
How The Narrative About Louisiana's Non-Unanimous Criminal Jury System Became A Person Of Interest In The Case Against Justice In The Deep South, Angela A. Allen-Bell
Mercer Law Review
Stories are central to what lawyers do; yet, to the average member of the legal community, they exist only inconspicuously. In actuality, all cases start with a story. As lawyers do their work, that initial story grows and evolves. When judges enter the picture, the story is revised and, ultimately, the final chapter is written; then, the process begins again with an entirely different cast of characters. This Article advocates against impersonal, mechanized systems of justice that are built upon defendants, dockets, cases, quotas, formulas, and rapidity. This Article calls for the justice community to see cases in a highly …
Session One: Learning From Souther History And Culture,
2016
Mercer University School of Law
Session One: Learning From Souther History And Culture
Mercer Law Review
No abstract provided.
Session Two: Learning From Struggles,
2016
Mercer University School of Law
#Sayhername #Blackwomenslivesmatter: State Violence In Policing The Black Female Body,
2016
Mercer University School of Law
#Sayhername #Blackwomenslivesmatter: State Violence In Policing The Black Female Body, Teri A. Mcmurtry-Chubb
Mercer Law Review
On June 30, 1974, Alberta Williams King was shot and killed in the sanctuary of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia as she played the organ for Sunday morning service. Mrs. King, seventy years old, was the mother of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. News of her death was overshadowed by four Black men: her son, killed six years previously; the shooting of a "young Black man" in Atlanta on June 26, 1974, who was out on parole; Maynard Jackson, then newly elected as Atlanta's first Black mayor; and her assailant, a Black man, a Vietnam War veteran …
Access Versus Success: An Examination Of The Effectiveness Of The Summer Developmental Program In Mississippi Higher Education,
2016
University of Southern Mississippi
Access Versus Success: An Examination Of The Effectiveness Of The Summer Developmental Program In Mississippi Higher Education, Amanda Susanne King
Dissertations
Historical racial segregation within Mississippi’s public universities and colleges has led to litigation that spanned 25 years and eventually led to sweeping changes in policies and practices. Among these changes were the standardization of admission criteria and the creation of the Summer Developmental Program (SDP). This study sought to better understand the intentions and motives behind the creation and implementation of the SDP at all of the four-year public institutions in Mississippi stemming from the United States v. Fordice (1992) higher education desegregation case. This study compared retention and graduation rates of SDP participants to non-SDP participants from the first …
